Can you believe we have only had five editions of The Everest?
It has quickly become one of the best races on the Australian calendar, along with the iconic Melbourne Cup on the first Tuesday of November, and the build-up is incomparable.
Since it’s inception in 2017, we’ve had four different winning horses, three different winning trainers and three different winning jockeys.
Whilst each running of the great race has been brilliant, we thought ranking the first five editions would help build the anticipation for the 2022 running even more!
- 2018 Redzel
No doubt this guy was a hell of a horse going back-to-back in the first two edition of the Everest.
If you can recall, the 2018 version was run on an incredibly heavy deck, which automatically dimmed the hopes of a lot of other key chances in the race.
There wasn’t a lot for support in the market for the son of Snitzel, who jumped at around the $10 mark.
But he jumped, led, and was never run down.
Full credit to Kerrin McEvoy for the ride, and this gelding loved the wet deck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f87JGgVZOgo&ab_channel=conormacdonald
- 2017 Redzel
The first running of The Everest was clearly a phenomenal success considering the buzz around the race now.
James Harron negotiated with the owners of Redzel, trained by Peter & Paul Snowden, for the gelding to run in his slot.
And the rest is history.
Mazu is following a similar path to Redzel into the 2022 Everest. Both came up to Queensland during the Winter Carnival, winning the Doomben 10,000. Both are owned by Triple Crown Syndications and, of course, have the same trainers.
A few omens there perhaps?
- 2021 Nature Strip
One thing missing from the Champion’s CV was The Everest.
After failing on his first two attempts, he started favourite for the 2021 edition and just held off a fast-finishing Masked Crusader.
A bit of an enigma for the punters, as the Chris Waller trained gelding has gotten older, he’s become such a consistent horse.
James McDonald rode him perfectly, getting him to relax on a hot speed and just get there.
Nature Strip has since gone on to dominate the “best in the world” at Royal Ascot.
He will take a power of beating in the 2022 edition.
- 2019 Yes Yes Yes
The first three-year-old to win the Everest, Yes Yes Yes came home with a powerful finish in 2019.
It was unbelievable. He broke the track record in the process.
This victory has had ripple effects across the entire industry, with top notch three-year-old’s now actively considered for a slot each year.
Beating our best sprinters in The Everest no doubt increases a stallion prospects value more so than a victory in the Coolmore Stud Stakes run just two weeks later.
- 2020 Classique Legend
Les Bridge, Classique Legend’s trainer, is a genius horseman.
Classique Legend was cherry ripe on this day in 2020, sitting off a blinding hot tempo and putting the field to the sword.
We think it’s the best edition for The Everest ever because nothing was beating him that day.
The flash home was breathtaking, and we don’t think the likes of it will ever be repeated.