Rear Window

Insiders and long-shots: Rear Window at the 2024 Melbourne Cup

Myriam Robin, Zoe Samios and Patrick Durkin

Nov 5, 2024 – 6.40pm

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Call it a day for the rank outsiders.

On the track, Knight’s Choice made a (very small) number of punters very wealthy, taking home the Melbourne Cup on extraordinarily slim expectations.

correction —

An earlier of this article stated that Pact Group chairman Raphael ‘Ruffy’ Geminder was at the Mumm marquee. He was not at Flemington.

Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media.

Zoe Samios covers wagering and the business of sport from the AFR's Sydney newsroom. She was previously the media and telecommunications reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and covered media at The Australian.

Patrick Durkin is Melbourne bureau chief and BOSS deputy editor. He writes on news, business and leadership.