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Dual Cox Plate winner Northerly will not run in next week's Melbourne Cup with trainer Fred Kersley opting to take him home to Perth on Wednesday.

Patrick Payne, who rode Northerly to his second Cox Plate win on Saturday, said he thought Northerly would have been a great Cup chance but that the trainer knew best.

Kersley believed it would be too much to ask Northerly to carry 60kg topweight in Cup after his hard spring campaign which netted three Group One wins.

"I would have liked to ride him in the Cup but he doesn't owe me anything," Payne said.

"Fred knows what is best for his horse."

Instead, Payne will be aboard English contender Jardines Lookout who he rode for the first time at Flemington this morning.

Jardines Lookout worked over 1600 metres on the Viscoride track and Payne said he was very pleased with the workout.