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The Everest is the richest turf race in the world with a staggering $20 million in prize money now on offer in the restricted Royal Randwick event run annually on a Saturday in October as the highlight of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

Racing NSW announced the inaugural edition of The Everest would take place in 2017 as Sydney look to compete for the racing community and punters’ attention with the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and the event proved a huge success.

The Everest is now Australia’s richest race surpassing the Group 1 $8.41 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) held on the first Tuesday of November at Flemington.

Contested over 1200m The Everest race is a weight-for-age sprint showdown open to local and international connections who “buy” their way into the race paying a $600,000 entry fee to have a runner in The Everest field.

The incredible The Everest prize money on offer is funded from this hefty entry fee as well as other event-generated events.

The Everest now competes with the Melbourne sprint races running around the same time of the season including Moonee Valley’s Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) and serves as a gun lead-up to Flemington’s Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) – now known as the VRC Champions Sprint – held on the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November.

The Everest ran for the first time in 2017 and was won by Redzel who went on to win the VRC Sprint Classic in Melbourne next race.

Redzel successfully defended in title in 2018 to become the first back-to-back The Everest winner in the same way the mighty Archer won the opening two editions of the Melbourne Cup (1861-62).

Redzel attempted a three-peat but only managed to run eighth behind three-year-old Yes Yes Yes in the 2019 The Everest results that saw a new track record set by the young champion.

For the 2019 edition of The Everest the prize money was boosted to $14 million and another prize money increase in 2020 saw the event offer an unprecedented $15 million in stakes. The Everest prize money was further boosted in 2023 to an incredible $20 million.

It is now second in prize money to only the $28m Saudi Cup which is the world’s richest thoroughbred event and runs on a dirt track.

In 2020 jockey Kerrin McEvoy secured his third The Everest success in the race’s four-year history riding the previous season’s sixth place-getter Classique Legend to victory. Classique Legend ($4.20 in 2020) became the first The Everest favourite to salute for the punters.

In 2021 trainer Chris Waller won the race for a second time when the favourite Nature Strip ($3.70) saluted for the punters at his third attempt in the event.

The race is now part of a wider The Everest Carnival that has a host of special condition races taking place across Sydney with over $50 million in prize money being awarded.

Nature Strip returned in 2022 for a fourth run and title defence but only managed to finish fourth behind upset winner Giga Kick who became the second three-year-old The Everest winner, the event’s longest-priced champion at $21 and the first undefeated horse to win the event.

The Everest date sees the event run on the same day as the $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) in Melbourne.

The Everest Day also features another Special Condition feature race, the $2 million The Kosciuszko open only to NSW country-trained horses. Other key events on the card include the $1 million Silver Eagle (1300m) and the $2 million Group 3 Sydney Stakes (1200m).

In 2024 The Everest Day also features the world’s richest weight-for-age 1600m event with the new look George Main Stakes added to the card in 2023 and run as the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes.

Previously, each year’s The Everest results also determined the race name for the Winners Stakes, a $3 million feature run at Rosehill on the same day as Melbourne’s VRC Derby.

In 2024 the Winners Stakes has been renamed the Russell Balding Stakes after the former Racing NSW chairman Russell Balding, who was forced to step down from his position in 2023.

2024 The Everest takes place at Randwick on Saturday, October 19, 2024 offering $20 million in prize money. 

The Everest 2024
Date:	Saturday, October 19, 2024
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Special Condition
Prize Money:	$20 million

2024 The Everest Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2024 The Everest Betting Odds

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The Everest betting offers some of the hottest spring racing carnival markets and Australia’s best sprinters dominate The Everest odds each season. With strong international interest in the $20 million sprint, class sprinters from around the globe also feature in The Everest betting.

The Everest odds are led by proven Group 1 winning sprinters that have previous form in past editions of The Everest race and those who dominated the autumn features including the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) that takes place at the same track – distance.

Odds on The Everest horses also firm as slot-holders confirm their runners.

Classique Legend ($4.20 in 2020) started the shortest-priced The Everest favourite and became the first to win the event.

The following year Nature Strip ($3.70 in 2021) won as favourite at his third attempt.

Nature Strip was odds on favourite at $1.90 in 2022 but only managed to run fourth behind Giga Kick who won at the longest The Everest odds to date of $21.

Think About It ($4.40 in 2023) is the latest The Everest winner to salute for the punters.

2024 The Everest Form Guide

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2024 The Everest Tips

Stay tuned for our  insider The Everest 2024 betting tips and exotic Randwick spring racing selections on the country’s richest race.

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To Win: TBD

The Danger: TBD

The Roughie: TBD

2024 The Everest Field

The spring’s The Everest field features the best sprint horses from Australia and abroad competing for the incredible prize money on offer including the millions on offer to The Everest winner.

Connections must pay a whopping $600,000 entry fee to have their horse run in the capacity 12-starter The Everest field, meaning the sprinters on show come from the richest owners and stables able to afford the cost of having a runner.

Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club sell 12 slots in The Everest field each year that can be traded or that the owners of which can enter into a partnership with a non-slot holding connection to make up the final field.

The Everest 2024 race field will be confirmed on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 and published below as soon as available.

The 2024 The Everest Barrier Draw is also conducted confidentially on Tuesday morning and released to the public during a Racing NSW event that night following The Everest final acceptances around 8:00pm (AEDT).

2024 The Everest Slot Holders

The confirmed The Everest 2024 slot holders and their chosen runners will be updated below as news comes in on what horses are running for who in The Everest field this year.

