{"id":222586,"date":"2023-09-22T16:52:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=222586"},"modified":"2023-09-22T16:52:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:52:38","slug":"vauban-looks-an-absolute-banker-in-the-melbourne-cup-i-cant-wait-to-see-him-beat-up-the-aussies-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/sport\/vauban-looks-an-absolute-banker-in-the-melbourne-cup-i-cant-wait-to-see-him-beat-up-the-aussies-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Vauban looks an absolute banker in the Melbourne Cup – I can't wait to see him beat up the Aussies | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

THERE are few more satisfying things in life \u2014 let alone sport \u2014 than beating the Aussies.<\/p>\n

So bring on the Melbourne Cup with chucked in Irish raider Vauban.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s quite possible there\u2019s no point even running the race, and at 9-2 the Rich Ricci Royal Ascot hero looks a proper bet.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m lucky enough to have been to a few Melbourne Cups, and with that experience \u2014 the more I think about it \u2014 and through no real fault of their own, the Australian handicappers may well be looking like absolute bananas on the first Tuesday in November.<\/p>\n

There aren\u2019t many occasions when the Melbourne Cup looks like an absolute gimme.<\/p>\n

Yes, I know, Phar Lap won at 8-11 in 1930, the only odds-on winner of the race.<\/p>\n

But there have been many beaten at short odds including Gay Icarus, who was a 7-4 shot in 1971, and Incentivise turned over at 19-10 in 2021.<\/p>\n

Makybe Diva won three Cups at odds of 7-1, 13-5 and 17-5.<\/p>\n

That all said, Vauban might easily be a handicap snip.<\/p>\n

Willie Mullins\u2019 raider is just the type of animal Australian handicappers lose sleep at night over, because they will have no understanding of his Grade 1 hurdling form and merely see he\u2019s a handicapper or Group 3 standard on the level.<\/p>\n

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The simple truth is that Vauban might not look out of place in a race like the Ascot Gold Cup.<\/p>\n

And if he\u2019s a European Group 1 stayer \u2014 and not any old stayer as he has some speed \u2014 then a weight of 55kg could look generous in the extreme.<\/p>\n

Racing Victoria head handicapper David Hegan is clearly worried.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cMost horses have a threshold. When they get to a certain weight they cannot perform to those levels but it may work out Vauban\u2019s threshold is beyond 55kg, we can only rate him on the Flat form and what he\u2019s done.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have weighted him to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Welcome, Mr Hegan, to the world of Mullins. You have no idea what you are up against!<\/p>\n

In a match of wits I\u2019ll take Ireland\u2019s champion jumps trainer over the Melbourne handicappers every day of the week.<\/p>\n

Hell, I don\u2019t care if Hegan is built like Mike Tyson, I\u2019d still fancy Mullins to outsmart him in a boxing ring.<\/p>\n

Ricci\u2019s feet are a little more grounded than mine right now.<\/p>\n

He told me: \u201cI think he will have to improve again to win \u2014 but he might just do that \u2014 so I think we are okay with the weights.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we are thrown in. In the end he got the weight in the range we were considering when we entered him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, Ricci has gone close in the Melbourne Cup before.<\/p>\n

Max Dynamite was second behind Prince Of Penzance in 2015 and third behind Rekindling in 2017.<\/p>\n

Ricci added: \u201cThe Melbourne Cup is just an unbelievable race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had the privilege of running in it with three horses \u2014 finishing second, third and sixth and I\u2019d love to win it. I think Willie would really love to win it too!<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably more than me given his history with the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible couple of weeks and it doesn\u2019t just stop Victoria but the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in Australia on business in Sydney and Perth while it\u2019s going on \u2014 and they do stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be fantastic to win but it\u2019s a punt as you fund all the costs yourself.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to have some confidence to go down. It\u2019s great to be able to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, domestically, it\u2019s all about speed on ITV with the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup taking centre stage over six furlongs on ground with a bit of juice in it.<\/p>\n

Orazio has been well-backed and may well bounce back after a flop in the Stewards\u2019 Cup, but it\u2019s the horse who was back in eighth that day that interests me.<\/p>\n

ALBASHEER might be a little high in the handicap but I can\u2019t help but feel he will give us something to shout about for Archie Watson and Hollie Doyle.<\/p>\n

My selection has been in great form recently, with a decent effort at the Curragh four runs ago followed by a fair Goodwood effort and a dead-heat at York.<\/p>\n

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