Master blaster Bart Cummings (83) is scoffing at suggestions he's about to retire...He says: 'Someone asked me if I'd think about retiring if So You Think wins the Cup today...Now why would I do that? It's like cricket. You don't change the bowler when he's taking wickets and I'm getting wickets out on the track, so why would you change?'So now it's Cup Day...And new champ So You Think will carry the hopes and the wagers of a nation keen to adore a new equine star. Yesterday, most big bets and m
Master blaster Bart Cummings (83) is scoffing at suggestions he's about to retire...He says: 'Someone asked me if I'd think about retiring if So You Think wins the Cup today...Now why would I do that? It's like cricket. You don't change the bowler when he's taking wickets and I'm getting wickets out on the track, so why would you change?'
So now it's Cup Day...And new champ So You Think will carry the hopes and the wagers of a nation keen to adore a new equine star. Yesterday, most big bets and most small bets were for So You Think to become the first horse to win a Melbourne Cup having never raced beyond 2040m. He was all the rage at the traditional Cup-eve Call of the Card event in Melbourne with punters snapping up the $3.40 on offer from bookie Tom Waterhouse. Punters also rallied to emerging star Maluckyday following his barnstorming Lexus Stakes win at Flemington on Saturday. He was backed to win $800,000, with weight of money firming him from $10 to $9 and into second favoritism behind So You Think.