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Lovatsville | Lovatsville Stallions Gold Trip

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BREEDING RIGHT BROCHURE

OUTSTRIP (GB) - SARVANA (FR), by Dubai Destination (USA), 2017 - Bay, 16.0 1/2hh

• Melbourne Cup winning Champion
• Sensational winner of the weight-for-age Group 1 Turnbull Stakes destroying a high class field, including subsequent Cox Plate winner Romantic Warrior
• Durable, racing each season  a 2 year-old until his retirement
• Group winning and Group 1 performed 3 year-old in Europe, including a 4th to Sottass in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

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• Gold Trip's pedigree possesses several stamina-producing ancestors, combined with his class, toughness and a turn of foot, to see him debut as a 2 year-old over a mile, to weight-for-age Group 1 victory over 2000m to a Melbourne Cup over 3200m
• A grandson of Australian speed sensation Exceed and Excel via his Group 1 winning Breeders Cup juvenile son Outstrip
• Out of a Dubai Destination mare, who has also been responsible as a broodmare sire for the likes of Postponed, Golden Horn, Thunder Snow, La Crique, Silent Sedition etc
• Hailing from a well-performed Aga Khan family, similiar to The Autumn Sun

Performance

• Dominant Melbourne Cup winner, carrying a big weight
• Explosive weight-for-age Group 1 Turnball Stakes winner, blowing right past a high quality field including subsequent Cox Plate winner Romantic Warrior
• The attitude and ability to debut over a mile as a 2 year-old, placing at his only start, before returning as a Group winning and Group 1 performed 3 year-old, where later in the same season he ran a gallant 4th to Sottass in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
• Described by jockey Mark Zahra as one of the best horses he has ever ridden and by Champion trainer Ciaron Maher as one of the best horses he has ever trained

Melbourne Cup Champion Gold Trip to stand at Lovatsville

16 May 2024

Ciaron Maher Racing, Australian Bloodstock and new Victorian Stallion Station, Lovatsville, are pleased to announce that Gold Trip will stand this coming season at the Central Victoria-based stud, Lovatsville for a fee of $8,800 (incl. GST).

As a Melbourne Cup winner and weight-for-age Turnbull Stakes victor, Gold Trip retires having demonstrated immense talent and resilience to compete and perform in the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup in back-to-back years. Racing as a 2 year-old in France, onto multiple Group 1 performances as a Classic European 3 year-old where he ran a gallant 4th to Sottass in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, followed by a glittering Australian racing career.

Providing Champion trainer Maher with the crowning achievement of his training career in winning the Melbourne Cup, Gold Trip retires as one of Maher’s best ever gallopers “He won a Melbourne Cup, was beaten a lip in the Caulfield Cup, was a weight-for-age Turnbull Stakes winner, could have won a Cox Plate and was elite in an Arc. He is a legitimate freak.”

Co-purchaser and owner of Gold Trip, Australian Bloodstock’s Jamie Lovett spoke of the attraction of Gold Trip when sourcing him from Europe “What appealed to us in Gold Trip was his dynamic turn of foot, as we saw in that explosive performance in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes. There is no doubt in my mind that he was beating the best 2000m field assembled in this country in the last 20 years and he beat them with his head on his chest.”

Lovett further added, in qualifying Gold Trip’s stud credentials “Weight-for-age is our measure for the elite, however when he was asked to carry weight in the big handicaps he had the class to do that too and I believe that is a quality that will resonate with breeder’s looking to breed a genuine racehorse.”

Lovatsville’s Sam White is delighted to add Gold Trip to the Lovatsville roster “It is quite rare that the Australasian breeding community get a chance to access horses who have performed so well in an Arc, arguably Europe’s premier race. Gold Trip had the versatility to race at the highest level here for multiple seasons demonstrating his class and toughness, while also displaying obvious speed where he flew past subsequent Cox Plate winner Romantic Warrior in the Turnbull.”

White feels that Gold Trips performance, physique and price point will pique the interest of many breeders “At $8,800 he is priced extremely well considering his ability. We want to inject further value into the opportunity by providing very attractive breeding right packages so that Gold Trip’s supporters can access him for the duration of his career for a modest outlay.”

Alongside the breeding right packages in Gold Trip, Ciaron Maher Racing, Australian Bloodstock and Gold Trip’s ownership group have committed to supporting the horse at stud, ensuring that he starts his career at stud positively. 

