Owner to strip down under if Magic wins

IF Aidan O’Brien’s favourite Yucatan is beaten in the Melbourne Cup by Magic Circle on Tuesday, avert your gaze.

No British trainer has ever won ‘the race that stops a nation’ and Magic Circle’s colourful billionaire owner Marwan Koukash, a one-time Palestinian refugee, has planned a dramatic celebration.

“I’m going to take my clothes off, keep my tie, thong and shoes and socks on. I know they’re going to employ security, but I know how to evade them and I’m going to deliver.”