Jockey Mark Zahra has decided not to ride Gold Trip in the Melbourne Cup, despite winning the race with the horse last year. Zahra is prepared for potential heartbreak if Gold Trip wins without him.
Jockey Mark Zahra went with his head over heart, but is prepared for heartbreak should his favourite horse Gold Trip defend the Melbourne Cup without him.
“I was hoping to never have the thought cross my mind,” Zahra said on Wednesday of the prospect of Gold Trip zooming past him to victory next week. “I’ll probably jump off here, get into my car and drive home. Zahra, who sought advice from form gurus, said history, the likelihood of a firm track and Gold Trip’s recent hard racing swayed him to Sam and Anthony Freedman’s imported stayer.“Makybe Diva is the last horse to go back-to-back and with that weight and if you look at the honour roll they’re really good horses,” Zahra said. “ not saying Gold Trip’s not a great horse, I just feel last year we had soft tracks, everything was put on.
Zahra’s decision shows there is not much room for sentiment in racing, especially at this time of year when millions of dollars are at stake.
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