Has Rachel King won the Melbourne Cup? HorseBetting.com.au brings you the lowdown on the sole female rider in the field this year for the race that stops a nation.
Rachel King’s Melbourne Cup record
While other jockeys with the surname ‘King’ have left their mark in Melbourne Cup history, Rachel is yet to do so. If she was to salute in 2021, King would be only the second female jockey to win the great race, following in the footsteps of Michelle Payne in 2015.
Who is Rachel King riding in the 2021 Melbourne Cup?
While Pondus has failed to make the podium in either of his two runs this campaign, he wasn’t that far off the winner in either the Bart Cummings (2.5L) or the Moonee Valley Gold Cup (1.05L). There is a bit of market support for the six-year-old gelding, who could be hitting his stride third-up.
Pondus
- Age: 6YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Sea The Moon
- Dam: Diablerette
Win: $51.00
Place: $11.00
Best odds at Ladbrokes
Career stats for Pondus
- Career: 19: 3-7-1
- Flemington: 2: 0-1-0
- Distance: 0: 0-0-0
- Wet: 10: 2-3-0
- Good: 9: 1-4-1
- Group 1: 1: 0-0-0
- Win %: 16%
- Place %: 58%
2021 Melbourne Cup odds
Flemington – Race 7
Lexus Melbourne Cup
Status: Open
Track Rating: Good4
Weather: FINE
AUS
3200m
03:00pm – Tue 2nd Nov
A & S Freedmanᐅ
D T O’brienᐅ
Ben & J D Hayesᐅ
Andrew Baldingᐅ
Symon Wildeᐅ
C Maher & D Eustaceᐅ
C Maher & D Eustaceᐅ
G Waterhouse & A Bottᐅ
Joseph O’brienᐅ
C J Wallerᐅ
Bjorn Bakerᐅ
Matthew Cumaniᐅ
M Baker & A Forsmanᐅ
P & P Snowdenᐅ
C J Wallerᐅ
P G Moodyᐅ
M, W & J Hawkesᐅ
Robert Hickmottᐅ
C J Wallerᐅ
C Maher & D Eustaceᐅ
G Waterhouse & A Bottᐅ
Denis Paganᐅ
C J Wallerᐅ
C Maher & D Eustaceᐅ
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