Usually, the Melbourne Cup is littered with international runners, but Spanish Mission will be one of very few challengers from abroad this year. He brings some top-tier form with him across from the UK, having run the great Stradivarius to within a half-head in his last start in the Lonsdale Cup. He has been aimed towards this race for the best part of 12 months, and with Craig Williams on board, who is to say Spanish Mission cannot take out Australia’s most famous race?
When will Spanish Mission run in the Melbourne Cup?
The Melbourne Cup will be run on the first Tuesday in November despite all the COVID-19 chaos, but without the huge crowds that normally grace Flemington on Cup Day.
The one thing that hasn’t changed about the 2021 Melbourne Cup is the horses.
Once again The Cup has brought together an elite field of Melbourne Cup horses to contest the two mile race for $7.75 million.
Spanish Mission
- Age: 6YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Stallion
- Sire: Noble Mission
- Dam: Street Cry
Win: $7.00
Place: $2.50
Best odds at Ladbrokes
Career stats for Spanish Mission
- Career: 18: 6-4-3
- Flemington: 0: 0-0-0
- Distance: 5: 0-2-0
- Wet: 2: 1-0-0
- Good: 12: 4-3-2
- Group 1: 2: 0-0-0
- Win %: 33%
- Place %: 72%
Melbourne Cup results for Spanish Mission
The 2021 Melbourne Cup will be Spanish Mission first start in the great race.
Can Spanish Mission win The Cup?
When you have taken one of the all-time greatest stayers to within a half-head at your last start, you must be taken seriously in Melbourne Cup calculations. If Incentivise was not in this race, Spanish Mission would arguably start as an odds-on pop based on that effort in the Lonsdale Cup. With Craig Williams on board, he is a big chance to upset the Incentivise parade on the first Tuesday in November.
Last Start: Spanish Mission runs 2nd to Stradivarius in the Lonsdale Cup
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