Melbourne Cup day today, will see Australia’s best stayers race the 3200m, 2 miles, and go into Racing history. After this period of EI Australian horse racing has not yet fully recovered, and the best horses have not had enough runs to set sound form. Any selections today can really only be based on their last few runs. Also, the new Flemington track surface has led to some large results, from WET runners on a GOOD track!
The horses with the most impressive recent runs, and looking good to run on, appear below:
Melbourne Cup 2007 Picks
23. PRINCESS COUP – New Zealand 4yo stayer, impressive last few runs placing in top quality races, full of energy and proven this distance.
9. ZIPPING – ran 4th in Melbourne Cup 2006, placed 2 from 4 recent starts against strong opposition, finishing on well, will find more this distance.
VIDEO: Melbourne Cup 2007
Result:
Efficient
Purple Moon
Mahler
Zipping
Zipping ran on well for 4th. Princess Coup looked to commence a run at the home turn, only to get cut off by Efficient, who went on to win, on the firm part of the Flemington track.