EDMONDS, MARSHALL AND A HORSE CALLED SPICY MARTINI. A CASE OF LOYALTY CARRYING THE DAY
By Graham Potter | Wednesday, October 7, 2026
You have got to admire trainer Toby Edmonds and his old school values.
In a way, it is sad when ‘loyalty’ can be perceived as an old school value, but when the Edmonds trained Spicy Martini secured the Inglis slot in the $20 million The Everest, which will be contested at Randwick on October 17, the Gold Coast based trainer had no hesitation in confirming that the mare’s regular jockey Taylor Marshall would be in the saddle on Everest Day.
Edmonds didn’t wait for the phone run hot with top jockeys looking for a big race ride … just as he didn’t go out and pitch the virtues of Spicy Martini to slot holders. He played it cool. He waited. He received that call from Inglis … and he had the right jockey for Spicy Martini already primed and waiting in the wings.
The horse had already done all of the hard work required to be recognised as good enough to earn a slot in the Everest and, equally, Marshall had proved himself to be the perfect fit for Spicy Martini, so the desired outcome ultimately fell very neatly into place.
It is worth remembering that Spicy Martini was an $8 000 online purchase who has already gone on the win $2 733 750 in prize-money, having recorded six wins from thirteen starts … so there is a fairytale element to a story that is still unfolding.
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