Jockey Mark Zahra On Gold Trip's Incredible Melbourne Cup Win

The ultimate redemption


1 November 2022

Madi Reid

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After an unfortunate loss last year, Mark Zahra, jockey of Melbourne Cup winning horse, Gold Trip, joined the show to share his excitement in his Cup redemption.

“I haven’t sobered up yet,” Mark said on Xavier and Michelle for Breakfast.

“You don’t get many chances to win a Cup…it’s really unbelievable.”

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He also revealed his thoughts in the last leg of the race.

“The last 100m seems to go, it feels like 700m…I was like, “Where is this f-n post?””

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