Triple Melbourne Cup winning jockey Damien Oliver has accepted the ride on Irish stayer Mutual Regard in this year’s race on Tuesday week.

Oliver is chasing back-to-back wins in the $6 million race at Flemington on November 4 after winning on Fiorente in 2013.

He also won the Melbourne Cup on Doriemus in 1995 and Media Puzzle in 2002.

Oliver will make a special trip to Geelong on Saturday morning to ride the John Murtagh-trained gelding in a track gallop.

Mutual Regard has been in Australia for amost four weeks and was originally programmd to start in last Saturday’s Caulfield Cup as a lead-up to the Melbourne Cup.

The six-year-old had his last start in August when he won The Ebor over 2816m at York in the UK, Europe’s richest staying handicap race.

Meanwhile Blake Shinn had a lucky escape from suspension at Randwick on Wednesday that culd have cost him the Melbourne Cup ride on ATC Metropolitan winner Junoob.

Shinn, winner ofthe 2008 Melbourne Cup aboard Vieiwed, convinced stewards to overturn a careless riding charge only hours after accepting the Cup ride on Junoob from trainer Chris waller.

The in-form jockey was charged allowing his mount Murphy's Delight to shift in near the 500m when not clear of other runners in the sixth race at Randwick.

Shinn challenged acting chief steward Ray Livingstone that he had pre-judged the jockey before any evidence was given.

"I've come into this inquiry and I've been on the backfoot straight away because that's what you as chief steward think I've done," Shinn said.

Shinn was adamant he was not responsible for the interference and cliamed other riders involved in the incident had provided inconsistent evidence.

Stewards deliberated for some time before deciding they could not sustain the charge.

"I firmly believe I wasn't guilty. I tried to defend it as hard as I could and it's very rewarding to know I can still be down there at Flemington to compete," Shinn said.

Stewards cited inconsistent evidence from other jockeys and inconclusive video footage of the incident as reasons they did not sustain the charge.