One particular Melbourne Cup will be adequate for Green Moon but four are not adequate for his proprietor.

“There’s a great deal a lot more Melbourne Cups to come,” explained Lloyd Williams, the man who discovered Green Moon in England and brought him to Australia.

“It is a bit late in lifestyle for me to stop now … it truly is a illness.”

Williams, even so, didn’t indulge his passion to the extent of going to Flemington to see his horse run.

He admitted on Wednesday to viewing the Cup from his instruction complex at Mt Macedon north of Melbourne “with the sound turned down”, and to celebrating with a cup of tea.

Green Moon, who spent considerably of the day after his momentous win munching on grass fed to him from the $ 175,000 sound gold trophy he won on Tuesday, will be aimed at much more conservative targets in the future.

“He will probably go down a various path subsequent year,” his owner stated.

No matter what that path may possibly be, it won’t involve racing overseas nor will Green Moon go to stud.

“We’re rather satisfied here at home,” Williams explained.

“I am fiercely Australian, fiercely Melburnian.

“And no a single is asking me to send him to stud just yet. I like racing them.”

Williams has spent several fortunes on his passion, collecting his initial Cup in 1981 with Just A Dash, his second with What A Nuisance in 1985 and a 3rd in 2007 with Effective.

But Green Moon is the only one of his quartet of Melbourne Cup winners capable of fathering a winner of Australia’s biggest race.

As he recovered from his Cup exertions, even that aspect of his long term seemed also distant to contemplate.

Green Moon invested significantly of the day posing for the cameras and consuming, watched by his proud owners and his lately retired predecessor Effective who looked on from his stall.

Approvingly, you would have to assume.

Green Moon, ridden by jockey Brett Prebble has won the $ six.2 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

The Robert Hickmott-skilled 6-year-outdated beat Fiorente with Jakkalberry finishing third in the 152nd working of Australia’s biggest race.

“It was never ever going to get beaten,” Prebble said of his mount.

“At 1200m I knew absolutely nothing was going to go with him. I pressed him a bit quickly but it truly is challenging to wait when you’ve got so considerably electrical power underneath you.

“This is the pinnacle of racing in Australia. It was a great feeling.”

Green Moon is owned by Australian businessman Lloyd Williams who has now won four Melbourne Cups with his previous winners becoming Just A Dash in 1981, What A Nuisance in 1985 and Efficient in 2007.

In a gradually run Cup, Green Moon unleashed a huge sprint down the Flemington straight leaving the backmarkers with no possibility. The Gai Waterhouse-educated Fiorente, ridden by James McDonald, ran on properly for 2nd. Jakkalberry, skilled by Italian Marco Botti and ridden by Irish jockey Colm O’Donoghue, sprinted home for 3rd.

Sydney stayer Kelinni held on for fourth location, with the ‘First Four’ dividend in NSW having to pay $ 1,467,099.60.

Ethiopia, who travelled close to the speed early in the race, weakened to finish last.

This year’s Cup showcased 1 of the strongest fields ever to contest the event.

Dominated by internationals, the 24-horse field included defending champion Dunaden and the 2010 winner Americain, even though French star Red Cadeaux was out to avenge final year’s near loss.

Americain began the race as favourite, whilst there was also sturdy betting support for Dunaden and Mount Athos. Maluckyday was considered the greatest regional chance.

Glen Boss would like to be remembered as the jockey who won the most Melbourne Cups – and it’s difficult to say it will not happen.

He currently has 3, just a single shy of Bobbie Lewis and Harry White, and goes into Tuesday’s race confident he has the right horse to equal the record.

Until Saturday, Boss didn’t have a ride and was prepared to watch from the sidelines right up until Kelinni won his way into the field with his Lexus victory.

“I was supplied a handful of rides during the week but I was prepared to sit and wait,” Boss said.

“I didn’t want to consider a ride just to have a ride in the Cup.

“Now I am in with a live chance.”

Boss has three Melbourne Cup trophies courtesy of Makybe Diva and plays down his component in the great mares’ feats, frequently saying he was just a passenger.

After the Lexus, premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller produced a courtesy call to Glyn Schofield at Rosehill to talk about the Cup ride, but with much less than a few days for him to lose 2kg, each knew it was out of the question.

