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The article reports updates on the final slots for the $20 million Everest race scheduled for October 17 at Randwick. Chris Waller's Joliestar and Coolmore’s Giga Kick have confirmed their participation, with only one or two spots remaining to be filled by James Harron and Yulong Racing. The defending champion Ka Ying Rising is listed as the $1.30 favorite among other confirmed runners like Jimmysstar, Angel Capital, and Headwall.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
The final pieces are falling into place for the $20 million Everest race scheduled on October 17 at Randwick. Premier trainer Chris Waller and partners have confirmed that Joliestar will represent them for a third consecutive year. Coolmore, despite having their top choice Guest House ruled out due to injury, has opted for seven-year-old Giga Kick. Meanwhile, Jimmysstar, which finished third in last year's race, is likely to run again with Nash Rawiller as the jockey if a deal finalizes within 24 hours. This leaves only two or maybe three slots left to fill, primarily by bloodstock agent James Harron and racing heavyweights Yulong.
Written for “Everest Field Tackling Champion” on 2026-10-07,
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Only two, or maybe three, slots are left to fill in the $20 million Everest after a busy 24 hours of announcements.
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slots → leave → announcements
As expected, premier trainer Chris Waller and his partners confirmed Joliestar would represent them for a third consecutive year in the race on October 17 at Randwick.
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Joliestar → expect → Randwick
Later on Wednesday, Coolmore announced seven-year-old Giga Kick would take its slot, after the breeding giant’s $30 million colt and likely selection Guest House was ruled out for the spring with a hamstring injury on Saturday.
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colt → announce → Saturday
The confirmations followed news late on Tuesday from Jimmysstar’s managing owner Ozzie Kheir on SEN that the Ciaron Maher-trained galloper, which was third in the race last year, would run again.
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which → follow → race
Kheir said Nash Rawiller would ride Jimmysstar, and a deal would be finalised within 24 hours.
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deal → say → hours
Jimmysstar ran in the TAB slot last year and it was expected they would combine again, but no confirmation had come late on Wednesday afternoon.
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confirmation → run → afternoon
If a deal is done, it would leave just bloodstock agent James Harron and racing heavyweights Yulong left to confirm their runners to round out the 12-horse field.
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Harron → do → field
Angel Capital, which ran in the Coolmore slot last year, was expected to get owner Yulong’s position.
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which → run → position
Ninja (Fairway Thoroughbred), Headwall (Neil Werrett and partners), Tempted (Godolphin), Blue Door (Newgate-GPI Racing), Savvy Hallie (Mulberry Racing) and Spicy Martini (Inglis) were the others confirmed to take on defending champion and $1.30 favourite Ka Ying Rising, which races in the Hong Kong Jockey Club slot leased from the Australian Turf Club.
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which → confirm → Club
Clayton Douglas-trained Giga Kick, which won the Everest in 2022 then was second in 2024 to Bella Nipotina, was perhaps the most surprising after the seven-year-old finished four lengths away eighth in the Manikato Stakes last start.
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old → train → start
Sydney jockey Dylan Gibbons, fresh from his group 1 Flight Stakes win on Global Goal, gained the ride.
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Gibbons → gain → ride
He was eighth aboard Matt Smith-trained Buenos Noches with his only ride in the race, in 2023.
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He → train → 2023
“It’s a nice little pick up,” Gibbons said.
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Gibbons → ’ → ?
I was fortunate enough they picked me after Mark [Zahra] would have been committed to Half Yours [in the Caulfield Cup].
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Mark → pick → Cup
“There’s only 12 in it, so you need to be going all right to find a ride in that race.
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you → ’ → race
“His picture’s there on the wall [at Randwick], and he’s run second in it before, so he loves the race and any rain around is going to be a positive, so hopefully we can get a few favours.
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we → ’ → favours
I’m pretty sure he’s going to have the blinkers on, too.”
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blinkers → ’m → ?
She looked on track for another shot after a strong finish to come a close second in The Shorts (1100m) on September 19.
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She → look → September
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