Craig Williams riding Precedence at Moonee Valley. Source: Vince Caligiuri / Getty Images
RACING Victoria handicapper Greg Carpenter declared sentiment would play no part in deciding if Bart Cummings has a runner in the Melbourne Cup.
Moonee Valley Cup winner Precedence is 45th on the order of entry and needs at least a 1kg penalty to be a chance of pushing into the 24-horse field.
A 1.5kg penalty for Saturday's win would guarantee Precedence a fourth successive Melbourne Cup start, and Cummings his 88th runner in the race.
Carpenter said the legend of Cummings, chasing a 13th Melbourne Cup in the first year of his training partnership with grandson James, would have no bearing on his treatment of the eight-year-old.
"Bart having a runner in the Cup has certainly been a topic," Carpenter said yesterday.
"He's been involved for 60 years in training, produced 12 Cup winners and he is coming to the end of a wonderful career.
"But at the end of the day you need to divorce yourself from the owners and the trainers and assess the penalty on its merits. That's the way it works with me."
If Carpenter gives Precedence 1kg, the galloper's weight will rise to 53kg, the weight he had last year. In 2010 and 2011 he carried 53.5kg.
Melbourne Cup. Winning trainer of viewed, Bart Cummings Source: News Limited
With a 1kg penalty, he would still need others to drop out to make the field.
"Things can change dramatically at this late time," Carpenter said.
"It was a very good win on Saturday. The horse has run in the past three Melbourne Cups and last year he ran ninth.
"He didn't win the Moonee Valley Cup last year (fourth) so he is going as well or a little better this year. I have to weigh all this up."
James Cummings on Saturday made a passionate plea to Carpenter to be "generous" and give Precedence a 1.5kg penalty.
He suggested his grandfather would be at Flemington tomorrow week for the Cup only if Precedence got a run.
Precedence, $51 for the Cup, will be nominated for both the Mackinnon Stakes and the Lexus Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.
Both races give automatic entry to the Cup to the winner.
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