To learn more about Gold Trip and the breeding right packages available, or Lovatsville and the other stallions on their roster for this season, please visit their website www.lovatsville.com or contact Sam White: +61 408 123 428 or [email protected]

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Gold Trip is a 7 year old horse and has raced from 2019 to 2024. He was sired by Outstrip out of the Dubai Destination mare Sarvana . He was trained by Ciaron Maher and has raced for J. W. Woodbridge, Australian Bloodstock No. 2, and was bred in [Add Data] by Michel Monfort. Gold Trip has raced at Caulfield-AUS , , Deauville-FR , Randwick-AUS , Flemington-AUS , ParisLongchamp-FR , Lyon Parilly-FR , Moonee Valley-AUS , Rosehill-AUS , Saint-Cloud-FR with wins at Flemington-AUS , Lyon Parilly-FR . His stakes wins include wins in the 2022 Melbourne Cup (G1) , and the 2020 Prix Greffulhe (G2) .

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• Caulfield 24-Feb-24 1800m GOOD 4 R6 G2 Open Weight For Age $27,000 (of $300,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:50.45, SP: 3.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.84

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• Flemington 07-Nov-23 3200m GOOD 4 R7 G1 3YO+ Open Hcp (of $7,750,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 03:18.37, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 5th
• Moonee Valley 28-Oct-23 2040m GOOD 3 R9 G1 COX PLATE $200,000 (of $5,000,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:03.16, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 12th, 1200m 9th, 800m 8th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.56
• Caulfield 21-Oct-23 2400m GOOD 4 R9 G1 CAUL CUP $350,000 (of $5,000,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 02:26.45, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 12th, 1200m 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.01
• Flemington 07-Oct-23 2000m GOOD 4 R8 G1 TURNBULL $455,325 (of $750,000) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 02:01.62, SP: 19.00 In-running: Settled 16th, 1200m 16th, 800m 16th, 400m 13th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.43
• Moonee Valley 09-Sep-23 2040m GOOD 3 R7 BM 100 Hcp $7,500 (of $150,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 02:05.96, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 14th, 1200m 14th, 800m 14th, 400m 13th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.61
• Randwick 08-Apr-23 3200m SOFT 7 R7 G1 3YO+ Open Hcp (of $2,159,500) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 03:26.91, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 13th, 1200m 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 15th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.93
• Rosehill Gardens 25-Mar-23 2400m GOOD 4 R8 G1 3YO+ Open Weight For Age $15,000 (of $1,528,200) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 02:29.86, SP: 5.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 1200m 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.81
• Rosehill Gardens 18-Mar-23 2000m GOOD 4 R6 G1 3YO+ Open Weight For Age $21,000 (of $1,007,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:02.36, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.78
• Sandown Hillside 25-Feb-23 1800m GOOD 3 R6 G2 Open Weight For Age $54,000 (of $301,540) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:48.40, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.36
• TRIAL Cranbourne Training 06-Feb-23 1550m SOFT 6 R1 2UP-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:35.59
• 1st Persan ( E Brown 0 ) 2nd Gold Trip ( M Zahra 0 ) 0.80L 3rd Cleaver ( W Gordon 0 ) 4.80L
• Flemington 01-Nov-22 3200m SOFT 7 R7 G1 3YO+ Open Hcp $4,400,000 (of $8,075,000) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 03:24.04, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 18th, 1200m 16th, 800m 14th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:38.56
• Moonee Valley 22-Oct-22 2040m HEAVY 8 R9 G1 3YO+ Open Weight For Age $75,000 (of $5,050,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:10.17, SP: 13.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 1200m 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.24
• Caulfield 15-Oct-22 2400m SOFT 6 R9 G1 3YO+ Open Hcp $700,000 (of $5,150,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 02:33.68, SP: 16.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 9th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.76
• Flemington 01-Oct-22 2000m GOOD 3 R7 G1 4YO+ Open Set Weight With Penalties $25,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:02.23, SP: 3.70 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 9th, 800m 8th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.52
