Freedman said Attrition, which went on to finish fourth in the listed Five Diamonds at Rosehill last year, could stay for more feature races but would likely be his only runner during the Sydney spring carnival.
The Freedman-trained Skybird gained an Everest slot with Inglis but was injured in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley. Inglis then locked in another Victorian-based mare, the Grahame Begg-trained Magic Time, for the $20 million race on Saturday week at Randwick.
“We’re not 100 per cent sure yet whether she will be out for a while or whether we will see her again in the spring,” Freedman said of Skybird.
McEvoy has also picked up rides on Beskar in the group 3 Roman Consul and Willydoit in the $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes.
The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Beskar ($41) was third in the group 3 Kindergarten Stakes in his only Sydney appearance and was sixth first up in the listed McKenzie Stakes at Moonee Valley.
“I haven’t ridden the horse, but I just watched its last start, where it didn’t get around Moonee Valley,” McEvoy said.
“It hung out, so I think going this way might suit it. It looks like it’s got a bit of gate speed as well.
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“It’s drawn the outside in a very competitive race, but obviously the stable have an opinion of him to line him up in this.”
The Ciaron Maher-prepared Willydoit ($12) was a late scratching from the Epsom Handicap last week at Randwick with an eye injury and will run at Rosehill.
McEvoy is down to pilot the Chris Waller-trained Lady Shenandoah in an exhibition gallop after race one on Saturday, ahead of her run in the Everest, but the champion jockey said he was set to ride the Brad Widdup-trained Jedibeel in the headline race next week.
