John Cleese, Yes THE John Cleese, Is Rallying Australia To Vote 'Manuel' Into 'The All-Star Mile'

Legendary comedian John Cleese is rallying Australia to vote a horse into contention for the first All-Star Mile horse race.

The All-Star Mile is a ten-horse race at Flemington, with the public voting in the participating horses - a world first.

And the genius behind Monty Python and Fawlty Towers; John Cleese took to Twitter to ask the Australian public to vote for the Tony McEvoy trained 'Manuel' - a horse named after Cleese's late longtime friend and Fawlty Towers co-star Andrew Sachs.

Manuel took out the Group One Ladbrokes CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday paying $21.

Voting for the All-Star Mile's participants ends on Sunday night.

Manuel's owner Gary Lekte will be chatting to Triple M Melbourne's The Hot Breakfast tomorrow morning.