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Flemington, Tuesday, November 4

Race 7, 3.00pm

1. AL RIFFA (Barrier 19)

Approx Odds: $8.50/$3.20

Trainer: Joseph O’Brien; Jockey: Mark Zahra

Here he is, the horse with that grand title - the topweight in the Melbourne Cup! He comes from Ireland with a huge reputation, having won the Group 1 double of the Curragh Cup and Irish St Leger back-to-back, both over 2816m, in his past two starts. This is his first time beyond that trip, but his trainer knows what he’s doing, having won this race with Rekindling in 2017 and Twilight Payment in 2020, and he wouldn’t have brought him all this way if he didn’t think he was the ideal

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