Irish Derby winner Latrobe in quarantine for likely Flemington bid

Latrobe: last year's Irish Derby winner finished third behind Magical on his return effort at Naas

Irish Derby winner Latrobe in quarantineCredit: Patrick McCann

Irish Derby winner Latrobe is likely to contest the Lexus Melbourne Cup as Joseph O'Brien bids for back-to-back wins in Australia's premier race.

O'Brien won last year's Melbourne Cup with Rekindling and now Latrobe, who runs in the same colours of Lloyd and Nick Williams, has been placed in quarantine with a view to running in at Flemington on November 6.

The last trainer to secure back-to-back wins was Lee Freedman when Makybe Diva won in 2004 and 2005, having also scored in 2003 for David Hall.

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Tony O'HehirRacing Post Reporter

Published on 27 September 2018inNews

Last updated 20:10, 27 September 2018

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