Melbourne Cup Update 11 Days To Go

The big news today is that this morning, Cup equal favourite YEATS had his first serious gallop since being in Australia, and he came through it with flying colours. With race jockey Kieran Fallon on board, Yeats worked over 2400m and proved that not only was he holding fitness, but has taken no harm from his sojourn from the UK. I predict he'll start favourite in The Cup but there's a few yet to go around and we could see the market change some more before race day. The big one will be Our Smokin Joe if it's wet-and of course he goes around in the Cox Plate tomorrow...