Interesting post over at racenet.com.au on comments from the beaten Jockey’s

“I’m sorry guys I’ll talk to you later, not now,” a tearful Corey Brown after being denied a Melbourne Cup by the narrowest of margins on Bauer.

Not even a consoling hug and words of praise from managing owner Simon O’Donnell, could ease Brown’s disappointment.

“We had no luck getting out at the right time, he ran terrific, maybe he should have won, I don’t know,” Brett Prebble, rider of C’est la Guerre (3rd).

“We got held up in patches but once he got a clear run, he charged home, a very good effort,” Vlad Duric, rider of Master O’Reilly (4th).

“She might have felt the ground a bit and it might have come a bit early for her, she’ll be much better next year,” Glen Boss, rider of Profound Beauty (5th).

“He actually pulled a bit early so we found ourselves closer to the speed than I wanted to be, he ran great but he set it up for the winner,” Clare Lindop, rider of Moatize (6th).

“I’m not completely sure he stayed the trip,” Damien Oliver, rider of Mad Rush (7th).

“Not bad but the ground may been a bit hard for him,” Jeff Lloyd rider of Nom du Jeu (8th).

“He ran well, maybe should have finished a touch closer but not disgraced,” Danny Nikolic, rider of Zipping (9th).

“He ran about up to what he can do, a pleasing effort,” Chris Symons, rider of Newport (10th).

“Just not good enough today,” Michael Rodd, rider of Ice Chariot (11th).

“He ran okay, that was about as good as he could have went,” Craig Newitt, rider of Guyno (12th).

“I don’t know about two miles for him,” Steven King, rider of Littorio (13th).

“About her level,” Craig Williams, rider of Varevees (14th).

“Every chance, didn’t get the trip,” Greg Childs, rider of Boundless (15th).

“He did his best but maybe he’ll be better next year,” Nick Hall, rider of Red Lord (16th).

“Outclassed,” Mark Sweeney, rider of Prize Lady (17th)

“Maybe we brought the wrong horse, he was out of it as soon as we turned for home, no real excuses,” Johnny Murtagh, rider of Septimus (18th).

“Didn’t stay,” Steven Baster, rider of Barbaricus (19th).

Wayne Lordan, the rider of the 20th placegetter Alessandro Volta, could only offer a smug little smile to the waiting media as he sauntered past the scales.

Perhaps his smug grin is an indication that he was satisfied with the job he did on Alessandro Volta for his employers.

“We went from travelling well to struggling in two strides,” Colm O’Donoghue, rider of Honolulu (21st).

“He couldn’t breathe at the 1000 so I had to pull him up,” James Winks, rider of Gallopin who failed to finish the Melbourne Cup.

Melbourne Cup 2008 race replay. I am not sure how many readers are going to watch this given the upset result and I am sure that the folks on Bauer don’t really want to re-live the horror over and over again. I however will keep watching it again and again just to see Septimus fall flat on it’s face.

Enjoy

Varevees, the French, English trained, Australian owned mare will be racing in the colours of Archer. Rick Jamieson the owner of Varevees has the rights to the colours carried by Archer, the winner of the first two Melbourne Cups. Surprisingly the colours had been unregistereted for years and Jamieson inquired about them, simply listed as “Black”.

Not 100% sure about Varevees’ chances in the Melbourne Cup, it has beaten Yeats, but interestingly if we go back to 2007 form, it ran 1 mile, 7 furlongs + 110 yards (3118 meters) in 3:15:00, now that would put it in Makybe Diva 2003, 2005 territory probably only losing by a nose or short neck. I am however very suspicious is this time is correct as only 3 months before over 3100 it ran 3:39.10 both on good tracks…pretty massive improvement