Media solves Melbourne puzzle

Media Puzzle landed an emotional triumph for Dermot Weld and Damien Oliver in the Tooheys New Melbourne Cup at Flemington in Australia today.

Media solves Melbourne puzzle
Tue, 05 Nov, 2002 - 07:09

Media Puzzle landed an emotional triumph for Dermot Weld and Damien Oliver in the Tooheys New Melbourne Cup at Flemington in Australia today.

The five-year-old was giving Irish trainer Weld a second success in the famous race after Vintage Crop in 1993, while jockey Oliver was in tears afterwards as he remembered his brother Jason, who tragically died last week following a riding accident.

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CourtsRacingHeathrowPlace: MelbournePlace: FlemingtonPlace: AustraliaPlace: NewmarketPerson: Dermot WeldPerson: Damien OliverPerson: WeldPerson: OliverPerson: JasonPerson: Vinnie RoePerson: Hatha AnnaPerson: GodolphinPerson: SandmasonPerson: Frankie DettoriPerson: PuginPerson: Pat SmullenPerson: PrudentPerson: BeekeeperPerson: Mike DillonPerson: Simon CrisfordPerson: Media PuzzlePerson: DaliapourPerson: Michael StouteEvent: New Melbourne CupEvent: Tooheys New Melbourne CupEvent: Vintage CropEvent: Melbourne CupEvent: Media Puzzle’s dayEvent: EpsomEvent: Irish DerbyOrganisation: WeldOrganisation: LadbrokesOrganisation: Godolphin
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