Boss was on the spot and comfy with the 51kg Kelinni will carry and more than impressed by his Lexus win with heavyweight Nash Rawiller aboard.

“What can you say about Chris Waller,” Boss explained.

“Everything he does is appropriate. His win on Saturday shows the horse is at the leading of his game.

“I was impressed with what he did among the 600 and the 400 metres – he genuinely came rapidly.

“He’s received a good draw and I just have to give him a great ride.”

Kelinni will jump from barrier 10 and was backed from $ 26 to $ 21 at Monday’s Contact of the Card.

French stayer Dunaden will have to overcome a broad barrier to defend his Melbourne Cup crown.

Dunaden, to be ridden by Craig Williams, drew barrier 16 in the 24-horse field.

Winner of the Caulfield Cup last month, Dunaden began from gate 13 when he edged out Red Cadeaux in last year’s race.

Yet another French stayer, Americain, drew midfield in barrier twelve. He came from stall 11 to win in 2010.

The Luca Cumani-qualified Mount Athos will commence from barrier eight with the English trainer’s second runner My Quest For Peace drawing the rails.

Zabeelionaire drew the widest marble even though Red Cadeaux will come from gate 18.

Galileo’s Choice for two-time winning trainer Dermot Weld has gate 11.

Master trainer Bart Cummings has two runners as he chases a 13th Cup win with Sanagas in barrier 4 and Precedence in stall 20.

The Hawkes loved ones training partnership will also have two starters with the 2010 runner-up Maluckyday in gate 9 and Sydney Cup winner Niwot in barrier 15.

Glen Boss’s odds of claiming a fourth Melbourne Cup trophy are almost specified to hinge on English stayer Gatewood earning a ballot-exempt location in this year’s race.

Boss is so far without having a ride in the race he won 3 times on Makybe Diva but his fortunes have taken a turn for the greater with Gatewood’s nomination for Flemington on Saturday.

Gatewood took out the Geelong Cup last week but remains 36th in the order of entry for the Melbourne Cup following getting only a 1kg penalty.

The penalty lifted the John Gosden-educated five-year-old’s weight to 52.5kg but Boss said he was aiming for the stayer to make a “back door” entry into the Melbourne Cup.

“I’m going to consider and squeeze Gatewood into the race,” Boss explained.

“He’s going to run in the (Group A few Lexus Stakes) on Saturday.”

Boss said he was confident Gatewood could win the 2500m Cup qualifier.

“John Gosden’s received him in fantastic form down at Werribee so if he can race his way into the area, in my mind he’s a legitimate top-4 chance of winning the race.

“He only received a kilo penalty and I was hoping for a kilo-and-a-half so he’s going to certainly go in the back door, which is not the norm for the Europeans, to back up.

“But he’s had two extremely soft runs so he’s nonetheless received extremely fresh legs and (proprietor) Terry (Henderson) explained to me he had seen him at Werribee this morning and he appears unbelievable.”

Boss mentioned the Lexus would be an ideal race for Gatewood and maintained the horse would nonetheless be fresh adequate to be really competitive in the Melbourne Cup.

“It really is going to be run at his tempo – hopefully a delicate victory and we go into Tuesday with the hope that there are even now fresh legs,” he said.

Owners OTI Racing have nominated the English stayer for the two the $ 1 million Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) as well as the $ 250,000 Lexus Stakes with the two races providing the winner ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup.

Henderson said the situation was whether the possible for increasing the horse’s long term stallion prospective customers outweighed what was greatest for his Melbourne Cup pursuit.

“We have to weigh up whether the possible improve of Gatewood’s worth as a stallion helps make it really worth running in the Mackinnon,” Henderson informed racingvictoria.net.au.

“If we feel it isn’t the very best option for his Melbourne Cup possibilities then we will run in the Lexus.

“Backing him up shouldn’t be an problem as he has just come by means of the run at Geelong so properly,” he said.

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Sydney’s super colt Pierro confirmed his standing as the greatest of his age in Australia with a consummate victory in the Group Two Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

And the ease and brilliance of his win advised he would be back in a month to show himself the best of any age.

