Plaintiff’s winning Cup verdict

The importance of box draws in feature races has never been more clearly demonstrated than with $1 million Group 1 Sportsbet Melbourne Cup favourite Plaintiff.

Plaintiff, trained by three-time Melbourne Cup winner Jason Thompson, was the ‘slowest’ of Saturday night’s eight heat winners, clocking 29.66sec, but after drawing box one for the Cup Final is a clearcut $2.35 favourite with Sportsbet.

“In a race like the Melbourne Cup, you’ve got to make the final first; it doesn’t matter how you get there,” Thompson said.

“He’s speared the lids every time he’s drawn box 1 too!”

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Source:: https://www.grv.org.au/news/2022/11/22/plaintiffs-winning-cup-verdict/

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