Corey Brown in Taree
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00:00 You said that your first Melbourne Cup was life changing, has the second one been exactly the same?
00:07 Oh look it was very different this time. The first time around it was more of a relief because the year before I'd run a close second on Bauer.
00:16 So to come out and win it in '09 straight after the close finish was like a huge relief.
00:21 This year it was a more surreal feeling, it was very very different. I felt more satisfied this time.
00:31 I was absolutely wrapped at the kids and my wife and everyone was down there to enjoy it with me.
00:37 But yeah it was a bit more surreal this time around. I'm not going to say another dream come true.
00:44 But being away from Australian racing for four years and then coming back, I think about seven or eight months, to bring a Melbourne Cup home was fairly special.
00:57 Did you get to the point where you thought you were never going to win one again?
01:00 Not really, I've been away for a long time and it's just getting a ride in the race. You don't even think about winning it, it's actually just getting a ride in the race again.
01:09 I was lucky enough, the wife and the kids had actually got all their outfits and had a booking to go down there before I'd even got a ride.
01:16 So it was just a relief to contact Joseph O'Brien and the first horse that I chased I got to ride on and the rest is history.
01:24 It's not like winning a footy prem, you don't win the race and then get a few months off, it's right back on the saddle, basically the next day.
01:30 It's a non-stop racing game, you only stop Christmas Day basically. I was lucky enough, I got a little bit of time off straight after the cup, I went over to South Africa to compete for Australia in a jockey challenge over there.
01:42 It was good, the experience was good, but yeah, nothing like winning an oil cup.
01:47 You've been busy since?
01:49 Yeah, I've been flat out. Basically if it's not races it's barrier trials. I think I had my first day off for a fortnight, three weeks, last Tuesday.
01:59 It's been flat out, but it's enjoyable, still feeling really good on them. Obviously not getting any younger, but I'm going good.
02:08 What's on the program now, what's your ambition now? Is it a golden slipper?
02:12 I'd love a golden slipper, even a Cox Plate.
02:15 You've done second in that before haven't you?
02:17 I've done second in them before, but never actually passed the post first. It's the big four, I've won the Melbourne Cup twice but I haven't won any of the others, so I'd like to put those on the man of the piece.
02:28 Just to get back to riding consistent winners, getting my stride rate up, that's my main aim at this stage. Things are going good.
02:37 The race club said they're going to run the Corey Brown Cup every year on what's now William Cup Day. Are you able to ride on that do you think?
02:45 I'd like to win it. I'll definitely come up and ride on it for sure. I'll speak to Greg Coleman, get back up here. I'm not sure of the date they're going to hold it, but I'll make time to come up and be a part of it.
02:58 You talk about surreal, that'd be a bit surreal, riding in a race with it.
03:02 For sure, the Tarry and William drop the cup have been great over the years, but that would be pretty special to come home and win your own cup.
03:09 Have you said no thoughts through your time on it?
03:12 No. I'll step in Jeff Lloyd's Pete Frazee at the bar, I think my wife's going to have me riding work forever.
03:18 She's just said no. Like I said, provided I've got my health, I'm loving the game more than ever, so I'll just keep going.
03:27 You're doing a bit of media work when you do get out of racing, do you think that's why you're letting riding get to you?
03:32 Yeah, I probably will. I've done it before, so I went okay at it. A little bit more practice I'd probably be a lot better, but I could see myself sitting on a panel somewhere.
03:44 And this is where you started riding, on this track, has she changed a fair bit since those days?
03:48 Yeah, things seem a lot bigger when you're younger, but no, it's changed a lot. They've done extremely well here with the club and growing with it.
03:57 The track's looking amazing too, Scotty Olsen's done a great job up here, it looks good.
04:01 And you said after you won the cup that you'll always be a Wigan boy, that's never changed?
04:05 No, it's never changed mate. I obviously started here in Tartary, but I was born and bred in Wigan, so I'll always remain a Wigan boy.