Marwan’s next goal
AUSTRALIAN racing hasn’t seen the last of human headline Marwan Koukash.
The flamboyant English owner had Victorian officials feeling nervous with his threats to strip down to his Gstring if his stayer Magic Circle won the Melbourne Cup.
When Magic Circle ran down the track behind Cross Counter, those same officials were breathing a little easier.
But Koukash is so enamoured with Australian racing, he is considering aiming Magic Circle at the Sydney Cup and looking for a horse to win the $14 million The Everest at Randwick next year.
Koukash has struck a friendship with Everest slotholder Damion Flower.
“Marwan likes the limelight but I’m more a backstreet guy,’’ Flower said. “But when he wants something, he goes after it.
“He told me we should go out and buy the fastest sprinter on the planet and run it in The Everest.’’