Poulton fears favourite Yeats

Jamie Poulton believes Irish raider Yeats is the one they all have to beat in next Tuesday’s Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

The trainer of Caulfield Cup flop Land’n Stars gave an ominous warning to locals when he suggested that the Aidan O’Brien-trained Yeats, who is Coral’s 4-1 joint favourite with Tawqeet, had ‘more class’ than Irish stayer Vinnie Roe.