Lightly-raced stayer Maluckyday has produced a dominant win at Randwick to keep his Melbourne Cup dream alive.Maluckyday raced to a 4-1/4 length win in the Listed City Tattersalls Club Cup (2400m) to pass the first qualifying clause for the Melbourne Cup.His jockey, owner and trainer all believe he has the makings of a Cups horse and it's now just a case of whether they head south to try to earn him a place this year, or if they wait another 12 months."I would love to have another Melbourne Cup

Lightly-raced stayer Maluckyday has produced a dominant win at Randwick to keep his Melbourne Cup dream alive.

Maluckyday raced to a 4-1/4 length win in the Listed City Tattersalls Club Cup (2400m) to pass the first qualifying clause for the Melbourne Cup.

His jockey, owner and trainer all believe he has the makings of a Cups horse and it's now just a case of whether they head south to try to earn him a place this year, or if they wait another 12 months.

"I would love to have another Melbourne Cup runner, but I never tell my trainer what to do," owner Nick Moraitis said.

"According to Jim (Cassidy), he thinks this horse could be something special and I sincerely hope he is."

Moraitis and Cassidy are no strangers to Cup glory together, with Moraitis being the owner of champion Might And Power who won the 1997 Caulfield and Melbourne Cups with Cassidy in the saddle.

Michael Hawkes, who trains Maluckyday in partnership with his father John and brother Wayne, said the four-year-old was the most promising stayer to come through their stable "for a long time".

"It all depends on how he pulls up now," Hawkes said.

"He may end up in the paddock but he may end up in Melbourne.

"It was only a small field today and the quality might not have been there, but we're a young stayer on the way up too and he had a bit to prove today.

"He had to run a genuine 2400 metres, and we elected to bypass the Metropolitan for this race.

"We could've taken on the Group One horses in the Metrop but elected to wait for this race and he's come through with flying colours.

"He's passed Clause A (for the Melbourne Cup) now."

Cassidy had Maluckyday in behind the speed in the seven-horse field with The Paymaster setting the tempo.

The Gai Waterhouse-trained Kontiki Park hit the front at the top of the straight but Cassidy knew what he had under him and when Maluckyday balanced up he quickly put the race beyond doubt and surged away from Kontiki Park.

Legsman was another five lengths away third.

"He's the real deal," Cassidy said.

"He's just doing everything right and you can't ask him to do more than that.

"If he goes (to Melbourne) I will be going with him, don't worry about that."

The son of Zabeel has now won four of his seven starts and has never missed a place.

The Listed win over 2400m passes the first clause for the Melbourne Cup but Maluckyday remains down the order in the ballot.

Should he head to Melbourne, Hawkes said the Lexus Quality (2500m) in two weeks time was a possible option.