06 Nov 2018 04:42

It's been quite a year for trainer Charlie Appleby, who adds the Melbourne Cup to the Epsom Derby he won with Masar back in June.

“This is everybody’s dream,” Appleby told Channel Seven.

“This is all down to Sheikh Mohammed, he’s the one who encouraged us to take the chances in what we do.

“We’ve campaigned over here the last three years now, and we’ve been competitive, but we’ve been learning what horse we felt was going to be needed on the big day, and coming into today this horse ticked a lot of boxes.

“I’m just delighted.

“It’s all about the learning curve in life, and we’ve been in a fortunate position to have the horses to make the call on which are the right ones to bring down here to Australia.

“Thank the lord we brought the right one on this occasion.

“For me, of course it’s the biggest thing. This year has been one of those amazing years, I don’t want it to end really.