Melbourne Cup Favourite Admire Rakti Penalised for Win
Japan’s Admire Rakti, the favourite to win the upcoming Melbourne Cup 2014 was assigned 0.5 kilograms penalty for his win in the Caulfield Cup. The 0.5 kg penalty has also been the lowest Caulfield Cup penalty since the year 1980 when the notable Australian Thoroughbred racehorse Ming Dynasty escaped penalty. ABC Online reported that if the Japanese galloper manages to win Australia's biggest race he will carry the biggest weight since the Bart Cummings-trained Think Big won in 1975.
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