Racing 2024 G1 Melbourne Cup Day (3200m)no after timing posts.

Melbourne Cup winner?

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Race order fore those on the same race multi places..

Winner: Knight's Choice
2: Warp Speed
3: Okita Soushi
4: Zardozi
5: Absurde
6: Circle of Fire
7: Fancy Man
8: Land Legend
9: Buckaroo
10: Kovalica
11: Vauban
12: Onesmoothoperator
13: Valiant King
14: Sea King
15: Interpretation
16: Sharp 'N' Smart
17: Trust In You
18: Mostly Cloudy
19: Manzoice
20: Positivity
21: The Map
22: Saint George
23: Just Fine
 

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qarocks said:
This is what the riders thought of their mount's performance in the Melbourne Cup.

1st - KNIGHT'S CHOICE (Robbie Dolan) Pinch me. I think I'm dreaming. It's incredible. I just can't believe it. I I don't even know what to say. I can't even put it into words. This is the biggest race in the world, and to win it is just incredible. I've never ridden this race before, so I didn't know what to expect, but I feel like I've ridden it ten times because I've run the race over in my head before I got here. It panned out exactly as I thought it would. I thought I'd be a pair closer, but they went quick. I just rode him for luck because I know he's got a good turn of foot. What a training performance. There wasn't enough room for me to come outside. So I decided to cut the corner. I heard Kerrin (McEvoy) giving me a call along the inside. I initially would have went for the run that he went for. He was going a little bit better than me. Once my horse spotted the gap and he sort of changed leads, and he just sort of picked up on me. Once I pulled the stick through, he found another gear again. He's only a small little horse, but he gives his all every start, and that's half the battle with him, I think and he's proved a lot of people wrong.

2nd - WARP SPEED (Akira Sugawara) The plan was to go a bit more forward, but obviously he couldn't. Then we just changed to Plan B, which was what we always had in the mind. We watched many Melbourne Cups of the past, and we could come from the back. We got him into real rhythm, good rhythm and went through the field, and it was a really good run.

3rd - OKITA SOUSHI (Jamie Kah) Fantastic run. Couldn't have asked for anything more from the horse. Got me a bit excited at the 200 (metre mark). I thought he was going to hang on, but he's just a genuine one-pace horse, but couldn't ask for anything more of him.

4th - ZARDOZI (Andrea Atzeni) She ran good. We got a good trip from that draw. She travelled strongly. She picked up nicely. She probably didn't quite get the two miles.

5th - ABSURDE (Kerrin McEvoy) He ran fantastic. He got in a nice rhythm. He relaxed well. I just sort of cut the corner and switched a couple of times up the running, but he was finishing really well the last bit.

6th - CIRCLE OF FIRE (Mark Zahra) He ran well. Good, tough effort.

7th - FANCY MAN (Ron Stewart) Got a fantastic run from the awkward alley. Followed Jamie Kah (Okita Soushi) throughout. From the half-mile she got on her bike and that suited my horse who ran a really good race.

8th - LAND LEGEND (Zac Purton) He was much more manageable than at Caulfield, but still wanting to go 10 per cent too fast the whole way. Really good effort.

9th - BUCKAROO (Joao Moreira) Didn't have the best of the runs because he was actually too wide. It was hard to get in. He had to travel a little bit wide. He still had cover, but the distance probably just stretched him too much, and the last little bit, he started getting tired. So I'd say he couldn't really run the distance.

10th - KOVALICA (Damian Lane) He ran well. Unfortunately, just didn't quite have the turn-of-foot to go. Between the 600 and the 400. I had to wait. After that he hit the line well. Just lacked a turn-of-foot with that speed but he ran honest.

11th - VAUBAN (William Buick) I was a bit further back than ideal. He travelled well the first half of the race, and I had to hold my position. He came off the bridle far earlier than I expected from him.

12th - ONESMOOTHOPERATOR (Craig Williams) I was happy the way his prelim was, but once we placed him under pressure in the race today, he just wasn't quite at his best. Interesting to see how he comes through the run.

13th - VALIANT KING (Craig Newitt) I thought he ran really well, just got caught a little bit wide early. Got into a nice midfield position, travelled really well. I think if the track had a bit more give in it, he'd finish right in the money.

14th - SEA KING (Hollie Doyle) He's run alright. He probably overraced throughout, really. The distance probably tested his stamina.