• Caulfield 17-Sep-22 2000m HEAVY 8 R6 G3 3YO+ Open Quality $18,000 (of $200,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:08.53, SP: 3.80 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.34
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• Rosehill Gardens 30-Jul-22 1500m SOFT 7 R8 LR 3YO+ Open Quality $14,200 (of $160,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:30.80, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.85
• TRIAL Albury 12-Jul-22 900m HEAVY 8 R1 OPEN-BT Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:54.44 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.54
• 1st Supido Beauty ( H Williams 0 ) 2nd Gold Trip ( R P Downey 0 ) 1.80L 3rd Medal ( F Sandkuhl 0 ) 3.60L
• Saint Cloud 04-Jul-21 2400m SOFT R1 G1 4YO+ Open Weight For Age (of $633,613) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 0.00, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th
• 1st Broome ( C Keane 58 ) 2nd Ebaiyra ( C Soumillon 56.5 ) 1.00L 3rd Gold Trip ( S Pasquier 58 ) 1.10L
• Longchamp 02-May-21 2000m SOFT R2 G1 4YO+ Open Set Weight $108,633 (of $475,210) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:11.62, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 4th
• 1st Mare Australis (IRE) ( P Boudot 58 ) 2nd Gold Trip ( S Pasquier 58 ) 1.80L 3rd Mogul ( C Soumillon 58 ) 3.60L
• Longchamp 11-Apr-21 2000m SOFT R1 G2 4YO+ Open Weight For Age (of $2,059,243) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:11.04, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd
• 1st Skalleti ( G Mosse 58 ) 2nd Mare Australis (IRE) ( P Boudot 57 ) 1.00L 3rd Monty ( O Peslier 57 ) 2.50L 5th Gold Trip ( S Pasquier 57 ) 6.30L
• Longchamp 04-Oct-20 2400m SOFT R1 G1 3YO+ Open Weight For Age $307,770 (of $5,390,026) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:39.30, SP: 34.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th
• 1st Sottsass ( C Demuro 59.5 ) 2nd In Swoop (IRE) ( R Thomas 56.5 ) 0.40L 3rd Persian King ( P C Boudot 59.5 ) 2.10L 4th Gold Trip ( S Pasquier 56.5 ) 2.30L
• Longchamp 13-Sep-20 2400m GOOD R1 G1 3YO C&F Open Weight For Age $73,940 (of $646,899) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:24.76, SP: 16.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th
• 1st Mogul ( P C Boudot 58 , Cd 58.5 ) 2nd In Swoop (IRE) ( R Thomas 58 , Cd 58.5 ) 2.50L 3rd Gold Trip ( S Pasquier 58.5 ) 2.60L
• Chantilly 05-Jul-20 2100m SOFT R2 G1 3YO Open Set Weight (of $1,617,003) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 02:04.01, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 15th, 1200m 15th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th
• 1st Mishriff ( I Mendizabal 58 ) 2nd The Summit ( V Cheminaud 58 ) 1.80L 3rd Victor Ludorum (GB) ( M Barzalona 58 ) 2.20L 11th Gold Trip ( S Pasquier 58 ) 7.30L
• Lyon 06-Jun-20 2200m SOFT R2 G2 3YO Open Set Weight $92,206 (of $161,765) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:22.09, SP: 3.30 In-running: Settled 2nd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd
• 1st Gold Trip ( S Pasquier 58 ) 2nd Influx (IRE) ( J Auge 58 ) 1.00L
• Saint Cloud 12-May-20 2100m SOFT R1 3YO C&G Rest Special Weight (of $50,352) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:14.12, SP: 22.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd
• 1st Port Guillaume ( C Demuro 56.5 ) 2nd Gold Trip ( S Pasquier 55 ) 1.30L 3rd Dawn Intello ( M Guyon 56.5 ) 3.10L
• Saint Cloud 15-Nov-19 1600m HEAVY R1 2YO C&G Rest Special Weight (of $55,168) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:03.61, SP: 3.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd
• 1st Pisanello ( T Piccone 55.5 ) 3rd You Rock ( M Guyon , Cd 55.5 ) 2.30L 5th Gold Trip ( S Pasquier 55.5 ) 4.30L
• Deauville 24-Oct-19 1600m HEAVY R1 2YO C&G Mdn Set Weight $8,762 (of $43,810) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:55.18, SP: 6.30 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th
• 1st Nat King (GB) ( O Peslier 58 ) 2nd Gold Trip ( S Pasquier 58 ) 0.20L 3rd Salesman ( M Guyon , Cd 58 ) 1.00L

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Melbourne Cup winning Champion … sensational winner of the weight-for-age Group 1 Turnbull Stakes, destroying a high class field, including subsequent Cox Plate winner Romantic Warrior … durable, racing each season as a 2YO until his retirement … Group winning & Group 1 performed 3YO in Europe, including 4 th  in Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe … Danehill-line stallion … new in 2024.

