2007 Melbourne Cup

Winning jockey Michael Rodd said of the trip, "My instructions were to make sure I got to the outside and I got there pretty easy and the horse did the rest. I knew at the top of the straight he was going to repeat his (Victoria) Derby win of last year. I gave him a squeeze coming around the turn and two pushes but I didn’t want to go too early." It was the Sydney native's first Cup win. At a private party for the winning connections he said, "It's very surreal at the moment, but I'm sure after a few drinks tonight, tomorrow morning I'll wake up and realise what I've just done."