Order Of St George heads up powerful European challenge

Gold Cup winner Order Of St George features among 124 entries for the Melbourne Cup, the world's richest handicap, which is to be run at Flemington on Tuesday, November 1.

Order Of St George, who established himself as the leading stayer in Europe with an emphatic success at Royal Ascot, spearheads a possible team of seven for record-breaking trainer Aidan O'Brien, who is seeking to win one of the only major prizes that has so far eluded him.

O'Brien's compatriot Willie Mullins went close to securing victory last year with Max Dynamite, who finished a half-length second to Prince Of Penznace, and he has two possible contenders this time in Clondaw Warrior and Wicklow Brave.