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Australian Bloodstock’s Gold Trip (FR) had a lap on them in class and in a stable with an unrivalled reputation with stayers, all the son of Outstrip (GB) needed was a top steer by Mark Zahra to make a one-act affair of the $8,000,000 Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday.

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Mark Zahra earns redemption as Gold Trip wins $8m Melbourne Cup with barnstorming run to the finish

Gold Trip wins Melbourne Cup 2022

Mark Zahra has earned redemption after riding the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Gold Trip to victory in the $8m Melbourne Cup with a barnstorming run down the home straight.

Emissary claimed second while High Emocean, a Gold Trip stablemate, fought back from last to finish third and raging favourite Deauville Legend took out fourth.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Gold Trip wins Melbourne Cup with stunning fightback.

Gold Trip’s victory comes after the six-year-old finished second in the Caulfield Cup two weeks ago with Zahra and, ridden by Jamie Spencer, ninth in the Cox Plate a week later.

But the French horse - who entered the race as a $19 chance with just one win in his career - is now a Melbourne Cup champion, taking home $4.4 million for his connections.

Asked what he was thinking in the epic finish, Zahra said: “Just piss off, no one come near me.”

“I feel like crying. It’s unbelievable. What a day. He’s a horse that when you go, you don’t give him a chance to think about it,” he told Ten.

“It’s just elation when I crossed the line. What an amazing feeling.”

The jockey completed his own personal 12-month turnaround after becoming embroiled in a COVID rule-breaking controversy last year, losing out on a ride on eventual Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant.

“This time last year I was watching Verry Elleegant win and getting told off for drinking too much,” Zahra said.

“To come a full year and have redemption, with good mates of mine who train the horse and own the horse, my wife’s here, it’s an unbelievable feeling.”

Maher has now completed a career sweep of the Melbourne spring carnival’s most important races.

He trained Jameka to win the 2016 Caulfield Cup and teamed up with Eustace for Cox Plate glory in 2020.

“I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet. Phenomenal,” Maher told Racing.com.

“It’s just huge. Dave and I are lucky enough to stand up here but god, most of our staff are here today, friends and family, it’s just fantastic.”

Maher’s mother Eileen gatecrashed the interview and said she knew her sons - Declan works for his brother Ciaron - would win the Melbourne Cup two months ago.

“Ciaron said to me ‘I didn’t get into the business to come second. I only got in this business to come first’,” she said.

“From then on I knew that it would happen.”

Camorra traded the lead with Smokin’ Romans as the field passed the post for the first time.

Serpentine surged to the front around the bend and held position at the halfway mark, with Tralee Rose for company.

Knights Order pushed to the front with 900m to go and put lengths between itself and Smokin’ Romans.

Deauville Legend had closed as a $4.60 favourite, ahead of Realm Of Flowers ($9) and Montefilia ($10), but was only briefly in contention for the win.

Interpretation, another horse trained by winners Maher and Eustace, failed to finish the race - a worrying outcome after only confirming its place on Tuesday morning following a last-minute vet check .

But the five-year-old was safely walked back to the stables at the end of the race.

The Melbourne Cup was run on a Soft 7 track after passing showers soaked Flemington earlier on Tuesday, but rain managed to stay away for the race itself.

It is the coldest Cup Day since 1995 when Doriemus took the honours in miserly 13.6C temperatures.

Melbourne Cup 2022 finishing order

1. Gold Trip

2. Emissary

3. High Emocean

4. Deauville Legend

5. Realm Of Flowers

6. Daqiansweet Junior

7. Smokin’ Romans

8. Stockman

9. Knights Order

10. Vow And Declare

11. Arapaho

12. Hoo Ya Mal

13. Without A Fight

14. Grand Promenade

15. Young Werther

16. Montefila

17. Tralee Rose

19. Numerian

20. Serpentine

21. Camorra

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International Horse Profile: Gold Trip

• by Drew Patchell
• in Articles
• on September 24, 2021

Gold Trip is Cox Plate bound! The top international chance for the 2021 Cox Plate arrives next week in Melbourne and is now a $10 shot or less with most bookies.

Gold Trip ran a very strong 4th in the Arc last year and this year has run 2nd and 3rd in Group 1s over similar distances. The last start 3rd in the Grand Prix De Saint-Cloud was a very valid run from the back.

Best suited to wetter surfaces, this is the horse you want to eye in on if the heavens open on the days leading up to the race. Even on a Good to soft surface, he is respectable as shown by the 2nd behind Mare Australis in the Prix Ganay.

