Big owner Lloyd Williams seems super-confident that his import Alandi can win the Melbourne Cup. He's happy with the 58kgs allocated to the classy dual Grp 1 winner. Alandi has his second start for the stable in Sat's Makybe Diva Stakes (1600 metres) at Flemington. Williams says: 'If Alandi brings his European form then the weight will not be an issue, but if he doesn't bring his European form then he probably wouldn't win if he had 51 kilograms.' Williams bought Alandi late last year after he w

Big owner Lloyd Williams seems super-confident that his import Alandi can win the Melbourne Cup. He's happy with the 58kgs allocated to the classy dual Grp 1 winner. Alandi has his second start for the stable in Sat's Makybe Diva Stakes (1600 metres) at Flemington. Williams says: 'If Alandi brings his European form then the weight will not be an issue, but if he doesn't bring his European form then he probably wouldn't win if he had 51 kilograms.' Williams bought Alandi late last year after he won two of the four European Grp 1 open-age races at 2400m. He has beaten champion European stayer Yeats at all three meetings. Alandi, currently a $26.00 chance in the Melbourne Cup has had one start in Australia for trainer Robert Hickmott - an 11.5-lens 13th of 14 runners behind Catapulted over 1200m on May 15 at Flemington.

Lloyd Williams reckons last year's winner Shocking is leniently treated with 57kgs (up from 51 last year). Shocking's trainer Mark Kavanagh agrees. He says: ''Everything the handicapper said when explaining his weight was logical and made sense, so that was not a shock.'

Caulfield Cup fav Moudre was allocated just 51kgs - that's 8kgs under the weight-for-age scale so he'll need to win either the Naturalism Stakes on Sep 18 or the Herbert Power Stakes three weeks later to gain a ballot-free run into the race. Gold Coast star Shoot Out has 55kgs. He's the highest-weighted AJC Derby winner since Universal Prince's 55.5kgs in 2001 but trainer John Wallace isn't complaining. He says: 'You can't whinge about it. I learnt long ago never to argue with handicappers...I expected him to get around 54.5 kilos, so 55 isn't too bad.'

Latest Caulfield Cup market:

Moudre 10.00
Faint Perfume 13.00
Shoot Out 13.00
Dariana 15.00
So You Think 15.00
Valdemoro 15.00
Linton 17.00
Metal Bender 17.00
Monaco Consul 17.00
Once Were Wild 17.00
Fanjura 21.00
Precedence 21.00
Vigor 21.00
Zabrasive 21.00

Latest Melbourne Cup market:

So You Think 13.00
Dariana 15.00
Shocking 15.00
Faint Perfume 17.00
Linton 17.00
Monaco Consul 17.00
Jessicabeel 21.00
Moudre 21.00
Rebel Raider 21.00
Rite Of Passage (IRE) 21.00
Shoot Out 21.00
Alandi 26.00
Brightnight 26.00
Manighar (GB) 26.00
Precedence 26.00
Profound Beauty (IRE) 26.00
Zabrasive 26.00

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