Lexus Melbourne Cup Day 1 Nov 2022

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Lexus Melbourne Cup Field

Barrier: 12
Jockey: Michael Dee
Trainer: Grahame Begg
Weight: 51.5kg
Age: 7yo
Prizemoney: $1,652,355 AUD
Career Stats: 33 Starts - 8 wins (24%), 10 placings (55%)
Wins: 1600m (1), 2000m (1), 2025m (1), 2100m (1), 2200m (1), 2400m (1), 2500m (1), 2510m (1)

Winner of the Moonee Valley Cup last year, she claimed her Golden Ticket into this race with a strong success in the Lexus Bart Cummings last month. A daughter of 2013 Lexus Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente, she is aiming to become the first horse since Black Knight in 1984 to follow their sire by taking Australia's greatest race. It would be a first Cup victory for trainer Grahame Begg and jockey Michael Dee, with Dee attempting to become the first rider since Neville Sellwood in 1951 to complete the Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double on different horses in the same year.

Lexus Melbourne Cup Field