Gold Trip’s racing style is potentially the biggest query for the Moonee Valley track. Ridden mid to back in the field, Gold Trip has little to no tactical speed early so a good barrier draw 3 out to 7 will be vital to the horses chances on the day.

Why exactly does Gold Trip measure up?

On Timeform ratings in the past 4 Group 1 events Gold Trip has competed in, ratings of 122, 120, 122 and 118+ were the results with 3rd/2nd/4th and 3rd the finishing positions for the horse. With less international competition this year and no Winx, Gold Trip becomes a factor at the ratings.

What it takes to win or place in the Cox Plate the past three years?

2020 Cox Plate – (123 Timeform Rating won the race – 122 prior to race for the horse) 1st – Sir Dragonet – Got a genuine tempo and soft track – previous best 122+ timeform on soft. All perfect conditions on day. Ran 123 to win. 2nd – Armory – Ran 122+ Timeform rating in previous G1 run and repeated that figure with 122 for second. 3rd – Russian Camelot – Best in past seen over slightly shorter distances. Ran to 121 Timeform Rating on the day. Had previously ran 124 in the Underwood on a soft track.

2019 Cox Plate – (124 Timeform Rating won the race – 125+ prior to race for the horse) 1st – Lys Gracieux – Won like a good thing going away from them. Tempo was solid. Run prior was 124 Timeform Rating. Ran 125+ on the day. Next start in Japan ran 128! Class horse. 2nd – Castelvecchio – Ran a clear career peak here of 124 Timeform rating. Won a G1 since running 120. 3rd – Te Akau Shark – Disappointed on the day – 2000m too far for horses best. Ran 119 on the day coming off a 126 Timeform rating prior and 126+ next start after that both those over 1600m.

2018 Cox Plate – (129+ Timeform Rating won the race – 134 prior to race for the horse) 1st – Winx – Didn’t need to run up to her best to win but had to improve on last start win. Did so impressively going up to 129+ Timeform Rating on the day from 123+ run prior. Just had to run to best to win. 2nd – Benbatl – Would have won any other year without Winx in the race. Came in with 129 Timeform rating and ran to 129! Ran 124 since. Was a career peak along with Dubai Turf win over 3l+ back in March of 2018. 3rd – Humidor – Beaten 4.75L into 3rd – you take that as an owner. Ran 122 Timeform on the day. Previous best 129 previous year behind Winx. Best since that 129 was this 123 and never improved. Previous best behind that was 125+. Peaked in 2017.

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Maher declares Turnbull thrashing Gold Trip's ‘best win'

Melbourne Cup champion Gold Trip has stamped his authority on upcoming spring majors with an unbelievable performance in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m).

In his first trip back to Headquarters since the first Tuesday in November last year, the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace -trained Gold Trip swamped rivals to win by 1¾ lengths from international raider West Wind Blows .

An emotional Maher lauded Gold Trip's breathtaking performance.

"That really gets you going, doesn't it?" Maher said.

"He put the writing on the wall with his run at The Valley and you just look at him in the yard, he looks amazing. The team have done an unbelievable job. The horse is pristine.

"It's probably his best win, if you can say that from a Melbourne Cup winner, but he was dynamic today and very impressive. I can't wait to see what Mark (Zahra) thinks."

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Soulcombe put in a strong Cups trial also, ridden for luck on the rail to run third ahead of Hong Kong superstar Romantic Warrior , the $2.40 fixed price favourite.

Nothing rivalled Gold Trip, who idled last in the run, hooked widest and walloped a hot field.

With the Caulfield Cup in a fortnight and Cox Plate seven days later, Maher has decisions to make.

Zahra too, with the big race jockey committed to Caulfield Cup equal favourite Without A Fight.

Weight would be a major consideration also, with 58.5kg Cups topweight Gold Trip exposed to a penalty with victory in the Caulfield Cup.

He placed second in the race last year.

Gold Trip won the Turnbull Stakes eased down. Picture: Pat Scala/Racing Photos via Getty Images

The Cox Plate would be a free hit, handicapping wise, for the dual Group 1 winner, who was unlucky in weight-for-age championship last year.

"We'll see. I think Mark will be trying to push us towards the Cox Plate now because I think he might have one in the Caulfield Cup," Maher said.

"But anyway he might have a bit of thinking to do now.

"He's (Gold Trip) good at a mile-and-a-half (2400m), the weather plays into it, you see how dynamic he was with a bit of cut in the track today. I couldn't be happier."

