Joseph O’Brien lands Melbourne Cup overnight with “Twilight Payment”

It was an Irish 1-2 at the Melbourne Cup Down Under overnight.

Joseph O’Brien has trained his second Melbourne Cup champion, with Twilight Payment winning at odds of 25 to 1.

Under Jye McNeil, Twilight Payment produced a front running display to win from Tiger Moth – trained by Joseph’s father Aidan – into second.

Joseph beats Aidan again as Twilight Payment holds on to win the Melbourne Cup https://t.co/hMZwu2XrVX pic.twitter.com/ud4scdBSD2

— Racing Post (@RacingPost) November 3, 2020