There was no fairytale ending to an extraordinary few days for Joseph O'Brien as Master Of Reality was gunned down in the final strides of the Lexus Melbourne Cup with the home team biting back through Vow And Declare in a thrilling and controversial finish. There was no fairytale ending to an extraordinary few days for Joseph O'Brien as Master Of Reality was gunned down in the final strides of the Lexus Melbourne Cup with the home team biting back through Vow And Declare in a thrilling and controversial finish. O'Brien family just touched off in chaotic Melbourne finale as Vow And Declare bites back for AustraliaThe name O'Brien will be on the roll of honour of "the race that stops a nation" once again but it is the Australian Danny on this occasion after legendary jockey Craig Williams finally ticked the Melbourne Cup off his bucket list. It looked like Frankie Dettori was about to finally end his own Melbourne Cup hoodoo on Master Of Reality but Williams hugged the running rail the whole way around and just held on by a head in a chaotic finish. Joseph O'Brien – who landed his first Breeders' Cup success on Saturday night in California – must have thought he was going to be a two-time Melbourne Cup winner with 50m to travel but Master Of Reality faded in the final stretch.

Source: Irish Independent November 05, 2019 07:41 UTC