Pierro ($ one.06 fav) cruised to a 4-three/four length win with jockey Nash Rawiller being as type as he could be.

Carringbush Jack ($ 71) held on for 2nd after leading to the 300m to finish two-1/2 lengths in front of Jimando ($ 13).

“It was just a galloping lesson,” stated trainer Gai Waterhouse.

” We’re quite privileged to see a colt as very good as this.”

Immediately after winning the begin Rawiller settled Pierro behind Carringbush Jack until finally his patience ran out and he eased all around the leader and strolled to the front just before straightening.

“I needed to be as gentle as possible, but even now get the work completed,” Rawiller said.

Whilst the $ 132,000 Pierro picked up for his win created it really worth the effort, the a lot more considerable reason for the visit to Moonee Valley was to rehearse for the $ three million Cox Plate at the same track on October 27.

For that goal the evening was a resounding success.

“He dealt with it as however he’s been right here a hundred instances,” Rawiller explained.

“He’ll be even greater when he comes back.”

Pierro instantly firmed in to $ 3.80 favouritism for the feature weight-for-age contest and is at $ one.70 for his subsequent engagement, the Group One particular Caulfield Guineas on October 13.

The night’s other major spring carnival guidebook, the Group A few JRA Cup (2040m) went to Bianmick ($ 21) who led house a area full of disappointments, such as Precedence, Excluded and Alcopop.

A mentioned wet tracker, Bianmick proved to be equally at home on firmer going, scoring his fifth win from his previous 7 starts.

His trainer Michael Brady has a stable of one particular and has entered his horse in the two the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

The attraction of a feature race at the ideal distance has prompted Sydney trainer David Payne to make a a single-off Melbourne raid with the trustworthy but ageing Centennial Park.

Payne will run the gelding, who has battled incessant leg injuries his whole existence, in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Sunday.

The 7-yr-old will be on his fifth trip to Melbourne especially to run in an open firm race at 1400m.

“He does not actually get 1500 or 1600 metres, he’s actually a 1400 metre horse and being a handicap, he comes in quite well,” Payne explained.

“Pinwheel (the 2nd best weight) has got to give him five kilos and the last time they met he only received beat a couple of lengths by him.

“It truly is a nice race for him because of the fat advantage, and it truly is his very best distance, so he will be aggressive.”

Payne dismissed Centennial Park’s past two flops earlier this month, saying neither race had panned out as anticipated.

“At Warwick Farm we chased them when we imagined it was going to be a slow pace and it ended up a actual gallop and we have been also handy,” he stated.

“Then the next time (at Rosehill) we thought it was going to be a quickly pace and I informed him to sit and they went also slow.

“You can forgive him his last couple of runs.”

Centennial Park will be rewarded with a two-month spell immediately after his Melbourne assignment and his long-term potential will be made a decision shortly following his return.

“He’s obtaining on a bit and we’re just hoping to pull off one of these if achievable,” Payne said.

“It will be a bonus simply because he’s been a really great horse to us.”

Payne mentioned Centennial Park had endured foot and joint troubles given that he was a two-yr-outdated and was ignored at the income.

“As prolonged as he’s pleased we’ll preserve on racing him, but if we bring him back and he’s not also keen to go, we’ll pull the plug,” he said.

A area of 15 was paid up for the Rupert Clarke like the Peter Moody-qualified pair of Mr Make Think and Moment Of Modify, remarkable initial-up winner We’re Gonna Rock and Aurie’s Star victor Shanghai Warrior.

Even though Melbourne’s NRL grand last berth never looked in doubt from the opening whistle of their 40-12 preliminary last win over Manly, coach Craig Bellamy explained he questioned his capacity to steer his crew to the title decider.

Bellamy admitted immediately after the crushing victory that a five-game losing streak late in the season tested his belief.

The Storm emphatically answered people issues at AAMI Park, completely outplaying the defending champions as they ran in six tries to two.

After being stripped of titles in 2007 and 2009 for cheating the salary cap the Storm have a possibility to win a reputable title at ANZ Stadium on September 30 against either Canterbury or South Sydney.

With the exception of their skipper Jamie Lyon, who scored a attempt in each and every half, Manly could hardly have played worse, with the fierce rivalry amongst the sides falling flat.

