Turnbull Stakes stars head acceptances for Melbourne Cup

FORM experts will be trawling through replays of last Saturday's cracking Group 1 Turnbull Stakes race after almost the entire field were among first acceptors for the Melbourne Cup released today.

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FORM experts will be trawling through replays of last Saturday's cracking Group 1 Turnbull Stakes race after almost the entire field were among first acceptors for the Melbourne Cup released today.

The 2000m Turnbull looks to be a crucial formguide to this year's Group 1 $6m Melbourne Cup (3200m) after big guns Puissance De Lune (second), Fawkner (third), Fiorente (fourth) and Hawkspur (fifth) all impressed behind Happy Trails.

In all, 13 runners from the 16-horse Turnbull field are among today's 72 first acceptors for the race that stops the nation.

Also accepting from the Turnbull were Silent Achiever (sixth), Dear Demi (eighth), Royal Descent (11th), (seventh) Jet Away, Mr O'Ceiren (10th), Quintessential (12th), Tuscan Fire (13th), Glencadam Gold (14th) and Sangster (16th).

Past Cup winners Dunaden (58.5kg) and Green Moon (57.5kg) are both on track for a tilt at becoming multiple winners.

First acceptances for the Group 1 $6m Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington, November 5

1 DUNADEN 58.5 Mikel Delzangles

2 GREEN MOON 57.5 Robert Hickmott

3 IT'S A DUNDEEL 56 Murray Baker

4 RED CADEAUX 56.5 Ed Dunlop

5 SEA MOON 56.5 Robert Hickmott

6 MANIGHAR 56 Peter G Moody

7 SUPER COOL 54.5 Mark Kavanagh

8 VOLEUSE DE COEURS 54 Michael Moroney

9 FIORENTE 55 Gai Waterhouse

10 TRES BLUE 51 Gai Waterhouse

11 ROYAL DESCENT 52 Chris Waller

12 HAWKSPUR 53.5 Chris Waller

13 BROWN PANTHER 55 Tom Dascombe

14 FORETELLER 55 Chris Waller

15 ETHIOPIA 54.5 Pat Carey

16 SANGSTER 54.5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young

17 DANDINO 54.5 Marco Botti

18 VEREMA 53 Alain de Royer Dupre

19 MOURAYAN 54.5 Robert Hickmott

20 PUISSANCE DE LUNE 54.5 Darren Weir

21 SEVILLE 54.5 Robert Hickmott

22 SILENT ACHIEVER 52.5 Roger James

23 DEAR DEMI 51 Clarry Conners

24 MOUNT ATHOS 54 Luca Cumani

25 ROYAL EMPIRE 54 Saeed Bin Suroor

26 MASKED MARVEL 54 Robert Hickmott

27 WALDPARK 54 Anthony Freedman

28 QUINTESSENTIAL 52 John Sargent

29 GLENCADAM GOLD 53.5 Gai Waterhouse

30 TANBY 53.5 Robert Hickmott

31 SIMENON 53.5 William Mullins

32 MR MOET 53.5 Adam Durrant

33 KELINNI 53 Chris Waller

34 MY QUEST FOR PEACE 53 Peter G Moody

35 MORIARTY 53 Chris Waller

36 MR O'CEIRIN 52.5 Ciaron Maher

37 BRIGANTIN 52.5 Pat Carey

38 FORGOTTEN VOICE 52.5 Nicky Henderson

39 JULIENAS 52 Gai Waterhouse

40 IBICENCO 52 Peter G Moody

41 SNEAK A PEEK 52 Peter G Moody

42 PRECEDENCE 52 Bart & James Cummings

43 TUSCAN FIRE 51.5 Dan O'Sullivan

44 MASSIYN 51.5 Robert Hickmott

45 POLISH KNIGHT 51 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes

46 KINGDOMS 50 John O'Shea

47 SHOREHAM 50 Saab Hasan

48 TALENT SHOW 50 Graeme Ballantyne

49 ARALDO 50.5 Michael Moroney

50 TREMEC 50.5 John P Thompson

51 HIPPOPUS 50 Gai Waterhouse

52 IRONSTEIN 50.5 Gerald Ryan

53 MOTIVADO 50.5 David Hayes

54 LET'S MAKE ADEAL 50 Nigel Blackiston

55 VAQUERA 50 Gai Waterhouse

56 GOLDONI 50 David Hayes

57 FAWKNER 53 Robert Hickmott

58 JET AWAY 53 David Hayes

59 MOUDRE 52.5 Ciaron Maher

60 KESAMPOUR 52 Peter G Moody

61 OASIS BLOOM 50 Peter Morgan & Craig Widdison

62 GRIS CARO 50.5 Jake Stephens

63 PRINCE CHERI 50.5 David Vandyke

64 BASS STRAIT 50 David Hayes

65 CARAVAN ROLLS ON 50 Peter Chapple-Hyam

66 CHARLESTON LADY 50 David Vandyke

67 GARUD 50 Michael Moroney

68 GHOST PROTOCOL 50 Paul Perry

69 OPINION 50 Chris Waller

70 RUSCELLO 50 Ed Walker

71 TREVIERES 50 Markus Nigge

72 WHY NOT 50 David Hayes