Racing Victoria handicapper Greg Carpenter has picked 24 horses for the “The Greatest Melbourne Cup Never Run” digital simulation. Carpenter was asked to select the best 24 winners of the Melbourne Cup for inclusion in the book “The Story of the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s Greatest Race” which was recently unveiled at a ceremony in Melbourne.
The field is:
1. Phar Lap
2. Carbine
3. Makybe Diva
4. Peter Pan
5. Galilee
6. Poseidon
7. Rising Fast
8. Rain Lover
9. Comic Court
10. Grand Flaneur
11. Might And Power
12. Archer
13. Vintage Crop
14. Delta
15. Malua
16. Nightmarch
17. Poitrel
18. Saintly
19. The Barb
20. Dalray
21. Hall Mark
22. Light Fingers
23. Doriemus
24. Think Big
“The Greatest Cup Never Run” will be run at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day when the digital simulation of the race, with race call and all, will be presented on the big screen. A panel of 22 experts have analysed the race and their thoughts will go into the simulated race to produce the result. Punters will be able to participate for prizes in a soon to be announced promotion… stay tuned!