The Melbourne Cup Nominations Are In!
September 4th, 2013 by Pom de TurfThere are 28 internationally-trained horses in the list of nominations for the Melbourne Cup on November 5th, and 2011 winner Dunaden is a surprise inclusion. But will he make the trip to the Australian Spring? And will the big race have an overseas winner?
There have been five overseas winners in the past couple of decades, going back to Vintage Crop in 1993, and Dunaden is currently $21.00 on Sportsbet. Back in 2011, it was Dunaden who won narrowly over Red Cadeaux, who was also nominated, and is currently at $41.00. But the favourite is still Puissance De Lune by a good stretch at $5.00, followed at a respectful distance by Fiorente at $11.00 and then Sea Moon at $17.00. And whilst all the press attention might be on the runners from overseas, Racing Victoria’s General Manager of Racing, Greg Carpenter, is keen to draw attention back to local horses: ‘It’s not just about the internationals. We have an enormous strength of quality among the locally trained horses, and to have all those staying race winners on the Australian calendar heading towards this Melbourne Cup underlines the undoubted strength of the nominations.’
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