Without A Fight has taken out the 2023 Melbourne Cup after a brilliant run at the Flemington Racecourse.
The Caulfield Cup winner finished off strong, holding off Soulcombe (second) and surprise packet Sheraz (third).
The Cup win is the second in a row for champion jockey Mark Zahra, who rode Gold Trip to a win last year.
Zahra is the first jockey to win consecutive Melbourne Cups since Glen Boss won three in a row on Makybe Diva between 2003 and 2005. He is the 10th jockey to win the Cup in back-to-back years.
Without A Fight is the first horse since Ethereal in 2001 to claim the Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double.
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