Red Cadeaux second again as Fiorente takes glory

Red Cadeaux was a heroic runner-up once again as British-trained horses filled two of the first three places in the Emirates Melbourne Cup, but best-laid plans to finally crack the great Flemington handicap must wait yet another year.

While the winner, Fiorente, used to be trained in Newmarket by Michael Stoute and his trainer was born in Scotland, Gai Waterhouse is very much woven into the fabric of Australian racing and her first Cup success was a popular result Down Under.

As much as the nine-strong European challenge was reckoned to be the strongest ever assembled, in the end Fiorente was the most obvious candidate as he was runner-up on his debut for Waterhouse 12 months ago and went off favourite.