Viewed held off a late challenge from Bauer to win the Melbourne Cup at Flemington today.

Heavy rain is threatening to dash the Luca Cumani-trained Purple Moon’s hopes of winning Tuesday’s Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Connections of British raider Purple Moon are hoping the worst of the weather stays away ahead of Tuesday’s Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Luca Cumani was pleased with the performance of Purple Moon in the BMW Caulfield Cup on Saturday morning.

Luca Cumani’s Purple Moon ran a satisfactory race to finish sixth behind Master O’Reilly in an eventful renewal of the BMW Caulfield Cup.