After his win in the Geelong Cup yesterday, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s entry Runaway was handed a 1.5kg penalty for the Melbourne Cup.
Runaway was lifted to 52kg and 28th in the Order Of Entry by Racing Victoria’s Greg Carpenter.
He says, “It is encouraging to see a VRC St Leger winner return in such good form as a four-year-old and Runaway will be very competitive in the Lexus Melbourne Cup with 52kg if he can secure a place in the final field of 24 runners.”
Since 2000, 12 Geelong Cup winners have gone on to run in the Melbourne Cup with Media Puzzle (2002), Americain (2010) and Dunaden (2011) able to claim victory in both races in the same year.
Fellow Geelong Cup winners Bauer (2008) and On A Jeune (2005) were able to claim second place, while Karasi (2001) and Qewy (2016) managed fourth position in Victoria’s richest race.
NEWS: Racing Victoria's Greg Carpenter, has today announced that he has issued a 1.5kg weight penalty in the $7.3 million Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) to the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Runaway.https://t.co/4jLsCbGUNY pic.twitter.com/NUSDY7GuWw
— Racing Victoria (@RacingInsider) October 24, 2018
He's a tough horse!
Runaway takes out the Geelong Cup with an all-the-way victory for @GaiWaterhouse1 and Adrian Bott. They quinella the race with Northwest Passage finishing second. pic.twitter.com/UALawYHiCW
— Racing.com (@Racing) October 24, 2018
