Geelong Cup winner Onesmoothoperator might give UK-based trainer Brian Ellison a change of luck in Australia’s biggest staying race.
Champion hoop Craig Williams is a smooth operator whenever in front of a camera so it was only fitting he piloted seven-year-old international arrival Onesmoothoperator to victory in a dramatic Geelong Cup that saw the favourite Unusual Legacy pulled up 200 metres into the race by his jockey João Moreira.
So impressed by the win, Williams immediately put himself in the frame to ride the Brian Ellison-trained horse in the Melbourne Cup saying it was “likely” he would ride him. His first horse to gain a start, Carte Diamond, had to be scratched way back in 2005 when he crashed through a running rail during track work at Flemington and suffered deep lacerations just a week after finishing ninth in the Caulfield Cup.Then in 2011, he had two starters, Moyenne Corniche and Saptapadi, but they both drew outside and could not finish closer than 19th and 20th behind the winner Dunaden.
“You’ve just got to put your head down and keep checking on. Everybody has bad luck. So anyway, I know I’ve got a good horse.”
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