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Gold Trip storms to Melbourne Cup victory as favorite Deauville Legend fails to qualify in Australia’s biggest race
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Gold Trip has stormed home to win the 2022 Melbourne Cup in Flemington in a pulse-pounding, furious sprint to the finish.
The Maher and Eustace importer took a close second on the Cox Plate and did even better to claim Australia’s best race.
Gold Trip came out on top with the best turn at the end of the endurance race to win by more than two lengths over Emissary and High Emocean, with favorite Deauville Legend failing to make the placings.
Gold Trip cashes in after finishing second on the Cox Plate and storming home to win the Melbourne Cup by two lengths
Jockey Mark Zahra said he just let Gold Trip go down the stretch and struggled to put into words the emotion of the win.
‘I can not do it. I feel like crying. It’s unbelievable. What a day,’ he said.
“He’s a horse that if you go, you don’t give him a chance to think about it. I hoped no one would come near him. It’s just elation when I crossed the line,” he said.
“Mom always let us out so I could look at it. It’s surreal.
‘My wife is here. And all the people in Western Australia, what a great feeling.’
Earlier on race day, a self-admitted ‘problem gambler’ broke into Flemington Racecourse to pour an oily substance onto the track.
Alarming footage shows at least two people running onto the famous track at about 6am on Tuesday to spray a dark liquid over the track in apparent protest against the Victoria Racing Club.
The substance has not been officially identified, but has been labeled ‘oily’. One person has reported to the police.
The PRC confirmed officials cleared part of the track around 1500 on Tuesday morning and said it was safe to continue the race.
A statement from the protester cited the construction of a wall designed to prevent potential flooding from the neighboring Maribyrnong River from entering the racecourse and damaging the turf.
Some local residents were angry about the wall’s construction, saying it diverted water to their homes and increased the chances of future floods flooding their streets.
Later on race day, climate change protesters descended on the Cup and used a van to block a main road outside the track while standing on the roof yelling at punters.
Protesters on the roof were filmed by a fellow activist yelling at people walking into Flemington Racecourse.
‘Eat your pheasant, drink your wine, your days are numbered, civil swine,’ the protester was heard shouting on the roof.
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