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International runners have dominated the Melbourne Cup in recent years. Gold Trip was able to get the job done last year and starts second favourite this year. Drew Patchell has taken a look at what it takes to win the Melbourne Cup according to the Timeform ratings and also looked at each individual international runner for the race.

Morphetville Race 2 – BM66 – 1300m 1. Predetermined: Led in Class 1 at Sandown four back and pushed a top tempo and fell in a hole late going way too fast. Two runs this prep over shorter distances have gone close but found one too good both runs. Data wise has been -1.7 and…
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Morpehtville Race 4 – 1250m – BM-68 1. Lady Dunmore: Won two of last three. Performs best when on speed. Has a solid final 400m sprint in the legs if they go slow out front but also can finish off well off a hot speed. Likely leader in a race devoid of speed runners.2. Fighting…
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