Almandin, who missed nearly two years of racing because of a tendon injury, won his third consecutive start in Tuesday’s $4.55 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Australia.

Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Almandin (10-1) edged 18-1 Heartbreak City by a head after the two pulled away from 22 rivals in the final furlong of the two-mile race. Hartnell, the 9-2 favorite, finished third, beaten 4 1/4 lengths.

Almandin is trained by Robert Hickmott and co-owned by Lloyd Williams. It was Williams's fifth victory in the race and first since Green Moon in 2012.

R1 - 3-6-7-10
R2 - 10-3-12-9
R3 - 2-4-9-11
R4 - 6-9-12-2
R5 - 9-2-4-12
R6 - 5-14-9-10
R7 - 12-1-8-2
R8 - 1-5-9-13

Best - R3 n2 Jimson The Famous
Longshot - R2 n9 The Rainbow
Best Play - R3 Tce 2 Banker with 4,5,9,11

Paul – Selection

R1 7-10-3-2
R2 10-2-4-3
R3 2-3-5-9
R4 2-5-6-3
R5 6-9-5-2
R6 5-7-6-14
R7 1-2-7-10
R8 4-5-13-12

Best bet R6 N5 Master gold
Longshot R3 N3 Ambitious Speedy
Best play race4 2-5-6 qqp

SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Wednesday, November 2, 2016)

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS

(Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016)

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Brett Davis 

Big Orange was fifth in the 2015 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Australia, beaten 2 1/2 lengths by the 100-1 shot Prince of Penzance. Big Orange was 60-1 and certainly outran his odds in a 24-horse field over two miles.

Since then, Big Orange, 6, has won two Group 2 races in England to enhance his reputation. The success has made him the 126-pound joint highweight in Tuesday’s $4.55 million Melbourne Cup at two miles on turf.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS
(Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016)

RACE 1: #10 Le Pegase, #9 Bliss Cartel, #4 Real Supreme, #1 Faithful Boy

RACE 2: #11 High Speed Metro, #4 Choice Exchequer, #2 Island Flyer, #7 Glamorous Ryder

RACE 3: #10 Penang Hall, #6 Lamarosa, #9 Silver Spun, #4 Travel Successor

RACE 4: #8 Joy Plus Fun, #4 House Of Luck, #3 Wild Boy, #2 Lansbury

RACE 5: #9 Sight Seeing, #3 Cour Valant, #6 Quantum Dash, #10 Robust Momentum

Brett - Selections

R1 - 10-2-7-8
R2 - 3-1-2-11
R3 - 12-9-6-11
R4 - 10-4-2-1
R5 - 4-1-7-9
R6 - 4-9-3-2
R7 - 11-2-7-4
R8 - 11-8-4-7

Best - R7 n11 Beauty Connection Better draw helps and looks ready to win.
2nd Best - R4 n10 Lucky seven
Longshot - R2 n2 Mutual Joy
Best Play - R2 Q/QP 1,2,3

Paul – Selections

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS
(Wednesday, October 26, 2016)

Brett Davis - Selections
Race 1: 9-4-2-3
Race 2: 10-9-1-11
Race 3:  2-5-7-14
Race 4: 6-5-7-13
Race 5: 11-6-2-4
Race 6: 13-1-3-11
Race 7: 4-1-2-3
Race 8: 10-4-3-6
Race 9: 10-11-3-9
Race 10: 1-9-13-6

Rivet led from start to finish in winning the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy Stakes by 1 3/4 lengths over the favored Yucatan on Saturday at Doncaster Racecourse in England.

Andrea Atzeni rode the winner, his fourth straight in the Racing Post Trophy, a one-mile, straight-course race for 2-year-olds and the last Group 1 of the flat season in England. William Haggas trains the winner, while trainer Aidan O’Brien, chasing Bobby Frankel’s world-record 25 Grade 1 or Group 1 wins in a season, had to settle for second with Yucatan.