{"id":5029,"date":"2024-11-03T23:58:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T23:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=5029"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:34:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:34:49","slug":"willie-mullins-melbourne-cup-runners-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/willie-mullins-melbourne-cup-runners-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Mullins Melbourne Cup Runners 2024 Sees Irish Trainer With Two Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Willie Mullins Melbourne Cup runners 2024 will see the Closutton handler with two big entries that are spearheaded by Vauban and Absurde, who both ran in the race 12 months ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Vauban Will Be Back For Another Melbourne Cup Attempt<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Top Irish trainer <strong>Willie Mullins<\/strong> and popular owner Rich Ricci went close to landing the <strong>Melbourne Cup<\/strong> in 2017 when Max Dynamite finished third and 12 months ago they thought they&#8217;d be going two places better when <strong>Vauban<\/strong> was sent off as favourite.<\/p>\n<p>However, under jockey Ryan Moore, who took the race in 2014 on Protectionist, Vauban trailed in a disappointing 14th &#8211; beaten just over 13 lengths at the line behind Without A Fight.<\/p>\n<p>The good news for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/horse-racing\/\">horse racing<\/a> fans though is Vauban is back bite at the Melbourne Cup cheery &#8211; with his trainer Willie Mullins entering him for the 2024 race on Tuesday 5th November at Flemington Park.<\/p>\n<p>After his flop in the race, the versatile Vauban, who is also a Cheltenham Festival winner, was given a break and didn&#8217;t run over jumps at all last season.<\/p>\n<p>He returned this year on the flat &#8211; running four times that included a fine fourth in the Ascot Gold Cup in June and was last seen getting back to winning ways at York in the G2 Lonsdale Cup (watch below) &#8211; a win that booked his trip Down Under for a second time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"FULL RACE: Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup Stakes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oniDOnwAQM8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Absurde Will Also Be Back For A Second Melbourne Cup<\/h2>\n<p>Recent Chester winner, <strong>Absurde<\/strong> has a similar profile to his stablemate Vauban and Willie Mullins confirmed last year&#8217;s 7th will be heading back to the Melbourne Cup again in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Absurde, who took the Ebor Handicap in 2023, is also a Cheltenham Festival winner when taking this year&#8217;s County Hurdle, and last year finished seven places ahead of Vauban in the <em>&#8216;Race That Stops a Nation&#8217;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Both Vauban and Absurde are popular in the market with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/horse-racing\/\">the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a>. While the Aidan O&#8217;Brien-trained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jan-brueghel-to-miss-the-melbourne-cup\/\">Jan Brueghel<\/a> will now MISS the race due to failing a vets test.<\/p>\n<p>While another Irish trainer Jessie Harrington could also run <strong>Kinesiology. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can also see all the key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/2024-melbourne-cup-trends-and-stats\/\">Melbourne Cup trends and stats<\/a> here to help try and find the Flemington Park winner.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"RACE HIGHLIGHTS: Sky Bet Ebor\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fQPgFYsG-qI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Willie Mullins Melbourne Cup Runners 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Vauban<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Absurde<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>When Is The Melbourne Cup 2024?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5Date: Tuesday 5th November 2024<br \/>\n<span class=\"JCzEY tNxQIb\"><span class=\"CSkcDe\">\u231aTime: 4:00am (GMT)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc7Racecourse: Flemington (2m)<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcb0Winning Purse: <span class=\"NA6bn BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u00a3<\/span><\/span>2,352,941<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa TV: Sky Sports Racing<\/p>\n<p>Full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/2024-melbourne-cup-prize-money-breakdown\/\">Melbourne Cup prize money<\/a> breakdown for 2024 &#8211; from 1st to 12th, plus what the jockey and trainer win.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Two British-Trained Melbourne Cup Runners 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As well as the strong Irish presence of Melbourne Cup runners 2024, there are also two possibles from the British yards.<\/p>\n<p>There were no runners from Britain in 2023, but that looks set to change in 2024 with two horses holding entries at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>These include <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"r-b88u0q\">Onesmoothoperator<\/span> for Brian Ellison and Sea King for the Harry Eustace camp &#8211; with the former romping away with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/geelong-cup-result-sees-onesmoothoperator-win\/\">Geelong Cup<\/a> recently.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"r-b88u0q\">Onesmoothoperator<\/span> (Brian Ellison)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"r-b88u0q\">Sea King <\/span>(Harry Eustace)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Champion Australian Trainer Chris Waller Has Record-Breaking 21 Melbourne Cup Entries<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In addition to the many possible British and Irish-trained Melbourne Cup runners 2024, on the home front it&#8217;s Aussie champion handler <strong>Chris Waller<\/strong> that is dominating the entries with 21.<\/p>\n<p>Waller&#8217;s only Melbourne Cup success came in 2021 with Verry Elleegant, while 2022 joining winning trainer Ciaron Maher has 16 of the 123 nominations &#8211; including Sydney Cup winner and one of the favourites Circle Of Fire.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2023 Melbourne Cup Hero Without A Fight Is Entered Again<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The last horse to win back-to-back Melbourne Cups was Makybe Diva, who actually won the race three times between 2002 and 2005.<\/p>\n<p>However, we have a chance of another repeat winner in 2024 as last year&#8217;s hero <strong>Without A Fight<\/strong> is also amongst the entries at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>The former Simon and Ed Crisford runner powered home by an easy 2 1\/4 lengths last year, having previously landed the Caulfield Cup a month earlier.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The 2023 Lexus Melbourne Cup - Full Replay\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qrFXdzcS7os?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Willie Mullins Melbourne Cup runners 2024 will see the Closutton handler with two big entries that are spearheaded by Vauban and Absurde, who both ran in the race 12 months ago. 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