{"id":930569,"date":"2026-10-16T19:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930569\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T19:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:00:19","slug":"australia-the-everest-turns-10-caulfield-cup-celebrates-150-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930569\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia: The Everest turns 10; Caulfield Cup celebrates 150 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Courtesy Sky Racing World<\/p>\n

Australian racing is set for a history-making weekend, with the 10th running of The Everest, the 150th Caulfield Cup and another edition of the Friday Night Aussie Racing Show taking center stage.<\/p>\n

The action begins Friday night on Sky Racing World, before Sydney and Melbourne host two of the biggest events on the Australian Spring Racing Carnival.<\/p>\n

Aussie Racing Show returns Friday night<\/p>\n

Hosted by Andrew Brown and Kaitlin Benson, the Friday Night Aussie Racing Show returns with racing news, expert analysis and plenty of banter ahead of the evening\u2019s action.<\/p>\n

Jason Witham and Michael Wrona will be trackside at Randwick, bringing viewers closer to the atmosphere and key storylines.<\/p>\n

The show airs at 8:30 p.m. EDT, 5:30 p.m. PDT on Sky Racing World\u2019s regular Australian racing simulcast channel and its YouTube channel. The first post is scheduled for 9:15 p.m. EDT, 6:15 p.m. PDT.<\/p>\n

Spanish-speaking audiences also can follow the action, with DRF en Espa\u00f1ol and Roberto Rodriguez providing a Spanish-language broadcast.<\/p>\n

Ka Ying Rising headlines The Everest<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s highest-rated horse, Ka Ying Rising, will attempt consecutive victories in the AUS$20 million (about US$13.9 million) Everest at Royal Randwick. The Hong Kong superstar hasn’t lost in his last 21 starts.<\/p>\n

Ridden by Zac Purton, Ka Ying Rising has drawn barrier 11 for the six-furlong sprint, with possible rain adding another challenge.<\/p>\n

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Ciaron Maher-trained Tempted has secured barrier 1, and Chris Waller\u2019s Joliestar starts from gate 5 under James McDonald. Stablemate Angel Capital has drawn barrier 2, and Ninja, who defeated Ka Ying Rising in a recent barrier trial, jumps from 3 under Tommy Berry.<\/p>\n

Three-year-old Blue Door, trained by Bjorn Baker, has drawn barrier 9 and will be ridden by Jamie Melham.<\/p>\n

The 10-race Randwick program also features the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes, with Australian horse of the year Autumn Glow taking on Pride of Jenni and two-time winner of this race Ceowulf.<\/p>\n

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Caulfield Cup marks its 150th running<\/p>\n

Melbourne will celebrate the 150th running of the Caulfield Cup (G1), a 1 1\/2-mile test featuring international contenders, a defending champion and a formidable stable challenge.<\/p>\n

As one of the key lead-up races to the Melbourne Cup (G1), the Caulfield Cup offers a major opportunity for stayers to strengthen their spring carnival credentials ahead of the famous two-mile test at Flemington.<\/p>\n

Half Yours will attempt to defend his title after drawing barrier 7, with Mark Zahra again aboard for Team McEvoy.<\/p>\n

Turnbull Stakes winner Cosmic Crusader has drawn barrier 17, potentially improving to 14 if emergencies fail to gain a start. International contenders Wine Dark Sea and Enfjaar have drawn barriers 19 and 1, respectively.<\/p>\n

Ciaron Maher has five guaranteed runners: Saint George (2), Zahrann (4), Royal Supremacy (8), Middle Earth (11) and Kings Valley (12). Zahrann is attracting particular attention ahead of the historic contest at odds of 6-1.<\/p>\n

With a decade of Everest history to celebrate in Sydney and 150 years of Caulfield Cup tradition in Melbourne, Australian racing fans have an incredible Friday night ahead.<\/p>\n

Coverage of Australia racing for Horse Racing Nation is made possible through a sponsorship by Sky Racing World.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Courtesy Sky Racing World Australian racing is set for a history-making weekend, with the 10th running of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-930569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}