Jockey Mark Zahra has managed a back-to-back win, having taken out the 2022 Cup on Gold Trip, and again in 2023 with Without A Fight.
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00:00 And they're racing!
00:02 And Sothom stood there again and missed it by about three lengths this time.
00:07 Beginning well towards the inside was Magical Lagoon with also Serpentine,
00:12 and not too far away Absurd and also Vauban.
00:15 Now deeper on the track Future History and also Right You Are coming over,
00:20 and also Valander Cleer is four and five deep,
00:23 and at this point of the race is about two off the lead and trying to push up from Kalapore.
00:28 They were followed next in the field by In Between Horses True Marvel,
00:32 Military Mission is next, and just ahead of it is Absurd and also Vauban along the inside.
00:37 Next is Gold Trip as they come down the straight with just over a lap to go.
00:41 Next is Lastochka who's four deep around Shiraz and without a fight.
00:45 They were followed by Ash Run, Breakup, Interpretation, Sulcum.
00:49 Towards the back more Felons and also Akita Sushi in two.
00:53 Further back is Virtuous Circle at the tail of the field as they leave the running the lead of Serpentine
00:58 by a length in second Future History.
01:01 Third is Magical Lagoon and Valander Cleer fourth one off the fence.
01:04 Two lengths to Right You Are and Vauban followed by Absurd.
01:08 Kalapore is three wide. Next along the inside is Gold Triplest Lastochka,
01:12 In Between Horses, Military Mission and even speed in the cup from Alan Kerr.
01:16 They were followed one off the fence by Deshaan Sweet Jr., True Marvel three wide.
01:21 Well back without a fight, Ash Run, Shiraz.
01:24 Next along the inside Sulcum, Breakup, Interpretation.
01:27 Towards the back of the field more Felons, Akita Sushi and last of all Virtuous Circle.
01:32 1700 metres to go in the Lexus Melbourne Cup.
01:35 Serpentine is the leader. From on the outside Kalapore and Future History is third.
01:40 A length and a half Magical Lagoon and also Valander Cleer.
01:43 And they get away at this stage as they reach the 1500 metres.
01:46 They're four lengths in front of Right You Are and Vauban saving every inch of ground.
01:51 A length and a half the stable made Absurd and in came Gold Triplest Lastochka.
01:56 He's three wide at this stage and in came Military Mission.
01:59 A length away in the field is True Marvel and in came Alan Kerr, Deshaan Sweet Jr.
02:04 Without a fight, Shiraz well back in the field.
02:07 Well back two thirds down as Ash Run, Sulcum and Breakup.
02:11 And they were followed by more Felons as they string right out at the 1000 metres.
02:15 Akita Sushi is well back in the field as well and towards the back Interpretation and Virtuous Circle.
02:21 So it's Serpentine running this along very solidly midway towards the 800 metres.
02:27 It's a true staying test by two lengths to Kalapore and Future History.
02:31 Valander Cleer is nice and close, three or four of them.
02:34 They were followed by Right You Are, Vauban's only about four or five of them.
02:38 Absurd the outside, Gold Triplest tanking through, Needs Runs, Deshaan Sweet Jr. wedging through them.
02:44 And Alan Kerr plenty of hopes around the corner, into the straight in the Lexus Melbourne Cup.
02:49 And here's Vauban on the outside of Future History and Valander Cleer between them.
02:53 Absurd is also chiming in, 400 metres to go.
02:57 It's Absurd moving up on the outside for Zac Perlman.
03:00 A length in front but without a fight is running on right down the centre of the track.
03:04 Without a fight up to Absurd, Valander Cleer and Shiraz the boulter.
03:08 It's without a fight, 100 metres to go.
03:10 Two or three lengths in front, coming away from Shiraz and also Sulkum.
03:15 Without a fight, Mark Zara, a Melbourne Cup champion, wedged in by two lengths.
03:20 Second in the race for Sulkum.
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