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The Everest Randwick, WFA, Group 1 Slot Race 1200m, Sat 1615 local, 0615 BST Of AU$20m, but only $7m to the winner. The sprint race of the year returns to Randwick with the best horse in the world dominating the market. The Aussie-bred, expat Aussie-trained, Ka Ying Rising has arrived in town and deservedly has all the locals running scared. So much so that some twat last weekend created a fake social media acct to spread rumours he might be scratched to blatantly manipulate the markets. The sheep backed everything else in the market at the ‘value’ prices while I’ll bet London to a brick that forensic investigation will absolutely confirm the higher odds on KYR were taken by those involved. But Racing NSW just loves the free publicity behind it - not sure Victorian stewards would look upon it in the same way.  It’s a sellout crowd at Randwick but that’s like selling out an English cricket ground compared to the MCG - well done but it’s still not even half the crowd of Melbourne Cu...