The McEwen Stakes failed to really delivery anything that might point a way to picking a winner for the Melbourne Cup, both Efficient and Miss Andretti were none starters.  Kaphero ($2.90) however was fantastic, jumping away very fast and leading all the way for a two length win over Morgan Dollar ($2.00) and three lenghts away Lucky Secret ($2.10).

The 2006 Melbourne Cup 3rd place getter, Maybe Better resuming ($26 Melbourne Cup odds), was never in the race and shoud be seen as simply a hit out before moving to more suited races, the horse won’t really come into its own until we get to 2000m+ races.