Heartbreak for City with tough draw

Trainer Tony Martin saw his Ebor winner Heartbreak City handed a tough draw in stall 23 for the Melbourne Cup - a position that saw another of this year's cotenders - Big Orange - finish fifth last year.

The owners of Heartbreak City include Niall O'Reilly from Stamullen, Aidan Shiels from Delvin and Charlie Gavigan from Castletown-Geoghegan in Westmeath and are involved in construction in New York and also in a pub, the Irish Rover, in Queens.

The Willie Mullins-trained Wicklow Brave got stall 24, the widest of all, whileAidan O'Brien's Bondi Beach will satrt from stall five.

The race will take place at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday next at 3pm local time (5am Tuesday morning Irish time).