Retiring jockey Damien Oliver will have to wait to find out if he'll get a Melbourne Cup farewell with his horse Alenquer under an injury cloud. The french gelding will need to pass a final vet inspection tomorrow morning as it faces being scratched from the famous race.
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00:00 No horses and no parade.
00:05 But fans of tomorrow's famous race still caught a glimpse of an animal and some musical jockeys.
00:14 They saw the cup too as it returned to Melbourne after touring the country.
00:19 Obviously the following months after the Melbourne Cup are a bit like a whirlwind.
00:24 Damien Oliver has won the cup three times.
00:27 A fourth would be a fairy tale farewell.
00:30 Four would be unreal to go out in my last year winning a cup.
00:33 It would be a dream come true.
00:34 There's doubt over his 32nd and final cup race with Alan Kerr suffering a stone bruise
00:40 during track work.
00:41 It's a foot abscess so it's kind of just a timing thing.
00:44 If it can heal in the next 24 hours he's a chance to take his position.
00:48 Irish horse Vauban looks set to start the cup as the short priced favourite.
00:52 After finishing runner up in previous cups, Willie Mullins says Vauban is his best chance
00:57 at victory.
00:58 I think we had every shedding we had on the horse and we were supposed to leave the next
01:02 day.
01:03 I don't remember what happened for the next four days and whatever happened the next four
01:06 days is what draws me back.
01:08 Race goers at Flemington tomorrow should expect a warm and rainy day with a forecast stop
01:13 of 29 degrees and the chance of some showers hitting in the afternoon.
01:18 A mixed forecast but at least it's better than last year.
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