Mark Zahra and trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace celebrate with the Turnbull Stakes trophy. Picture: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images

Zahra, who won the Turnbull in 2020 aboard Verry Elleegant before the champion mare trained on to win the Caulfield Cup, made his thoughts on Gold Trip's next start known.

"He's got to go to the Cox Plate, surely," Zahra said.

"They were a few of his major rivals there and the way he won why wouldn't you go there?

"I just love being on his back. If they've got any brains then they'll go to the Cox Plate (instead of the Caulfield Cup) … It'll all work out perfectly for everyone."

Gold Trip firmed $17 into $11 with TAB for the Caulfield Cup after the Turnbull triumph and $11 into $9 for the Cox Plate. His Melbourne Cup quote was slashed $15 into $8.

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Emotional jockey Mark Zahra reacts after Gold Trip wins the 2022 Melbourne Cup

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Mark Zahra was emotional after recording his maiden Melbourne Cup win. ( Getty Images: Quinn Rooney )

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Mark Zahra says it is "unbelievable" that he guided Gold Trip to victory.

Zahra rode brilliantly to guide the French stayer to victory, less than three weeks after it finished second in the Caulfield Cup.

"I can't [put this into words]. I feel like crying. It's unbelievable. What a day," he said.

"He's a horse that when you go, you don't give him a chance to think about it. I was hoping no-one would come near me."

Emissary finished second and High Emocean came third.

Favourite Deauville Legend finished strongly, but could only manage fourth.

An emotional Zahra spoke of the difference between 2022 and last year, when he was suspended and lost the ride on eventual winner Verry Elleegant.

"This time last year [I was] in Byron Bay and I was getting told off [by my wife] for drinking too much and it could have been my ride," he told Channel 10.

"I said, 'What do you want me to do? My horse [Verry Elleegant] just won the Melbourne Cup?'

"For today, to come today and I've got good mates in the horse and it's unbelievable.

"Redemption day today. Just a miracle."

Gold Trip runs them down 

Gold Trip ran from barrier 13 in a 22-horse field after the scratchings of Point Nepean and Lunar Flare.

English Derby winner Serpentine led around the first turn in the Melbourne Cup, while Mark Zahra eased Gold Trip (2nd from far left) back in the field.  ( Getty Images: Racing Photos / Scott Barbour )

The race was held on a soft 7 surface after the track was downgraded following some showers late-morning.

There was a scramble for the lead at the start, with horses racing up to seven wide as Zahra kept Gold Trip midfield, drifting back to the second half of the field.

Frontrunner Serpentine took control at halfway, with Tralee Rose and Smokin' Romans second and third.

Internationals Deauville Legend and Without A Fight found the fence, with Knights Order out wide.

Locals Duais and 2019 winner Vow and Declare were up with the field.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Knights Order hit the front after the 1,000m with Smokin' Romans, then began to go clear on his own.

Knights Order pinched a break on the turn, with Without A Fight and Deauville Legend moving into position.

Gold Trip came from back in the field to win the Melbourne Cup from Emissary (2nd left), High Emocean (obscured) and Deauville Legend (white and red). ( Getty Images: Racing Photos / George Sal )

In the straight, Smokin' Romans hit the front at the 450m, but Deauville Legend and Gold Trip came down the outside.

Zahra and Gold Trip grabbed the lead before the 250m, and the pair went clear, as Emissary finished strongly to take second and Bendigo Cup-winner High Emocean finished third ahead of the favourite.

"I've got the Cup with me and I can't stop looking at it knowing it's something that can never be taken away," Zahra told ABC Radio Melbourne.

After making a late surge in the final moments of the race, Zahra said the final stretch after taking the lead was agonising.

"I looked up and thought 'oh jeez, there's still a fair way to go here', the last 100 [metres] felt like it went forever, I couldn't wait for that post," he said.

Gold Trip, a French-bred horse, came fourth in French classic Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe in 2020, before coming to Australia last year to join trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace.

Zahra said he hadn't been confident that Gold Trip would last the 3,200m cup distance.

It was all smiles for trainers Ciaron Maher (L) and David Eustace (R) and jockey Mark Zahra after their first Melbourne Cup win. ( Getty Images: Racing Photos / Scott Barbour )

Gold Trip had run second in the Caulfield Cup, then backed up for an eighth-place finish in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley 10 days ago.

The six-year-old went on to make history, becoming only the third topweight in nearly seven decades to win the Cup, joining three-time winner Makybe Diva (2005) and Rising Fast (1954).