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The Everest 2026 Betting Tips - Ka Ying Rising to New Heights
The $20 million Everest returns to Royal Randwick, bringing together top international and Australian sprinters over 1200m. Ka Ying Rising, the Hong Kong superstar, aims to defend his title after 21 consecutive wins and is a strong favourite at $1.50 odds. Aussie mare Tempted, unbeaten this year, is considered the main challenger, while former champion Giga Kick appeals as a value bet. The article concludes Ka Ying Rising is the best bet, noting his continued improvement and suitability to the conditions.
- Ka Ying Rising is the strong favourite to defend his Everest title after an unbeaten 21-race streak and a record-breaking win
- Tempted and Giga Kick are considered top challengers, with Tempted bringing strong Randwick form and Giga Kick offering value
- Despite a slight market drift due to weather concerns, Ka Ying Rising is still seen as exceptionally hard to oppose
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Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising returns to Randwick chasing back-to-back Everest victories in 2026. (Getty)
The $20 million Everest returns to Royal Randwick on Saturday, with the world's richest turf race bringing together an outstanding field of international and Australian sprinters over 1200m.
First run in 2017, The Everest has quickly established itself among the world's premier sprinting contests, with past winners including Redzel, Nature Strip and Giga Kick. Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising returns to defend his crown after extending his remarkable winning streak to 21.
Laserbet has Ka Ying Rising at $1.50 to successfully defend his Everest crown.
The Everest 2026 Tips
2026 The Everest Best Bet - Ka Ying Rising
A phenomenal performance in his latest appearance underlined why Ka Ying Rising is the world's premier sprinter, smashing his own Sha Tin 1200m track record by almost a second when clocking a blistering 1:06.11 in a 7.75-length demolition that extended his Hong Kong-record winning streak to 21 and lifted his international rating to 135.
The main query heading into Saturday is the weather, which has contributed to a slight market drift. Connections clearly prefer firmer ground, although the genuine champions generally handle whatever conditions confront them, and it's difficult to mark him down for something he hasn't yet encountered on race day.
The forecast is moving in his favour, with earlier rain predictions easing and Randwick's current Soft 7 surface potentially improving. That's not something to bank on, but barrier 11 holds few fears for a powerful on-speed galloper, with the likes of Nature Strip demonstrating how effective these horses can be from wider draws in major Randwick sprints.
The scary part for his rivals is that Ka Ying Rising wasn't necessarily at his best when winning last year's Everest, and he's returned an even better horse with that Australian experience behind him. He continues to improve and arrives off the most devastating performance of his career.
His price remains short, even after the drift, but it's hard to find a convincing reason to oppose him. With another enormous Randwick crowd set to cheer the Hong Kong champion home, it would be something special to see him light up the straight and put a margin on this Everest field.
2026 The Everest Next Best Bet - Tempted
Tempted brings an outstanding Randwick record into her second Everest appearance, with six wins and a second from seven starts, that lone defeat coming behind Ka Ying Rising in this race last year as an early three-year-old.
The Godolphin-owned mare is undoubtedly a better horse 12 months later, going from strength to strength throughout an unbeaten 2026 campaign. Her latest Premiere Stakes victory was arguably her finest, producing an arrogant display of acceleration to make a quality sprint field look second-rate.
Ciaron Maher appears to have timed her preparation perfectly, with Tempted doing what was required first-up in the Concorde Stakes before producing that dominant Premiere Stakes performance a month later. She's now third-up and looks ready to peak for her main spring target.
The inside draw raises some queries given her preference for settling back before unleashing her powerful finish, although much will depend on how Randwick is playing. The forecast remains changeable, and it's too early to dismiss her chances from barrier one based on assumptions about the track pattern.
Her Randwick 1200m record is exceptional, and she's effective on both good and rain-affected ground. Now a more mature four-year-old with five consecutive victories this year, she's clearly the pick of the local hopes and looks the most likely to give Ka Ying Rising a genuine race.
2026 The Everest Value Bet - Giga Kick
It's remarkable that Giga Kick has only had 25 starts, given how long he's seemingly been around, and during his three-year-old season he looked destined to become one of Australia's greatest sprinters.
His unbeaten rise culminated in the memorable 2022 Everest triumph, and he was desperately unlucky not to add the Champions Sprint at Flemington later that spring. An outstanding autumn followed, highlighted by his Group 1 All Aged Stakes victory after a narrow TJ Smith Stakes defeat, before injury interrupted his career following a disappointing run behind Imperatriz in the McEwen Stakes.
He hasn't been the same consistently brilliant horse since, although his narrow runner-up finish in the 2024 Everest came third-up and was comfortably his best performance of that preparation. He also ended a lengthy winning drought with back-to-back victories last spring, culminating in the Group 1 Champions Sprint at Flemington.
His autumn campaign wasn't particularly fruitful, but again his best performance came third-up in the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick, where he finished strongly over 1200m. That pattern is worth considering as the seven-year-old reaches the same stage of his preparation on Saturday.
The 1000m Moir Stakes was always likely to prove too sharp first-up, while he was game without threatening in the Manikato Stakes, having carried plenty of condition early in the campaign. Those runs, along with a subsequent jumpout, should have brought him closer to peak fitness.
He's less reliable these days, but at his best Giga Kick remains as capable as any of the Australian sprinters if he turns up. His Randwick record over 1200m is strong, some give in the ground is another positive, and at a big price he appeals as a value and exotic chance with the potential to peak third-up.
The Everest 2026 - Field & Odds
| No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ka Ying Rising (NZ) | David Hayes | Zac Purton | 11 | 58.5kg | $1.50 |
| 2 | Jimmysstar (NZ) | Ciaron Maher | Nash Rawiller | 8 | 58.5kg | $12 |
| 3 | Giga Kick | Clayton Douglas | Dylan Gibbons | 12 | 58.5kg | $34 |
| 4 | Angel Capital | Chris Waller | Ben Melham | 2 | 58.5kg | $41 |
| 5 | Caballus | Bjorn Baker | Tim Clark | 10 | 58.5kg | $126 |
| 6 | Headwall | Matthew Smith | Kerrin McEvoy | 6 | 58.5kg | $51 |
| 7 | Ninja | Michael Freedman | Tommy Berry | 3 | 58.5kg | $21 |
| 8 | Joliestar | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 5 | 56.5kg | $16 |
| 9 | Tempted | Ciaron Maher | Chad Schofield | 1 | 56.5kg | $5 |
| 10 | Spicy Martini | Toby Edmonds | Taylor Marshall | 4 | 56.5kg | $51 |
| 11 | Savvy Hallie | Brad Widdup | Zac Lloyd | 7 | 56.5kg | $67 |
| 12 | Blue Door | Bjorn Baker | Jamie Melham | 9 | 51kg | $26 |
| 13e | Overpass | Bjorn Baker | 58.5kg | $81 | ||
| 14e | Charm Stone | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 56.5kg | $126 | ||
| 15e | Skybird | Mitchell Freedman | 56.5kg | $81 | ||
| 16e | Marhoona | Michael Freedman | 56.5kg | $126 |
Odds provided by Laserbet & correct on 15/10/2026.
Verdict
Our tips for the 2026 Everest are:
Ka Ying Rising
To Win
$1.50 - 8 Units
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Giga Kick
Each Way
$34.00 - 2 Units
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