The big battle...There are 15 runners in Wed's Geelong Cup but only Once Were Wild (15th in order) and the imported French horse Americain (23rd) are already assured of a Melbourne Cup start. A win and a 1kg penalty will lift Drunken Sailor (34th) and No Wine No Song (36th) into the Melbourne Cup field, but even a 2kgs penalty will not be enough for the other two qualified horses, Exceptionally (46th), Mr Charlie (52nd). The Geelong Cup will be the first Australian start for the French horse Ame
The big battle...There are 15 runners in Wed's Geelong Cup but only Once Were Wild (15th in order) and the imported French horse Americain (23rd) are already assured of a Melbourne Cup start. A win and a 1kg penalty will lift Drunken Sailor (34th) and No Wine No Song (36th) into the Melbourne Cup field, but even a 2kgs penalty will not be enough for the other two qualified horses, Exceptionally (46th), Mr Charlie (52nd). The Geelong Cup will be the first Australian start for the French horse Americain and for Luca Cumani's Drunken Sailor.