What the Melbourne Cup jockeys said

2. Duais
Trainer: Edward Cummings
Jockey: Hugh Bowman

Bowman: “I thought she’d go better than that.”

3. Knights Order
Trainer: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
Jockey: Tim Clark

Clark: “He didn’t show his usual muster. I had cover for probably the first half and then lost that and then he was exposed a long way from home.”

4. Montefilia
Trainer: David Payne
Jockey: Jason Collett

Collett: “Settled a long way back, I did have the back of the winner in saying that, but just didn’t settle well enough. She was on and off the bridle and then when I needed to I couldn’t go and didn’t have enough in the tank.”

5. Numerian
Trainer: Annabel Neasham
Jockey: Tommy Berry

Berry: “He just got deleted at the top of the straight.”

6. Without A Fight
Trainer: Simon & Ed Crisford
Jockey: William Buick

Buick: “He didn’t get through that ground. He’s a fast ground horse.”

7. Camorra
Trainer: Ben & JD Hayes
Jockey: Ben Melham

Melham: “He was hopeless on the ground when I let him down.”

8. Deauville Legend
Trainer: James Ferguson
Jockey: Kerrin McEvoy

McEvoy: “He’s run a good race. The ground has probably just gone against him a little bit.”

9. Stockman
Trainer: Joseph Pride
Jockey: Sam Clipperton

Clipperton: “He’s run terrific. I just couldn’t work into the race but he’s finished it off strong.”

10. Vow And Declare
Trainer: Danny O’Brien
Jockey: Blake Shinn

Shinn: “He ran well. The track wasn’t 100 per cent to his liking but he still fought it out and ran a good race.”

11. Young Werther
Trainer: Danny O’Brien
Jockey: Damian Lane

Lane: “Unfortunately he didn’t stay the trip. He travelled into well from about the 1000-metre mark and then at the 500 metres I was a beaten runner.”

12. Hoo Ya Mal
Trainer: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
Jockey: Craig Williams

Williams: “He tried to get it over and done with too fast. He was far too aggressive.”

13. Serpentine
Trainer: Robert Hickmott
Jockey: John Allen

Allen: “Disappointing. Probably didn’t really back up from Saturday.”

14. Daqiansweet Junior
Trainer: Phillip Stokes
Jockey: Daniel Moor

Moor: “He was a little slow out and the field found its place really quickly and that probably relegated us a few lengths further back than I would have liked.”

15. Grand Promenade
Trainer: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
Jockey: Harry Coffey

Coffey: “He travelled well, like he was going to be a top-10 chance, but just when I let his head go his action got lost in the soft going.”

16. Arapaho
Trainer: Bjorn Baker
Jockey: Rachel King

King: “He’s run super. I had to go back to last from a horrible gate. It was a stop-start race, but I’m really proud of him.”

17. Emissary (SECOND PLACED)
Trainer: Michael Moroney
Jockey: Patrick Moloney

Moloney: “What a horse. Great run. He gave me a lovely ride.”

19. Smokin’ Romans
Trainer: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
Jockey: Jamie Kah

Kah: “It was a good run. I just don’t think he sticks the trip out.”

20. Tralee Rose
Trainer: Symon Wilde
Jockey: Dean Yendall

Yendall: “She just wants a firm track.”

22. High Emocean
Trainer: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
Jockey: Teo Nugent

Nugent: “Wowee. What a thrill. She is the ultimate professional racehorse. The more we raise the bar, the more she keeps delivering.”

23. Interpretation
Trainer: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
Jockey: Craig Newitt

Newitt: “He’s not right, that horse.”

24. Realm Of Flowers
Trainer: Anthony & Sam Freedman
Jockey: Damien Thornton

Thornton: “She ran well, we were a little bit further back than I would have hoped but she didn’t have the speed.”

SCRATCHED: 18. Lunar Flare, 21 Point Nepean