THE EVEREST: CLIMBING HIGH, BUT IS THE VIEW AS GOOD AS IT IS MADE OUT TO BE
By Graham Potter | Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Something to ponder in the wake of prize-money for The Everest being lifted from $15 million to $20 million.
In the last three years thirty-six horses have contested The Everest from twenty stables.
Those thirty-six rides have been taken by nineteen jockeys.
Chris Waller and James Cummings have had five starters each over the last three editions of The Everest … that’s 27% of all runners. Throw in Joe Pride with his four starters into that mix and it means that 39% of all the runners in The Everest over the last three years have been presented by just three trainers.
James McDonald, Nash Rawiller, Kerron McEvoy and Sam Clipperton have all had a ride in each of the last three runnings of The Everest …that’s twelve out of the thirty-six rides which means just four jockeys have landed a third of the available rides over the period in question.
A further nine riders have had two Everest rides over the last three years … that means that only thirteen riders … in a field of twelve each year remember … have been booked for 83% of the rides available.
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