Dunedoo product Hugh Bowman finishes second in 2018 Melbourne Cup with Marmelo

Alexander Grant
Updated November 6 2018 - 5:20pm, first published 5:00pm
CLOSE FINISH: Winner of the 2018 Melbourne Cup Cross Counter and jockey Kerrin McEvoy who finished just ahead of Dunnedoo product Hugh Bowman on Marmelo. Photo: Eddie Jim.
CLOSE FINISH: Winner of the 2018 Melbourne Cup Cross Counter and jockey Kerrin McEvoy who finished just ahead of Dunnedoo product Hugh Bowman on Marmelo. Photo: Eddie Jim.

WHEN Hugh Bowman got Marmelo to the front inside the last 200 metres of Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup it looked like the former Bathurst apprentice jockey was about to claim his first win in the race that stops a nation.

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Alexander Grant

Alexander Grant

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