AIDAN O'Brien's hatched plan to win the Melbourne Cup last year failed so spectacularly that it has now been consigned to Cup infamy, reports the Courier-Mail.It says: Don't expect to see a repeat any time soon, certainly not by Mourilyan, the much-travelled stayer who will compete in his seventh country when he contests Tuesday's Cup.In fact Mourilyan - who has raced in Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Canada, Hong Kong and England - will be ridden in the opposite manner than the O'Bri
AIDAN O'Brien's hatched plan to win the Melbourne Cup last year failed so spectacularly that it has now been consigned to Cup infamy, reports the Courier-Mail.
It says: Don't expect to see a repeat any time soon, certainly not by Mourilyan, the much-travelled stayer who will compete in his seventh country when he contests Tuesday's Cup.
In fact Mourilyan - who has raced in Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Canada, Hong Kong and England - will be ridden in the opposite manner than the O'Brien-trained triumvirate.
Trainer Herman Brown said jockey Glyn Schofield would be instructed to be patient and then when you think you've been patient, be more patient.
"This horse has to be left alone. The more you leave him alone, the more you are prepared to wait for him, the faster he finishes," Brown said.
"He comes from off the pace - our worry is that he gets a run up the straight.
"That's the risk you have to take. You have to ride this horse like he's riding in just any race. I don't want him (Schofield) to be caught up in the whole hype of the race.
"He's got to sit and wait and wait and ride it confidently." Brown said for Mourilyan to reach his peak, he'd be travelling well within himself at the 1000 and move into the race as others were looking for oxygen.
He believed Mourilyan's prospects would be enhanced if he was held up as the nag tended to dwell if he hit the front too soon.