All's well with the Cup grabber! The news is 'all good' from the Dunaden camp as countdown continues to next week's Melbourne Cup. Dunaden completed his Melbourne Cup prep with a strong workout at Werribee on Wednesday morning with race jockey Craig Williams aboard. Trainer Mikel Delzangles says the multiple Grp 1 winner has improved from his Caulfield Cup victory. He adds: 'I'm happy, the horse looks well. He can't be better...The Caulfield Cup has been good for him, I think he might have impro

All's well with the Cup grabber! The news is 'all good' from the Dunaden camp as countdown continues to next week's Melbourne Cup. Dunaden completed his Melbourne Cup prep with a strong workout at Werribee on Wednesday morning with race jockey Craig Williams aboard. Trainer Mikel Delzangles says the multiple Grp 1 winner has improved from his Caulfield Cup victory. He adds: 'I'm happy, the horse looks well. He can't be better...The Caulfield Cup has been good for him, I think he might have improved on that...The difference is that he was a bit fresh last week. He's different already...We knew he will have to carry a bit more weight in the Melbourne Cup...It's a lot, 59kgs, but he is better than last year, definitely, but he has to be 4kgs better! It will make it much harder for us.'

Cox Plate winner Ocean Park is a hot favorite to win Saturday's Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. Bookies have the star NZer at $1.65. The field for the Mackinnon and Victoria Derby are (with Betstar prices):

Race 5 - 2:15PM Longines Mackinnon Stakes (2000 METRES)
Of $1,000,000.1st $600,000, 2nd $180,000, 3rd $90,000, 4th $45,000, 5th $25,000, 6th $20,000, 7th $20,000, 8th $20,000 GROUP 1
Standard Weight for Age, Three-Years-Old and Upwards, Maidens at time of entry are ineligible, Apprentices cannot claim.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 0x2153x999 WINCHESTER (USA) John Sadler Jamie Mott 3 59kg 110...$26.00
2 010x47x490 GLASS HARMONIUM (IRE) Michael Moroney Damien Oliver 2 59kg 108...$11.00
3 129x789722 ALCOPOP Jake Stephens Craig Williams 5 59kg 108...$5.00
4 21110x8330 DECEMBER DRAW (IRE) Mark Kavanagh Michael Rodd 1 59kg 112...$7.00

5 216x023x04 PRAIRIE STAR (FR) Danny O'Brien Ben Melham 8 59kg 104...$26.00
6 0x09701704 BACK IN BLACK (NZ) John Steffert Michael Walker 7 59kg 89...$81.00
7 21282x1111 OCEAN PARK (NZ) Gary Hennessy Glen Boss 4 58.5kg 117...$1.65
8 15116x9706 ZABEELIONAIRE (NZ) Leon Corstens Craig Newitt 6 58.5kg 103...$34.00

Race 6 - 3:00PM AAMI Victoria Derby (2500 METRES)
Of $1,500,000.1st $900,000, 2nd $270,000, 3rd $135,000, 4th $67,500, 5th $37,500, 6th $30,000, 7th $30,000, 8th $30,000 GROUP 1
Set Weights, Three-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim. This race carries a SUPER VOBIS Nominators Bonus of $10,000 for qualified horses.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 1x11112 IT'S A DUNDEEL (NZ) Murray Baker James McDonald 10 55.5kg 106...$3.00
2 x346x11337 JIMANDO Tony McEvoy Matthew Neilson 6 55.5kg 86...$19.00
3 55711x3232 HONORIUS David Payne Corey Brown 2 55.5kg 80...$7.00
4 6x1421 SUPER COOL Mark Kavanagh Michael Rodd 11 55.5kg 95...$7.00
5 421121 HVASSTAN Peter Gelagotis Glen Boss 9 55.5kg 86...$7.00

6 236x465511 FIVEANDAHALFSTAR Anthony Cummings Damien Oliver 5 55.5kg 72...$21.00
7 13312653 ESCADO Matt Laurie Ben Melham 12 55.5kg 66...$21.00
8 8213 ELECTRIC FUSION Robert Smerdon Nicholas Hall 7 55.5kg 68...$11.00
9 53x1294 SUBIASO Robbie Laing Steven Arnold 8 55.5kg 66...$19.00
10 48x2413394 BULLION EXPRESS Dean Binaisse Vlad Duric 16 55.5kg 62...$201.00
11 422 MALABAR MAN Michael Kent Craig Williams 15 55.5kg 66...$23.00
12 73x23206 COSTA NOVA Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra Hugh Bowman 14 55.5kg 63...$51.00
13 144 OUR DESERT WARRIOR Gai Waterhouse Nash Rawiller 13 55.5kg 64...$21.00
14 734x2535 NISOS Paul Rocke Billy Egan 3 55.5kg 62...$41.00
15 16270 RAWNAQ David Hayes Michael Walker 4 55.5kg 61...$81.00
16 613 BATISTUTA Austy Coffey Dean Yendall 1 55.5kg 61...$101.00

Sorry, but we have to go...Nathan Tinkler's Patinack Farm outfit is quitting its Bylong Park stables at Hawkesbury. Patinack had 45 boxes at the training establishment next to the back straight of the Hawkesbury track. Patinack has advised proprietor Richard Johnston the operation is no longer viable for its breeding and racing operation.