The Everest: How to watch the world's richest horse race on DAZN

The world's richest horse race The Everest runs this Saturday, October 18, 2025, with $20 dollars (£9.8m) on the line in Sydney, Australia, with over 50,000 fans in attendance.

Held at the Randwick Racecourse as part of the Sydney Spring Carnival, 12 of the world's fastest horses will race over a 1,200 metre sprint and it is live worldwide* on DAZN.

The world's best sprinter Ka Ying Rising will be on show, looking to extend his impressive record of 13 wins in a row. Briasa is another star on show, having previously won Sydney's biggest two races at 1,200m.

Here is everything you need to know about the Everest and how to watch the race on DAZN.

When will The Everest be ran?

The Everest takes place on Saturday, October 18, in Sydney, Australia.

The race is set to get underway at 4:15pm in Sydney, which is 6:15am BST, 7:15 CEST, 1:15am ET, 10:15pm PT (Friday).

DAZN's broadcast of the race begins at 6:00am BST / 7:00am CEST.

• The Everest start time:  4:15pm AEDT / 6:15am BST / 7:15 CEST / 1:15am ET / 10:15pm PT (Friday)

The Everest 2025 runners

12 horses run in The Everest, competing for the huge prize pot, with each of the 12 slots to run sold for $700,000.

Hong Kong’s reigning Horse of the Year Ka Ying Rising is one of this year's favourite, despite having recent injury concerns.

The 12 runners are:

• Ka Ying Rising
• Briasa
• Overpass
• Jimmysstar
• War Machine
• Mazu
• Jedibeel
• Angel Capital
• Joliestar
• Lady Shenandoah
• Magic Time
• Tempted

What is The Everest?

The Everest is a Group 1 status race, which has seen the prize pot increase from $15m in 2018 to $20m from 2023 to make it the world's richest horse race.

The races goes on turf over 1,200 metres.

Bella Nipotina won the 2024 edition with Craig Williams in the saddle. Redzel is the only double winner of The Everest, winning in 2017 and 2018.

How to watch The Everest on DAZN?

DAZN will broadcast full race live and free worldwide*

If you already have a DAZN subscription or free account, then you can watch The Everest in your normal way.

If you do not have an account, setting one up is easy. You just need an email address to create a free account to watch.

Using the DAZN App, sports fans can watch DAZN on any device including smart TV's, smartphones, tables, games consoles, laptops/MAC's/PC's, and streaming devices like Fire Sticks.

Just follow these instructions....

• Download the free DAZN App from your normal App store on your TV, phone, tablet, or streaming device
• On a laptop or PC  visit www.DAZN.com/home
• Select 'Get started' or 'log in'
• Enter your email address, or sign up via the Apple, Google or Facebook options
• You then have access to all of DAZN's free content, including the Matchroom boxing channel, LIV Golf and FIFA+

*The Everest is live on DAZN worldwide, excluding Australia, Singapore and France.