Melbourne Cup hope Elite Army in tough Group 1 test

Elite Army (right): available at 50-1 for the Emirates Melbourne CupCredit: Julian Herbert

54th Preis von Europa (Group 1) | 1m4f | 3yo+

Godolphin's Elite Army (Saeed Bin Suroor/Filip Minarik) bids to continue the excellent run of Bin Suroor in this Group 1, as he goes for a fourth win this century.

The five-year-old was below par last time at Goodwood but the stable was under a cloud then and is now back in great form.

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David Conolly-Smith

Published on 24 September 2016inInternational

Last updated 15:34, 24 September 2016

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