Choice ‘highly unlikely’ to make Melbourne Cup bid
Galileo’s Choice is “highly unlikely” to attempt to qualify for race, according to Weld after he learned the race distance of 1m 2f at Leopardstown on Saturday was not sufficient to ensure automatic inclusion for the Melbourne showpiece, for which weights will be published on Monday for the November 1 contest.
To survive the first ballot for the race, requirements are for a horse to have won a Listed race or be placed in the first three in a Group 2/Group 3 or to have finished in the first five of a Group 1 over a distance of 1m 3½f or further in all three cases.
