THE KOSCIUSZKO News Stories

The Kosciuszko is one of newest feature races during the Sydney Spring Carnival. It follows a similar template to The Everest (hence the shared mountain-themed names), and is also run at Randwick Racecourse on Everest day. 

While the Everest is a sprint race for the best in the land, the Kosciuszko is only open to horses that are country-trained. This naturally creates plenty of excitement in country NSW and the ACT, with local trainers set to get their chance saddling up a horse at Randwick for a prize purse of $1.3 million dollars.

By the same token, the Kosciuszko also creates plenty of interest in the city, where people are keen to in see the best horses that country racing has to offer. 

One of the main bits of excitement surrounding the Kosciuszko is how the field is selected. People in NSW buy $5 tickets to go into a draw, where 14 lucky winners are announced. These 14 winners get the choice of all the top country horses in NSW, and enter into a one-off partnership with that horse's current connections. 

The Kosciuszko fits well alongside The Everest. While that race can be characterised as representing the heavy hitters in the racing industry, the Kosciuszko is a race for the battlers. And even though the horses in the Kosciuszko won't get anywhere near the time of the Everest winner, the race will still cause quite the stir.