Beach life for Cup bound Grey Lion

Trainer Matt Cumani has ridden Melbourne Cup contender Grey Lion through the shallows at Altona beach.

Cumani, who is based at Ballarat but training Grey Lion from the Werribee quarantine centre, took the horse for a wade on the beach on Friday morning.

A last-start second in the Geelong Cup, Grey Lion will be Cumani’s first Melbourne Cup runner in his first season of training.