41 Melbourne 7 2:00PM Flemington 7 START Lexus Melbourne Cup (Group 1) 3200m Of $8,560,000 and trophies of $810,000. 1st $4,400,000 and $810000 trophy to owner, 2nd $1,100,000, 3rd $550,000, 4th $350,000, 5th $230,000, 6th $160,000, 7th $160,000, 8th $160,000, 9th $160,000, 10th $160,000. For Three-Years-Old and Upwards. Handicap. No allowances for apprentices. Track and Class Record: 3-16.30E Kingston Rule (USA) (06/11/1990) [Firm2] 1 24312 Vauban (FR) (11) Willie Mullins (dw) ......................................William Buick 55.5 2 81122 Buckaroo (GB) (21) Chris Waller (w) ....................................Joao Moreira 54.5 3 1s890 Circle Of Fire (GB) (24) Ciaron Maher (dw) ............................Mark Zahra 54.5 4 325s0 Warp Speed (JPN) (3) Noboru Takagi . ..............................Akira Sugawara 54.5 5 s3426 Kovalica (NZ) (17) Chris Waller (w) . .......................................Damian Lane 53.5 6 s0203 Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (15) Graeme & Deborah Rogerson (w) ....Michael Dee 53.5 7 05010 Just Fine (IRE) (13) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (wt) .................Jye McNeil 53 8 s0613 Land Legend (FR) (18) Chris Waller .........................................Zac Purton 53 9 1s41s Absurde (FR) (7) Willie Mullins (w) .....................................Kerrin McEvoy 52.5 10 s8001 Athabascan (FR) (2) John O’Shea & Tom Charlton (w) ............. Zac Lloyd (a) 52 11 s9005 Knight’s Choice (6) John Symons & Sheila Laxon (w) . .........Robbie Dolan 51.5 12 s8021 Okita Soushi (IRE) (10) Ciaron Maher (d) ................................... Jamie Kah 51 13 s1741 Onesmoothoperator (USA) (12) Brian Ellison . .............. Craig Williams 51 14 65245 Zardozi (4) James Cummings (wt) ...................................... Andrea Atzeni 51 15 136s1 Sea King (GB) (1) Harry Eustace (w) . ...................................... Hollie Doyle 50.5 16 6s009 Valiant King (GB) (22) Chris Waller (w) . ............................... Craig Newitt 50.5 17 0s536 Fancy Man (IRE) (19) Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald (w) ....Ron Stewart 50 18 00862 Interpretation (IRE) (14) Ciaron Maher (w) ............................Teo Nugent 50 19 s2307 Manzoice (8) Chris Waller (wt) .............................................Declan Bates 50 20 2s440 Mostly Cloudy (IRE) (16) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young (dwt) .Karis Teetan 50 21 s2178 Positivity (NZ) (20) Andrew Forsman (w) ............................ Winona Costin 50 22 s8495 Saint George (GB) (9) Ciaron Maher .................................Tyler Schiller 50 23 s9056 The Map (23) Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray (wt) . ..................Rachel King 50 24 63044 Trust In You (NZ) (5) Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley (w) . Mark Du Plessis 50 TECHFORM’S TOP 5 1. 1 Vauban 100 2. 2 Buckaroo 100 3. 5 Kovalica 92 4. 15 Sea King 91 5. 14 Zardozi 91 RACE SUMMARY The form in this years Ebor stacks up well ONESMOOTHOPERATOR and SEA KING producing scintillating wins in their respective first starts in Aus. Leaning towards the latter. VAUBAN is going better this time in and can’t be ruled out. OKITA SOUSHI best local hope.
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