Can Valiant King win the 2024 Melbourne Cup?
Chris Waller will saddle up five Melbourne Cup horses in the 2024 edition, including Valiant King.
Valiant King will go around as one of the rank outsiders in the 2024 Melbourne Cup, but under the watchful eye of Chris Waller, is he capable of causing a massive boilover?
When will Valiant King run in the Melbourne Cup
The Chris Waller-trained Valiant King will lineup in the 2024 Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, November 5.
Valiant King will be partnered by veteran hoop Craig Newitt in the great race.
Valiant King (22)
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Grey
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Roaring Lion (USA)
- Dam: Assembly
Valiant King 2024 Melbourne Cup Odds
Career stats for Valiant King
- Career: 11: 1-3-1
- Flemington: 1: 0-0-0
- Distance: 0: 0-0-0
- Wet: 5: 1-2-0
- Good: 6: 0-1-1
- Group 1: 3: 0-0-0
- Win %: 9%
- Place %: 45%
Melbourne Cup results for Valiant King
The Chris Waller-trained Valiant King will make his Melbourne Cup debut in the 2024 edition of the race that stops the nation.
Recent Form for Valiant King
| Date | Race | Track | Distance | Placing | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Odds | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19 | Caulfield Cup | Caulfield | 2400m | 9/18 | Teo Nugent | 15 | 50.5kg | $71.00 | 13.2L |
| Oct 5 | Turnbull Stakes | Flemington | 2000m | 10/16 | Beau Mertens | 3 | 55kg | $101.00 | 6.9L |
| Sep 21 | Kingston Town Stakes | Randwick | 2000m | 16/16 | Tommy Berry | 2 | 55kg | $26.00 | 13.8L |
Can Valiant King win the 2024 Melbourne Cup?
Valiant King simply is not going good enough this campaign to be featured in the finish on Tuesday. He finished 16/16 first-up defeated 13.8 lengths, finished seven lengths off Via Sistina in the Turnbull Stakes and finished midfield beaten 13.2 lengths in a Caulfield Cup. Group 1 company over 3200m hardly looks like his recipe for success.
Watch Valiant King finish 9th in the Caulfield Cup
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