'There's always been a strong feeling that there's a big race in him'

Chris Waller, trainer of Finche
He's exceeded my expectations with his last two runs. He ran an excellent race last time and goes to Caulfield well prepared and then hopefully to the Melbourne Cup even better prepared.

Paul Preusker, trainer of Surprise Baby
He will improve a lot from his most recent win and we're really excited about running him in the race.

David Hayes, co-trainer of Constantinople
We'll get to know Constantinople in the Caulfield Cup and maybe try blinkers on him, then if that doesn’t work we can go back to the tried and tested way that Aidan [O’Brien] used in the Melbourne Cup. He's a horse who has his quirks but is talented and worked very well last week.