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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Hugh Bowman riding Preferment walks onto the track before race 7, the Emirates Melbourne Cup on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03:  Hugh Bowman riding Preferment walks onto the track before race 7, the Emirates Melbourne Cup on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.  (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)