Melbourne Cup

Racing Victoria said: “Robert Hickmott stable has advised RV Stewards that Point Nepean has returned elevated blood results and has been withdrawn from ...

“It was a very easy piece of work. Point Nepean’s scratching is certain to revive the debate about whether there should be emergencies for the race. “Obviously we’re full of hope but it’s a horse race at the end of the day and everything has to go right.Ferguson gave Deauville Legend a gallop at Werribee on Sunday morning, which he said would leave the top stayer ready for the Melbourne Cup after a quiet day on Monday. It was what we call a nice breeze to open the lungs before he has a quiet day on Monday going into the race.” Deauville Legend is the only runner under $10 in Melbourne Cup betting but his trainer James Ferguson said the Flemington contest would not be a procession for the favourite. “I do feel that with the weight he has been given, that he’s got a very good chance because he’s coming here with a lot of form,” Ferguson said. Deauville Legend will carry 55kg but Ferguson said that weight gave the gelding a chance to win the Melbourne Cup at only his eighth start. Ferguson has been part of a previous Melbourne Cup success as Charlie Appleby’s travelling foreman with the 2018 winner Cross Counter. [Why our expert is tipping a big upset](https://www.foxsports.com.au/nfl/melbourne-cup-2022-form-guide-horses-tips-odds-field-analysis-of-every-runner/news-story/7ccc71707d0594ecb8acb36c34292cf2) [LOOK FOR THE CLUES: ](https://www.foxsports.com.au/horse-racing/melbourne-cup/melbourne-cup-2022-betting-guide-for-dummies-how-to-place-a-bet-what-is-a-trifecta-quinella-exacta-who-to-bet-on-information/news-story/c6cd2d6971a92cce96c3d0eee26dc05f) [All the Cup lead-up runs you need to see](https://www.foxsports.com.au/motorsport/formula-one/f1-2022-mexican-grand-prix-live-blog-updates-grid-max-verstappen-george-russell-daniel-ricciardo-times/news-story/261476157a49340080309ec2cd062bcf) A tight grip on Melbourne Cup favouritism has not prompted any complacency from the Deauville Legend camp leading up to Tuesday’s $8m event. Currently the TAB does not have the capabability to accomodate more than 24 numbers in the system for a race. [How to place a bet](https://www.foxsports.com.au/horse-racing/melbourne-cup/melbourne-cup-2022-betting-guide-for-dummies-how-to-place-a-bet-what-is-a-trifecta-quinella-exacta-who-to-bet-on-information/news-story/c6cd2d6971a92cce96c3d0eee26dc05f)

Well-travelled stayer Arapaho has raced at eight different tracks over fourteen starts in a seven month journey to prepare for Tuesday's 3200m big event at ...

He has never been a big bulky horse, he's sort of been the lighter athletic type but at the moment I couldn't be happier with him. He's just handled everything so well," Baker said. "The owners have enjoyed the ride, they obviously dream to have a Melbourne Cup runner. "As much as anything, he has held his form as well. "As he gets through the 1450m mark he will break through the 30,000m mark for the prep so he has done a remarkable job. The Melbourne Cup will be Arapaho's second crack at a Group 1 in Australia – he was eighth in The Metropolitan two starts ago – and Baker believes he deserves his chance.

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The decision means that Lloyd Williams = who owns Point Nepean - now has just one runner in the race with his colours to be worn by Johnny Allen on Serpentine.

Alligator Blood finished fifth behind Anamoe in the Cox Plate. The review led to a change in April 2021 in the minimum targeted track rating for the Melbourne Cup to Good 4 from no firmer than Good 3, to provide more give in the ground in the interests of horse welfare. Alligator Blood had a similar scare before the Cox Plate when Racing Victoria vets said he was lame in the near fore two days before the race.

A seven-time champion has lost one of his two runners for the $8m classic after the first official scratching was announced.

Without A Fight brings a record of seven wins from 17 starts to Australia and holds down a share of second favouritism for the Cup as an $11 chance. “He ran a super race as a prep run (for the Melbourne Cup) at Newmarket just before going into quarantine,” Crisford said. “He finished second to Hukum in Dubai and (that horse) went on to win the Coronation Cup at Epsom.” [lost leading contenders Durston and Loft as well as Makram](https://7news.com.au/sport/horse-racing/melbourne-cup-nightmare-as-second-favourite-loft-scratched-this-is-pretty-tough-c-8687330) in the lead-up. English-trained stayers Deauville Legend ($3.60) and Without A Fight ($11) have emerged as the top two contenders. [Melbourne Cup](https://7news.com.au/sport/horse-racing) field has been reduced to 23 runners after the first official scratching ahead of Tuesday’s $8 million race at Flemington.

Teamwork makes the veterinary dream work: 'Every horse is equally important'. Racing Victoria veterinary services ...

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Michelle Payne has made her top selection for the 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup. The 2015 Melbourne Cup winning jockey believes Realm Of Flowers is the horse to ...

“I just don’t know how it’s going to play out for Deauville Legend. It’s such a hard race to win for a young horse like that. “I like that horse a bit better than (favourite) Deauville Legend. They’ve got so many things going their way for the race and at a bit of odds as well.” “I’m really keen on Realm Of Flowers. “I think she’s snuck in with a nice light weight, is in a good barrier (5) and she’s a pretty good mare.

Ben Hayes has warned punters not to dismiss overseas raider Camorra ahead of Tuesday's Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

[READ: MELBOURNE CUP WEEK EXPERTS TIPS AND ANALYSIS FOR ONLY $1](https://www.racenet.com.au/news/melbourne-cup-week-unlock-racenets-expert-tips-and-analysis-for-only-1-20221024) Their grandfather Colin Hayes won the Melbourne Cup with the US-bred pair Beldale Ball and At Talaq in 1980 and 1986. The Hayes brothers will attempt to become the third generation of the famous Australian racing family to win the Melbourne Cup with an imported galloper.

They were worried Melbourne Cup mare Realm Of Flowers could have died but she has beaten 100-1 odds just to race in Tuesday's Cup.

"She beat Durston and in the last 50 metres was drawing away from Durston who then came out and won Caulfield Cup and was quite well fancied before he got taken out of the Melbourne Cup." "She can't be held up in a race – she just needs to be rolling around the field and start her race 800m from home, just keep plugging away and finding. "Fast forward to recently and her run in the Metrop was an absolute corker. "Realm Of Flowers finished very well to run second to the stablemate, the Freedman team expected the stablemate to beat her a lot easier," Bester said. "This filly was out of Astral Flowers so the name came from there, she was named in honour of my daughter." "She was hospitalised for a long time and then in a paddock for a long time and then had gentle rehabilitation for a long time. "The odds of her getting back to the Melbourne Cup this year were 100-1, that was just to get her back to racing and aiming at the Melbourne Cup. "I negotiated to buy her at under her reserve price, the reserve was $200,000 and we paid $180,000 and put together some friends in a (ownership) syndicate. She left Durston in her wake that day, with Durston then coming out and winning the Caulfield Cup and being one of the top fancies for the Melbourne Cup until vet protocols ruled him out. "She has already beaten the odds to get to the first Tuesday in November." Her most recent performance – finishing third in the Group 1 Metropolitan and being ahead just after the line – was an eye-catcher from a Melbourne Cup point of view. "She developed an infection in her knee, which got quite bad, and it got to the point we assumed it was career ending and we wondered if it might end up life threatening," Realm Of Flowers part-owner and the man who named her and purchased her as a yearling, James Bester, said.