LUCA Cumani was left ruing his luck following Bauer’s narrow defeat at the hands of Viewed in the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington yesterday.

A full field of 24 are set to go to post for Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup, with eight European raiders having made the final cut following the declaration stage.

BENBAUN has made the Curragh his home-from-home but he could not have picked a better place to collect a rare ‘away’ success than the Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp yesterday.