Americain is Melbourne cup beauty

AMERICAIN broke new ground for France as he outstayed the local hero So You Think in the Emirates Melbourne Cup yesterday.

Americain is Melbourne cup beauty

The majority of the 120,000 Flemington crowd for the 150th renewal of Australia’s iconic race roared as So You Think surged into the lead at the furlong pole, but he was unable to suppress Gerald Mosse and the Alain de Royer-Dupre-trained Americain, while the young upstart Maluckyday wrestled second place away from him.

Dermot Weld’s strikes with Media Puzzle and Vintage Crop were the only two previous European victories and there was little to smile about from the display of the non-Gallic raiders from perhaps the strongest overseas party to date with Godolphin’s Holberg and Frankie Dettori next best in sixth, just ahead of Luca Cumani’s Manighar.

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