Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Twilight Payment retired

Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Twilight Payment has been retired, after finishing 11th in Tuesday’s Cup.

The nine-year-old gelding will spend his post-racing career at Living Legends in Greenvale.

Trained by Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien and owned by Lloyd and Nick Williams, he led all the way to win the 2020 Melbourne Cup to give jockey Jye McNeil his first Cup win.

The Melbourne Cup was the horse’s only group 1 victory for his career which saw him placed a remarkable 28 times in 36 starts, including nine wins, as he accumulated $5,842,805 in prizemoney.

On Tuesday, he carried the top weight but settled midfield and was unable to make an impression on the race, but still collected $160,000 for finishing in 11th spot.

O’Brien made a last-minute dash to watch Twilight Payment race on Tuesday after being forced to watch his victory in 2020 from Ireland. He had watched State Of Rest win the Cox Plate from home the previous week.

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