Royal Randwick was bursting at the seams as it hosted the biggest crowd in decades, for the second running of the $13 million, The Tab Everest.

The Opera House scenario was just what the doctor ordered, it awoke the sleeping giant, the result, a massive crowd of 40,578 could only be master minded by Racing NSW’s Chief Executive, Peter V’landys AM.

“This generation has adopted The Everest as their event, and their own race, and I am sure they will come to Everest day for many more years to come, ‘’added Peter V’landys.

The Australian Turf Club’s Chief Executive, Jamie Barkley, said,” Royal Randwick had witnessed an amazing record of the TAB Everest crowd.”

The major days of the spring could only manage to draw crowds of 14,087 and 13, 803.