She Will Reign locks in jockey as Everest field finalised

Tom Walter - Monday October 2

Trainer Gary Portelli has secured a new jockey for The Everest favourite She Will Reign.

The $10 million Everest trophy. Photo: ATC

Corey Brown will climb aboard the two-time Group I winner at 51kg.

She Will Reign has been the subject of a jockey merry go round with initial rider Ben Melham declaring himself unable to make the weight before Kerrin McEvoy, who rode the filly in last Friday's Moir Stakes win, announced he would honour a prior commitment made to the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Redzel.

The booking comes after In Her Time, which Brown rode to victory in last Saturday's Premiere Stakes (1200m), was surprisingly overlooked for a spot in The Everest field.

With all 12 runners now locked away and most riders announced, final field betting has commenced on the inaugural $10 million event.

Barring incidents that would enforce scratching, the following 12 horses will face the starter at Randwick on October 14. Odds are courtesy of Sportsbet.

SLOT HOLDER

RUNNER

TRAINER

JOCKEY

ODDS

The Star

Redkirk Warrior

Lindsay Park Racing

Regan Bayliss

$7.50

TAB

English

Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott

Blake Shinn

$9

Inglis

Fell Swoop

Matthew Dale

Tye Angland

$51

Australian Turf Club

Brave Smash

Darren Weir

TBA

$31

Greg Ingham

Chautauqua

Hawkes Racing

Brenton Avdulla

$6

Aquis Farm

Houtzen

Toby Edmonds

Jeff Lloyd

$26

Yu Long Investments

She Will Reign

Gary Portelli

Corey Brown

$4.60

James Harron

Redzel

Peter and Paul Snowden

Kerrin McEvoy

$7

Coolmore

Tulip

Lindsay Park Racing

TBA

$51

Damion Flower (Jadeskye Racing)

Clearly Innocent

Kris Lees

Hugh Bowman

$13

Chris Waller Racing

Deploy

Gerald Ryan

TBA

$11

Max Whitby (Everest Racing Pty Ltd)

Vega Magic

Lindsay Park Racing

Craig Williams

$6

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