Slot Holder	Runner
Trackside Media	I Wish I Win
Newgate & GPI Racing	TBA
Chris Waller Racing	TBA
Australian Turf Club	TBA
Coolmore	TBA
John Camilleri	TBA
James Harron Bloodstock	TBA
Max Whitby, Col Madden and Neil Werret	Bustling
TAB	TBA
The Star & Arrowfield	TBA
Yulong Investments	TBA
Godolphin	In Secret

Confirmed 2024 The Everest Horses

Stay tuned below as the 12 slots in The Everest Field are filled, the confirmed horses and jockeys along with the slot-holders to be listed below as positions are announced leading up to the race.

I WISH I WIN

• Trainers: Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: Trackside Media

Trackside Media becomes the third slot holder to confirm their runner for The Everest 2024, selecting the in-form I Wish I Win trained by the Moody/Coleman partnership. Fresh off his victory in Brisbane’s Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup, this Savabeel gelding boasts a win at The Everest distance (1200m) at Royal Randwick from 2023. After finishing second to Think About It last year, I Wish I Win is back for redemption!

BUSTLING

• Trainer: Daniel Morton
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: Max Whitby, Neil Werrett and Col Madden

Perth’s rising star Busting becomes the first confirmed runner for The Everest 2024! Owned by a partnership including Max Whitby, Neil Werrett and Col Madden, this talented three-year-old by Frosted boasts an impressive record of four wins from five starts at time of publish. Trained by Dan Morton, Busting solidified his credentials with a dominant victory in the Group 2 Karrakatta Plate in April, followed by another impressive win in the Group 3 WA Sires’ over 1400m. With his sights set on becoming the next Everest-conquering three-year-old, Busting is a horse to watch come October.

IN SECRET

• Trainer: James Cummings
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: Godolphin

Godolphin confirms speed machine In Secret for their coveted slot in The Everest 2024 field. Trained by James Cummings, In Secret becomes the second runner officially entered in the 2024 race. This mare gets another crack at the world’s richest turf sprint after a close fourth last year, just a length behind Think About It. The daughter of I Am Invincible is expected to be even sharper this spring, building on her recent third-place finish in the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup behind last year’s The Everest runner-up I Wish I Win.

TBC

• Trainer: TBC
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: Newgate & GPI Racing

TBC

• Trainer: TBC
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: Chris Waller Racing

TBC

• Trainer: TBC
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: Australian Turf Club

TBC

• Trainer: TBC
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: Coolmore

TBC

• Trainer: TBC
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: John Camilleri

TBC

• Trainer: TBC
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: James Harron Bloodstock

TBC

• Trainer: TBC
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: TAB

TBC

• Trainer: TBC
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: The Star & Arrowfield

TBC

• Trainer: TBC
• Jockey: TBC
• Barrier: TBC
• Slot Holder: Yulong Investments

2024 The Everest Prize Money

The Everest is now the richest turf race in the world with $20 million in total prize money on offer. Prize money in The Everest race is paid down to 12th giving all runners in the field a share in the stakes.

A horse in The Everest results would need to run fifth to pay back the $600,000 entry fee for connections.

• 1st: $7,000,000
• 2nd: $2,900,000
• 3rd: $2,000,000
• 4th: $1,500,000
• 5th: $1,200,000
• 6th: $950,000
• 7th: $700,000
• 8th: $700,000
• 9th: $700,000
• 10th: $700,000
• 11th: $700,000
• 12th: $700,000

The Everest History

The first ever The Everest results and inaugural The Everest winner was decided when the then $10 million took place in October of 2017, Redzel making history with his impressive victory.

For the second edition of The Everest race, the Australian Turf Club (ATC) and Racing NSW increased the overall prize money to an incredible $13 million and Redzel was back in winning form posting back-to-back wins in The Everest.

The Everest history was made for the third running in 2019 with three-year-old Yes Yes Yes defeating a field of seasoned sprinters to set a new track record.

The records continued in the 2020 edition with jockey Kerrin McEvoy winning his third The Everest aboard Classique Legend, the horse the first favourite to get the job done.

Waller won his second The Everest trophy in 2021 with Nature Strip.

In 2022 Giga Kick became the second three-year-old The Everest winner in history, the first undefeated horse to win the event and the longest-priced champion at 20/1.

The 2023 The Everest results saw the Joe Pride-trained Think About It salute as the $4.40 favourite defeating I Wish I Win and the fellow Pride-trained Private Eye who had run second in the race the year before.

In 2023 The Everest prize money increased to $20 million.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 The Everest	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2023 The Everest	1st	Think About It	1 minute 7.64 seconds
	2nd	I Wish I Win
	3rd	Private Eye
2022 The Everest	1st	Giga Kick	1 minute 9.86 seconds
	2nd	Private Eye
	3rd	Mazu
2021 The Everest	1st	Nature Strip	1 minute 9.11 seconds
	2nd	Masked Crusader
	3rd	Eduardo
2020 The Everest	1st	Classique Legend	1 minute 8.27 seconds
	2nd	Bivouac
	3rd	Gytrash
2019 The Everest	1st	Yes Yes Yes	1 minute 7.32 seconds (R)
	2nd	Santa Ana Lane
	3rd	Trekking
2018 The Everest	1st	Redzel	1 minute 12.03 seconds
	2nd	Trapeze Artist
	3rd	Osborne Bulls
2017 The Everest	1st	Redzel	1 minute 8.36 seconds
	2nd	Vega Magic
	3rd	Brave Smash

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