Boom Time will now carry 53kg in the Emirates Melbourne Cup after being penalised 1kg for winning the BMW Caulfield Cup.
Trainer David Hayes indicated on Sunday that Boom Time would be given his chance in the Melbourne Cup after causing an upset in the $3 million feature last Saturday.
The 1kg penalty is the same afforded to Viewed (2009), Dunaden (2012) and Mongolian Khan (2015) following their victories in the Caulfield Cup.
“Aided by a brilliant ride by Cory Parish, Boom Time finished one-and-a-quarter lengths ahead of Single Gaze, with the fast-finishing Johannes Vermeer a further head away in third. The 1kg penalty represents two lengths over the Melbourne Cup distance of 3200m,” said Racing Victoria’s Greg Carpenter.
“The Melbourne Cup provides a new challenge with a litany of possible rivals who did not run in the Caulfield Cup awaiting Boom Time at Flemington, such as defending champion Almandin, European challengers Tiberian, Red Cardinal, Rekindling, Max Dynamite, US Army Ranger, Nakeeta, Qewy, Wall Of Fire and Thomas Hobson, and local stayers including Big Duke and Who Shot Thebarman.”
– racing.com
