WHO Shot Thebarman earned his fourth Emirates Melbourne Cup start by snapping a two-year losing streak in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup over 2,500 metres on Saturday.

Making a strong sustained run, the Yamanin Vital nine-year-old gelding won by a half-length from his stablemate, the Lawman gelding Libran, and the High Chaparral gelding Cismontane.