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Irish master trainer Willie Mullins has brushed off talk of Melbourne Cup redemption while declaring Vauban his best chance of winning the race that stops a nation. Mullins has unfinished business at Flemington, after Vauban was sent out as favourite last year but finished in the back half of the field. His stablemate Absurde was also well-fancied and fared better in seventh.
But I don’t know how good the other horse is — he just keeps improving.” Topweight Vauban and champion British jockey William Buick will jump from barrier 11, while three-time Cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy will steer Absurde from barrier seven. “Very, very happy with . I don’t think we can blame barriers or anything like that,” Mullins said, pointing to another number that will prove crucial. “The weather forecast looks good.
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