15th - INTERPRETATION (Teo Nugent) A lovely first half of the race. He travelled really well for me and settled midfield. First week of the race was ideal, just at the business end of things, from the 400 on, he lacked a turn of foot.

16th - SHARP 'N' SMART (Michael Dee) Had a lovely run today, but just didn't quicken when asked.

17th - TRUST IN YOU (Mark Du Plessis) Got a lovely spot and he relaxed really well. He was just probably a year away from really finishing off properly.

18th - MOSTLY CLOUDY (Karis Teetan) Had a perfect position from the start, but just the class, not clear.

19th - MANZOICE (Declan Bates) Just didn't stay. Travelled into the race really well got tired late.

20th - POSITIVITY (Winona Costin) Probably just come up a year too soon. Next year in the race, she's going to be a lot better. Just wanting to overdo it a few times. Overall, I was happy, but next year she'll be a big improver.

21st - THE MAP (Rachel King) Tough run from the gate but she was as game as ever.

22nd - SAINT GEORGE (Tyler Schiller) He had the right run. He followed the winner (but) just didn't see the trip out and probably couldn't get comfortable either with a bit of a stop-start tempo.

Last - JUST FINE (Jye McNeil) He acquitted himself well today. Just struggled at the two miles.
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If Kah stuck to the fence she’d be home.

Bloody clueless.
 
Think of all the Australian Breds that have won the Melbourne Cup since 1990:

Subzero (1992)
Saintly (1996)
Rogan Josh (1999)
Viewed (2008)
Shocking (2009)
Vow And Declare (2019)

Knight's Choice is also an Australian Bred and isn't better than any of them.

Also what was interesting that the two staying races at Flemington today...the 2800m race and the Melbourne Cup (3200m) were won by outsiders.
 

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Just watched the replay.
There is no excuse for any horse that finished behind knights choice. It came from near last as was the only horse that went the distance
 
Lunchtime said:
Think of all the Australian Breds that have won the Melbourne Cup since 1990:

Subzero (1992)
Saintly (1996)
Rogan Josh (1999)
Viewed (2008)
Shocking (2009)
Vow And Declare (2019)

Knight's Choice is also an Australian Bred and isn't better than any of them.

Also what was interesting that the two staying races at Flemington today...the 2800m race and the Melbourne Cup (3200m) were won by outsiders.
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Obviously not not better than other winners. He would be a legitimate option for the worst horse to even contest a Melbourne Cup for many years
 
One for the trifectas and quartets for the Cup - since 1980: 20 out of the past 44 years (including 7 out of the last 10 years) a Herbert Power runner has run top 4 in the Melbourne Cup:


1980: BELDALE BALL
2nd in Herbert Power
1st in Melbourne Cup

1981: JUST A DASH
7th in Herbert Power
1st in Melbourne Cup

1985: FIL DE ROI
1st in Herbert Power
4th in Melbourne Cup

1986: AT TALAQ
4th in Herbert Power
1st in Melbourne Cup

1990: MR BROOKER
7th in Herbert Power
3rd in Melbourne Cup

1992: MR EUROSTAR
7th in Herbert Power
4th in Melbourne Cup

1996: SKYBEAU
3rd in Herbert Power
3rd in Melbourne Cup

1999: ROGAN JOSH
1st in Herbert Power
1st in Melbourne Cup

2000: YIPPYIO
4th in Herbert Power
2nd in the Melbourne Cup

2004: ZAZZMAN
3rd in Herbert Power
3rd in Melbourne Cup

2005: LEICA FALCON
1st in Herbert Power
4th in Melbourne Cup

2009: SHOCKING
2nd in Herbert Power
1st in Melbourne Cup

2013: SIMENON
3rd in Herbert Power
4th in Melbourne Cup

2014: PROTECTIONIST
4th in Herbert Power
1st in Melbourne Cup

2015: PRINCE OF PENZANCE
8th in Herbert Power
1st in Melbourne Cup

2018: PRINCE OF ARRAN
3rd in Herbert Power
3rd in Melbourne Cup

2019: PRINCE OF ARRAN
2nd in Herbert Power
2nd in Melbourne Cup

2020: THE CHOSEN ONE
7th in Herbert Power
4th in Melbourne Cup

2022: EMISSARY
8th in Herbert Power
2nd in Melbourne Cup

2024: OKITA SOUSHI
2nd in Herbert Power
3rd in Melbourne Cup
 

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