Leviathan owner Lloyd Williams and his private trainer Robert Hickmott could have at least four runners in this year's $6.2m Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on 6 November. With first acceptances taken today and an updated Order of Entry issued, the three-time Cup-winning owner currently has a quartet of imported runners inside the top 24. Saturday's Turnbull Stakes (2000m) winner Green Moon (17th), runner-up Seville (19th), Midas Touch (11th) and Mourayan (16th) are all guaranteed starts for
Leviathan owner Lloyd Williams and his private trainer Robert Hickmott could have at least four runners in this year's $6.2m Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on 6 November. With first acceptances taken today and an updated Order of Entry issued, the three-time Cup-winning owner currently has a quartet of imported runners inside the top 24. Saturday's Turnbull Stakes (2000m) winner Green Moon (17th), runner-up Seville (19th), Midas Touch (11th) and Mourayan (16th) are all guaranteed starts for the stable if fit and healthy come final acceptances on Derby Day. They also have Saturday's The Bart Cummings (2500m) winner Tanby (33rd) and the emerging Excluded (58th), who is yet to pass the first elimination clause, amongst the 62 first acceptors for the Cup.
Jim Cassidy has landed the plum ride on Caulfield Cup favorite Glencadam Gold. It will be Cassidy's first ride on the former UK stayer, winner of all his four starts for Gai Waterhouse. Tommy Berry rode Glencadam Gold when he won the Metropolitan at Randwick last Saturday and many think he's unlucky not to have been given the chance to ride the stayer at Caulfield.