Explore our interactive guide to the horses chasing Australian racing's greatest prize, with the field declared for the 160th running of the Melbourne Cup.Anthony Van Dyck is one of the best credentialled European horses to travel to Australia in recent times.
Since then he has developed into one of the country's better performed horses at the elite level, although he has not been in the winner's stall for more than a year. The five-year-old has only placed once in six subsequent starts and jockey Craig Williams has opted to ride Surprise Baby instead. His young trainer Joseph O'Brien has already won the Cup , ironically at the expense of his jockey on Tuesday, Ben Melham, who rode Johannes Vermeer into second place that day.5yo stallion | Barrier 14 | 55.5kg | J: Glen Boss | T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
Glen Boss, a three-time Cup hero aboard Makybe Diva, retains the ride and will be hoping his horse can show the same burst of speed he showed at his Australian debut.Owned by six-time winner Lloyd Williams, Twilight Payment has a decent overall record, winning seven and placing 16 times from 30 starts — many of which came in smallish fields in his native Ireland.
A fortnight ago she added to her impressive record with a dogged win in the Caulfield Cup , defying the likes of Anthony Van Dyck and Prince Of Arran. The eight-year-old started at 100-1 in the Caulfield Cup a fortnight ago and finished eighth, beaten four lengths behind Verry Elleegant. Stratum Albion has been put on a similar training regime, with the stable confident of a forward showing — a rain-affected track will also help his chances.5yo gelding | Barrier 19 | 54.5kg | J: Michael Walker | T: Andrew Balding
Nevertheless, he'll have to improve drastically to figure prominently on Tuesday, although he does have a victory to his name over the 3,200-metre distance.Finche has already contested two Melbourne Cups, finishing fourth in 2018 and seventh last year behind Vow And Declare. The connections of this globetrotting galloper are hoping that he can go even better than his third in 2018 and second a year ago.
A mission of redemption has been the sole focus of trainer Paul Preusker, who has given Surprise Baby a near-identical preparation heading into Tuesday.
Why are people still watching 1 horsepower complete 1 lap? 😴
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The horses aren't chasing anything. Stop animal exploitation and say NupToTheCup.
Yeh nah, I’m good
Time to end this barbaric 'sport'
Here's my hot tip for the cup. A bunch of midget bogans will beat horses with whips then at least one of the horses will die. Yay! What fun! NupToTheCup
Cue the outrage from dumb miserable anti racing idiots .... 3......2.......1......
NupToTheCup
No thanks. 😑
Meh
Keep it
Ban animal exploitation and gambling.NupToTheCup
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