There's 64 remaining in the running for a Melbourne Cup berth. We say a sad farewell to:
Trap For Fools (formerly at #21)
Torcedor (#34 - out for the Spring)
Scarlet Dream (#43)
Our Century (#51)
Zacada (#54)
Sweet Thomas (#55)
Bondeiger (#58)
King of Leogrance (#65)

And also from those who were yet to pass the first ballot clause:
Lord Fandango
Fairlight
Hang Man
Just Thinkin'
Looks Like Elvis
Super Titus
Te Akau Caliburn
The Good Fight


It was announced yesterday that Raymond Tusk was skipping the Caulfield Cup to focus on the Melbourne Cup. He was at 28th in the Order at the time, so I figured they were confident he was going to get a start after asking around and determining several were likely to drop out today. He's still only at 27th though with plenty of opportunity for others to leap him. It's a bit of a gamble...

I'm sure a couple will drop out and have just paid the extra few thousand as insurance if something goes awry for them ahead of the Caulfield or Cox (like it did for Steel Prince last week).