With a purse of more than $21 million-dollars, The Everest in Sydney is easily Australia's richest horse race - and this year, there's a Kiwi hoping to spoil the party.
Bred and owned on this side of the Tasman, I Wish I Win goes into the race as one of the favourites, while another expat trainer Bjorn Baker is also hoping for glory.
Two days out from the biggest race of his life, I Wish I Win is carrying the hopes of a nation, something not lost on Aussie trainer Peter Moody.
"We're not denying the fact he's New Zealand born and raised and owned," he said. "New Zealand horses have been a massive part of our Australian culture for a lot of years."
The Savabeel gelding cemented his status as a favourite for The Everest by taking down Australasia's best sprinters earlier this year in the TJ Smith Stakes, but he's not the only Kiwi accustomed to winning on the hallowed turf of Royal Randwick.
Sydney-based trainer Bjorn Baker has a highly rated chance of his own - Australian gelding Overpass.
"The old saying is another Aussie gelded couldn't be a bad thing and I stick by that," he laughs.
The expat shouts home winners like any passionate punter and there will extra reason to celebrate, if he takes out The Everest, with a winning prize of more than $7 million.
"I've been here 12 years and the prizemoney's gone through the roof," he said.
Moody's hoping his horse will take the spoils
"We're gonna nead a little bit of luck, but you always do in these big races," he said.
Just another Kiwi hoping to tip up big brother.
