Edmonds: Winning The Everest would be like winning lotto

JUST over sixty seconds to change your life. That’s the nerve-racking proposition for 12 lucky connections involved in the world’s richest race on turf at Royal Randwick next Saturday.

JUST over sixty seconds to change your life.

That’s the nerve-racking proposition for 12 lucky connections involved in the world’s richest race on turf at Royal Randwick next Saturday.

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EVEREST QUICK TO MAKE ITS MARK

Worth a staggering $10 million in prize money, the inaugural running of The TAB Everest (1200m) is Australian sport’s jackpot moment.

And while his filly Houtzen — the only Queensland horse in the race — is $26 with the TAB, Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds is planning an upset of monumental proportions.

“To win this race, it would be like winning lotto, it really would,’’ Edmonds said.

“It will be my first runner in a race with the richest prize money in the world.

“I’d be silly to say the nerves won’t be different on the day, but we’re trying to keep a lid on it while we can and then let the emotion flow after it.

Houtzen will be among the field of 12 chasing the $10m in prizemoney in Saturday’s The TAB Everest at Royal Randwick. Picture: Mark Stewart

“I understand she’s got a big task ahead of her. We’re the underdog.

“But we’ll do our form the best we can and work out where our best possible chance is to win.

“If we get that right, we’ll be in the race for a long way.

“Put it this way, we’re not going to run a place — we’re going there to try and win and spring an upset, in typical Queensland fashion. It can be done — it’s like it can’t be.’’

Houtzen will travel to Randwick with four wins under her belt, including a last start victory at Moonee Valley.

“She’s going great, she came through that run at Moonee Valley in really good order” Edmonds said. “She’s bouncing off the walls.’’

Originally published as Edmonds: Winning The Everest would be like winning lotto