Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted November 5, 2023 Journalists Share Posted November 5, 2023 Cleveland will be looking to join the likes of Kingston Rule, Wodalla and Blue Spec to complete the Moonee Valley Gold Cup/Melbourne Cup double. The Kris Lees-trained stayers has always threatened to win a big race since arriving in Australia and will get his chance to do so in the 2023 Melbourne Cup. Can Cleveland etch his name into Melbourne Cup folklore? When will Cleveland run in the Melbourne Cup? The Melbourne Cup will be run on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington in front of a sold out crowd. The one thing that hasn’t changed about the 2023 Melbourne Cup is the horses. Once again The Cup has brought together an elite field of Melbourne Cup horses to contest the two mile race for $8.41 million. Cleveland (23) T: Kris Lees J: Michael Dee (52kg) Age: 6YO Color: Bay Sex: Horse Sire: Camelot (GB) Dam: Venus de Milo (IRE) Win: +2500 Place: +550 Best odds at Neds Career stats for Cleveland Career: 15: 3-3-0 Flemington: 0: 0-0-0 Distance: 1: 0-0-0 Good: 9: 2-3-0 Wet: 6: 1-0-0 Group 1: 3: 0-0-0 Win %: 20% Place %: 40% Melbourne Cup results for Cleveland The Kris Lees-trained Cleveland will make his Melbourne Cup debut on November 7, 2023. Recent Form for Cleveland Date Race Track Distance Placing Jockey Barrier Weight Odds Margin Oct 27 Moonee Valley Gold Cup Moonee Valley 2500m 1/14 James McDonald 9 55kg $6.50 – Oct 14 ATC St Leger Stakes Randwick 2600m 2/10 James McDonald 4 55.5kg $3.80 2.71L Sep 30 The Metropolitan Randwick 2400m 6/15 Damien Oliver 12 54.5kg $16 6.14L Sep 15 Newcastle Gold Cup Newcastle 2300m 9/16 Ben Melham 15 58kg $4.40 4.54L Can Cleveland win the 2023 Melbourne Cup? Cleveland was the beneficiary of Vow And Declare’s bad luck in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup and brings ok enough form to be considered a chance on Tuesday. He was given an inch-perfect steer from James McDonald on that night, but from barrier 23, we have our concerns as to where he will land from the barrier. If he goes back to the rear, Cleveland doesn’t have the turn of foot that some of his rivals have. If he rolls forward, he is likely to be trapped wide throughout, potentially without cover. On that basis, we’re happy to leave Cleveland alone in the Cup. Watch Cleveland Finish 1st in the 2023 Moonee Valley Gold Cup READ ALSO: 2023 MC BEGINNERS GUIDE BEST MC BETTING SITES How do you think Cleveland will go in the 2023 Melbourne Cup? Give us your thoughts in the box below! View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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