Bart Cummings will play a strong hand in this year's Melbourne Cup.
Faint Perfume, trained by the legendary Australian trainer Bart Cummings, and the Dermot Weld-trained duo, Profound Beauty and Rite Of Passage, head Coral's betting for the Melbourne Cup as 16-1 co-favourites, in their opening show on the race that stops a nation.
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Other leading contenders in Coral's list include last week's Goodwood Cup hero, Illustrious Blue, and a former Melbourne Cup runner-up, Purple Moon, both 25-1.
"The European challenge for this year's Melbourne Cup looks stronger than ever, but while regular Cup contenders such as Godolphin and Luca Cumani are joined by newcomers like William Knight with his Illustrious Blue, it's no surprise that the betting is headed by two names, 12 times winner and Cup King Bart Cummings, and the only European trainer to taste success in the race that stops the nation, Dermot Weld," explained Coral's David Stevens.
**Melbourne Cup
16-1 Faint Perfume, Profound Beauty, Rite Of Passage, 20-1 Dariana, Efficient, Jaguar Mail, Jessicabeel, Linton, Rainbow Peak, Shocking, Shoot Out, 25-1 Alandi, Alcopop, Cavalryman, Dangerous Midge, Illustrious Blue, Imposing, Mastery, Meiner Kitz, Purple Moon, Tactic, Zabrasive, 33-1 Bar