Former Bathurst apprentice Hugh Bowman finishes second in 2018 Melbourne Cup with Marmelo

Alexander Grant
Updated November 6 2018 - 5:27pm, first published 5:24pm
OH SO CLOSE: Kerrin McEvoy celebrates on Cross Control while Hugh Bowman rides Marmelo (right) to second. Photo: DAN HIMBRECHTS/AAP
OH SO CLOSE: Kerrin McEvoy celebrates on Cross Control while Hugh Bowman rides Marmelo (right) to second. Photo: DAN HIMBRECHTS/AAP

WHEN Hugh Bowman got Marmelo to the front inside the last 200 metres of Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup it looked like the Dunedoo product 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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