Joao Moreira has been confirmed for the plumb ride aboard Caulfield Cup favourite Buckaroo next Saturday.
Buckaroo is fresh off a second to stablemate Via Sistina in the Turnbull Stakes, and has been backed from $11 into $5.50 with racing bookmakers to win the Caulfield Cup.
Moreira, known as the “Magic Man”, is one of the top jockeys in the world, and with just 54.5kg looms as a key chance for the $5million feature.
The only query on Buckaroo in the Caulfield Cup is whether he can travel the 2400m journey.
Moreira has partnered Buckaroo twice since Chris Waller lured him to Australia for the spring, with these netting the Group 1 Underwood Stakes win and the Turnbull Stakes runner-up.
While Moreira’s career is arguably the best of all time, he is yet to win a Caulfield or Melbourne Cup, which are regarded as two of the top staying races globally.
The win in the Underwood Stakes was Moreira’s first Group 1 victory in Australia since the 2017 Oakleigh Plate.
Buckaroo is the imported son of Fastnet Rock and Roheryn.
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