This Month
Making bank: Australia’s highest-earning racehorses revealed
Champion horses can make millions on the racetrack. But the real money lies in retirement.
- Zoe Samios and James Thomson
October
The Everest is becoming a Victorian’s nightmare
Rival horse races meant high-powered executives had to choose: Sydney or Melbourne. The King didn’t make it, but many others voted with their feet to Randwick.
- Mark Di Stefano
From dead quiet to $100m economic boost: How Everest is changing racing
It was a move to get the media’s attention and take on the Victorian racing elite. But Australia’s richest horse race has achieved far more.
- Zoe Samios
October 2022
Peter V’Landys’ Everest ego stinging for a fight
The state’s most powerful non-politician works the room at Randwick Racecourse.
- Mark Di Stefano
Giga Kick wins $15m Everest in huge upset
Giga Kick has denied wonder sprinter Nature Strip in an unexpected result to the $15 million Everest at Randwick.
- Warwick Barr
John O’Shea has a bet each way in racing’s $20m hour
John O’Shea is one of a handful of trainers who will saddle up chances in The Everest and the Caulfield Cup, which have a combined prize pool of $20 million.
- James Thomson
News Corp-backed Betr probed over Melbourne Cup odds
The NSW gaming regulator will probe whether wagering upstart Betr broke “inducement” laws in its first days with big ads in News Corp’s newspapers.
- Mark Di Stefano and Samantha Hutchinson
October 2021
Race marks Sydney’s emergence from long COVID-19 lockdown
Thousands of Sydney residents flocked to The Everest horse race on Saturday, as Australia’s biggest city emerged from a strict COVID-19 lockdown.
- Reuters
Zero to hero for Caulfield Cup favourite
Incentivise only won his first start six months ago. On Saturday, he’s favourite for the Caulfield Cup, with property guru Brae Sokolski cheering him home.
- James Thomson
Party time: Sydney’s Everest is the hottest ticket in town
After four months of lockdown, the city’s first major event, the Everest Cup, is hotly anticipated by fashionistas and fillies alike.
- Lauren Sams
September 2021
No crowds, but carnival far from over for racing
Arguably the most anticipated spring carnival since Winx graced the turf will have one key element missing. But racing officials aren’t giving up.
- James Thomson
October 2020
Jockey a three-time winner of world's richest turf race
The favourite, Classique Legend, claimed the $6.2 million first prize in front of a raucous but COVID-19-limited crowd at Royal Randwick, delivering jockey Kerrin McEvoy his third victory in the race. Verry Elegant won the Caulfield Cup.
Waller can't wait for racing's richest 20 minutes
Australia's leading horse trainer has turned to some big business names to prepare for The Everest and the Caulfield Cup, and sees similarities between punting on the sharemarket and at the track.
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- James Thomson
October 2019
Everest and Caulfield Cup give top jockeys tough choices
Australia's top jockeys are torn between prizemoney and prestige on one of the biggest weekends on the racing calendar.
- James Thomson
The Everest draws a moneyed field
There's something about the slot-renting mechanism at The Everest that rather appeals to MaxCap co-founder and chief investment officer Brae Sokolski.
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- Horse racing
ATC unveils Birdcage rival to keep punters in Sydney
Sydney's Australian Turf Club is taking aim at one of Flemington’s sacred sites: the Birdcage enclosure.
- James Thomson