Berry's fanboy moment

Warnie storms home and takes out the Damien Oliver in a tight finish.

Zou Sensation led the charge for the majority of the race and kicked clear before the clock tower, but couldn't hold off the other runner in the same black, white and orange silks.

Ben Allen looking nice and relaxed in the mounting yard before saddling up on the favourite Zou Sensation.

The classy six-year-old gelding won last start at listed level and looks to be a very strong chance of going back-to-back today.

The runner emerged victorious in his previous start over the 1400m trip at Flemington.

The scratching of King Zephyr opens things right up in the market and it will be Zou Sensation who starts favourite.

Warnie - in the same silks as the new favourite - will be a great omen bet for cricket fans and sits on the second line of betting.

Gai Waterhouse has a quick chat with Jordan Childs after his ride on Voting Rights.

The rank outsider in the race performed admirably to place at $6.50 odds.

Getta Good Feeling salutes for the favourite backers!

The short-priced runner was barely touched by Mark Zahra until the final furlong and once the jockey hit the go button, it was all over.

Strictly Business claimed second, while Voting Rights finished third in the same red and white silks as the winner at big odds for Gai Waterhouse.

We've got a very short-priced favourite coming up in the next race and the old M word - moral - could be getting thrown around a fair bit at Flemington.

Mark Zahra will be in the saddle for Getta Good Feeling, which is floating around the $1.55 mark with bookmakers heading into the Wakeful Stakes.

Fashionable and Freedom Flame are the other runners at single-figure odds, but both runners would need to be extraordinary to topple this favourite.

An early double for Tommy Berry in the saddle.

The buzz is amplified as he gets the chance to chat with NRL royalty Billy Slater, who is again on the roaming mic at Flemington for this year's Melbourne Cup Carnival.

"I was that bloody excited to be interviewed by you Billy and then the microphones weren't working after race one," Berry said.

"I had to go out and win this one so I could have a chat with my old mate."

The Bjorn Baker-trainer runner times his run to perfection and proves too strong for them down the Flemington straight.

Geegees Mistruth claims second and Bosustow finished third.

Star Patrol led early on but couldn't keep going when the chasers arrived.

Jamie Melham is searching for her first winner of the day and she'll get a great chance of making ghat happen on board Hedged in the next.

The superstar rider was on fire this time last year on a rollercoaster Derby Day - can she replicate that form and get things rolling?

Less than five minutes until jump in the third.

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