Jackhammer, the 3yo colt by Union Jack, out of Baby Greyhound, nipped Spartan's 4yo Trickster by a nose to win the 16F Melbourne Cup.
Becoming the first 3yo to win this race since Promised Land in 2004, Jackhammer lead wire-to-wire in a dominating performance, fulfilling the prediction Otsego Farms owner Jim Webber made just a week before when he said, "I'm not sure at this point who else will enter, but you can mark Jackhammer down as your winner, regardless."
It was just three years ago that Refractor, another Otsego horse, won this race. Refractor currently resides as a stallion at Otsego Farms Stud.
"It was an extremely satisfying win. We've had lofty expectations for Jackhammer and have been bringing him along slowly up until this point. Obviously, he'll be in all the big distance races from now on", Webber said as he made his way over to the luxury box occupied by Trickster's connections from Spartan Racing.
"Excuse me, I have to go offer my condolences to Ryan..."
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