Turbo To Swerve Melbourne Feature

Alan Swinbank has ruled out a crack at the Emirates Melbourne Cup with progressive filly Turbo Linn.

The four-year-old is unbeaten in a total of eight starts, including a notable success in the Group Two Lancashire Oaks, and had been allotted approximately 8st 1lb (511/2kg) in the November 6 feature.

However, Swinbank would prefer to sidestep the two-mile contest with his relatively inexperienced charge.

'Maybe we'll go for it next year. You would not get a strong enough jockey off that weight,' he said.

'I put her in to let the handicapper have a look at her but I wouldn't want to go for it at this stage of her career.

'She will go for the Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster on Thursday week and then we could look at a race at Longchamp the day before the Arc.

'I think we will leave tackling Group Ones until next year now.'

Ebor winner Purple Moon has been given 53kg (8st 5lb) and after landing a massive gamble at York, Ladbrokes have already installed Luca Cumani's charge as their 8-1 favourite.

Spokesman David Williams said: 'We fully expect to see huge interest in Purple Moon. He dealt us a horrid blow when he landed the gamble in the Ebor and we're not in the mood to take any more chances.

'He'll be enormously popular and we've had no hesitation in chalking him up as our ante-post favourite.'

Yeats is a 12-1 chance after being handed top weight of has been given top weight of 59kg (approximately 9st 4lb), the same as he carried when running seventh in ?the race that stops a nation' 12 months ago.

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