Manly commenced the match with an error on the 2nd tackle and that set the tone for a miserable evening as they suffered their first grand final qualifier reduction given that 1975.

Coach Geoff Toovey stated the crew was “gutted” to deliver this kind of a disappointing efficiency.

“I do not thoughts the reduction, we have had a amazing season but to finish on that note with such a poor show the players are actually gutted,” he mentioned.

“We had been way off the mark.”

Melbourne superstars, fullback Billy Slater and halfback Cooper Cronk, showed how a lot they enjoy the massive stage, each scoring a double.

“We have been all tested a minor bit and undoubtedly I was questioning myself and what I was performing with the team,” Bellamy said.

“Was I taking part in my function as effectively as I could and did I have to change a number of issues … you are constantly asking yourself more queries when you go through a period like that.”

Skipper Cameron Smith explained the group ongoing to operate tough and had been now reaping the rewards.

He stated the loss of the two titles did not make this grand final any far more specific.

“It really is always nice to make a grand last offered what you have to go through during the season.

“I am actually pleased this team’s been ready to make it.”

This kind of was their dominance, the Storm should have had the match wrapped up by halftime but only led 12-six thanks to some uncharacteristically wayward kicking by Smith and Lyon’s try in the 37th minute.

But Cronk’s second, coming 4 minutes into the second half, saw Manly heads drop once more.

Following two controversial selections by the video clip referee favoured Manly against North Queensland, they had been on the receiving finish at the 9 minute mark.

Centre Will Chambers was tackled just brief of the line and Slater picked up the ball from dummy half and dived across the line with video referees Russell Smith and Sean Hampstead ruling a “benefit of the doubt” attempt in spite of him appearing to knock it on.

Melbourne Storm are confident of having a complete roster to select from for their NRL grand final qualifier against arch-rivals Manly on Friday night.

The group appeared full of beans at coaching on Monday morning immediately after their week’s break, which gave gamers such as forwards Jason Ryles, Todd Lowrie and Sika Manu the chance to recover from injuries.

“Hopefully I’ll have a handful of headaches there,” stated coach Craig Bellamy.

“They’re coming along actually very good.”

He mentioned they will give the 5 players right up until Thursday to show their fitness, with centre Will Chambers, who was absent from the main group on Monday, in the most doubt with a hamstring dilemma.

Winger Anthony Quinn looked to have overcome a calf strain.

Bellamy stated they had tweaked their preparation from last yr, when they have been eliminated in the corresponding game by the Warriors.

“We have not worked as tough as we did last yr we have not had as a lot of sessions.

“We had a hard session on Thursday and other than that we only trained on Tuesday and the boys had the weekend off.

“They are fairly fresh at the second.”

Bellamy said Manly’s defence was the key in their semi-final win over the Cowboys last Friday night.

“It was a challenging, physical game which is what you’d count on from Manly.

“They did a very good work with their defence and they scored enough points.

“Manly have been typical Manly at this time of year they’ve received a really battle-hardened group.

“They know what semi-finals are about and they know how to carry out in massive games.”

English trainer Brian Ellison arrived in Australia a year ago with substantial hopes of winning the Melbourne Cup with his horse Saptapadi.

But the uncertainties of racing are what they are, and Saptapadi is not even a good thing to win Sunday’s Sheep Hills Cup in western Victoria.

Saptapadi really created the Melbourne Cup field, finishing a distant 16th to Dunaden and Ellison, presumably unwilling to pay out the fare home, left the horse with local trainer Jim Conlan in the hope of winning any race, anyplace.

But even that modest ambition would not have taken into account Sunday’s race at Warracknabeal for which Saptapadi has been honoured with the topweight.

Regardless of Saptapadi’s poor showings in two runs this time in, the presence of a Melbourne Cup runner at 1 of his club’s function meetings has delighted Warracknabeal Racing Club president Lance Huebner.

“It’s fantastic for us to have a horse in the Sheep Hills Cup that has run in the greatest race of all,” Huebner said.

“He is a minor bit out of kind at the minute, but he will produce a bit of interest in the race and hopefully it can be the race that turns his spring all around.”