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2025 Caulfield Cup Review: What The Jockeys Said

October 18, 2025

2025 Caulfield Cup Review: What The Jockeys Said

Jamie Melham produced the ride of the day at Caulfield as she completed a dream of winning the Caulfield Cup and you can find out what she said after the race below.

Jamie Mott (Land Legend  – 18th)

He was obviously disappointing. He felt to me he was out of breath halfway, so he might be holding his breath.


Luke Currie (Revelare  – 17th)

He raced a bit closer than what I’d hoped, but had a nice enough run. He just came straight off the bridle and didn’t pick up at all.


Billy Egan (Bankers Choice  – 16th)

He did really well. I think just a drop in grade, at this distance, I think he’s going good enough to put away a good country cup.


Celine Gaudray (Plymouth  – 15th)

Really honest run from a young horse. From the wide draw we were able to get into a beautiful position but he’ll be one to look out for this time next year.


Suguru Hamanaka (Golden Snap  – 14th)

I was quite hopeful so we’re quite disappointed. It felt like it was tougher than Japanese ground and he just didn’t handle it.


Blake Shinn (Vauban  – 13th)

I felt he was unsuited by the Caulfield track today. He was on his Sydney leg and just didn’t seem to corner that well on the corners, so the big flat track at Flemington will suit him much better.


Jordan Childs (Adelaide River – 12th)

He just wanted to pull too hard during the early and middle stages and that affected his finish.


Mark Zahra (Middle Earth  – 11th)

He was a bit dour. Travelled well probably until the half-mile then couldn’t pick up and was dour to the line.


Harry Coffey (Zardozi – 10th)

She travelled like she was going to produce more in the straight but then was very one-paced and was probably peaking on her run with 100 to go. She’s racing dour and I think she needs a little bit of give in the ground.


Andrea Atzeni (Meydaan – 9th)

I thought it was a good run, he just got a bit lost coming down the hill when the pace lifted. To be fair to him, once we straightened up he really finished strongly. Maybe the track’s a little bit tight for him.


Daniel Stackhouse (Deakin – 8th)

He ran well. I was just disappointed with him late, I thought he would have been a bit stronger. I had to use him to get out of that pocket I was in and put him in the race, I thought we were a big chance on the corner, blended into it nicely and just as little but disappointing late but we’ll keep pressing on.


Ben Allen (Absurde – 7th)

Massive run. A little bit disappointed. We just copped interference right as he was picking up. If we hadn’t have copped that, he would have been right there in the finish.


Teo Nugent (Birdman – 6th)

Began only fairly for me, was the first one loaded and probably went to sleep in the stalls. On the back foot early, had a nice run through, best work was late and loved the way he rounded off the race late.


Robbie Dolan (Royal Supremacy – 5th)

He finished the race off really good. It gives us options to go to the two miles on the first Tuesday. He just reared up a few times in the gates, just wanted to get on with the job and did race a little bit keen for a few strides but hit the line really good.


Stephane Pasquier (Presage Nocturne – 4th)

He finished good because he hadn’t run since four months (ago). It was good preparation for the Melbourne Cup.


Jye McNeil (Valiant King – 3rd)

The barrier probably cost him winning to be honest. Absolute epic run for a Melbourne Cup.


Beau Mertens (River Of Stars – Second)

Great run. She ran fantastic. Had a lovely run off a hot tempo, got held up a little bit rounding the home turn but I didn’t lose too much momentum and I was just really pleased with the way she sprinted through that gap. She was extremely tough and just happy to see her run really well.


Jamie Melham (Half Yours – Winner)

Everything was perfect; it worked out perfectly for him and he had to dig deep and he’s an absolute superstar horse. What Tony and Calvin have done with him, they’ve just made this absolute professional of a horse. He’s push button; he doesn’t like jumping that well so I had to really get up him today, and he just spat the bit out and relaxed. Just saying Caulfield Cup is going to make me cry.

I’ve had an incredible career and ridden 17 Group 1s now, but that major has obviously eluded me, and I just wanted to get one. But now I want maybe three more, maybe a Melbourne Cup. This horse is going to run the trip out

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