Green Moon Out, Unchain My Heart In

Green Moon, winner of the 2012 Melbourne Cup, will not take his place in the 2014 field after sustaining a cracked hoof. The Lloyd Williams owned stayer will not be a final acceptor in the field which will be released this afternoon.

His withdrawal elevates Unchain My Heart into the top 24 in the Cup's order of entry. The Hayes and Dabernig prepared stayer was set to compete in today's Lexus Stakes in an attempt to make the field, but was scratched and will head straight to Tuesday's big one.

Unchain My Heart is $151 to win the Melbourne Cup with Sportingbet.

Also scratched from the Lexus today was English stayer Lord Van Percy due to lameness and Ciaron Maher's Marksmanship.

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Katherine Ernst

Katherine is an avid racing enthusiast born and raised in the beautiful Hunter Valley NSW. Coming from a family background of Harness, Thoroughbred and Greyhound Racing, Katherine has a keen interest in each of the three codes, with a particular passion for greyhound racing. Katherine was an Associate Producer for Sky Racing where she produced their weekly greyhound magazine program ’The Catching Pen’ while she was also involved in general raceday and the production of major racenights.