Gold Trip won his way into Australian racing folklore by winning the 2022 Melbourne Cup on 1 November. The French bred stallion is another of the great results for Australian Bloodstock who have been importing overseas stayers into the country for some years. Despite Gold Trip now having earnings in excess of $6 million, the Cup was only his second race win and his first since arriving in Australia in September 2021. He was also rather harshly treated in the event, carrying top weight of 57.5kg in what can only be a reflection on the field this year. There were 13 Northern Hemisphere bred horses in the 23 horse field which was reduced with the scratching of the Irish bred Point Nepean.
Gold Trip first faced the starter on 24 October 2019 as a 2yo over a mile at Deauville in France. Getting back in the field he finished strongly to be beaten a head by Nat King by Nathaniel. Interestingly that gelding was to end his
