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2008 Melbourne Cup

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2008 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date4 November 2008
Winning horseViewed
JockeyBlake Shinn
TrainerBart Cummings
SurfaceGrass
Attendance107,280[1]
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Viewed dashed to the front now, Viewed raced away from them, from Moatize, here's Profound Beauty running home, Bauer coming down the outside and C'est La Guerre. Viewed is clear though, 200 meters to go, Bauer ran to second, C'est La Guerre coming home hard. Viewed in front, Bauer's a big danger, Viewed by a neck, Bauer's getting there, Viewed holding on, Bauer dives... Viewed a nose to Bauer, I think!

Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

The 2008 Melbourne Cup, the 148th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, 4 November 2008, starting at 3:00 pm local time (0400 UTC).[2] It was won by Viewed.

On 3 December 2008, Luca Cumani, trainer of second-place Bauer, announced that an inquiry was underway into treatment Bauer received on the Thursday prior to the race. The treatment was a form of physio therapy that is illegal to administer within 7 days of a race; as a result of the treatment, Bauer could have been stripped of his second place.[3] However, Racing Victoria announced on 4 December that Bauer would not be disqualified.[4]

Field

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The official field for the cup including horses scratched after the field was finalised.[5]

Number Horse Trainer Jockey Weight (kg) Barrier[b] Placing
1 Septimus Aidan O'Brien Johnny Murtagh 58.5 10 18
2 Master O'Reilly Danny O'Brien Vlad Duric 55 6 4
3 Honolulu Aidan O'Brien Colm O'Donoghue 54.5 24 21
4 C’est La Guerre John Sadler Brett Prebble 54 5 3
5 Nom Du Jeu Murray Baker J Lloyd 54 1 8
6 Yellowstone Jane Chapple-Hyam J F Egan 54 scr scr [1]
7 Zipping John Sadler Danny Nikolic 54 16 9
8 Mad Rush Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 53.5 4 7
9 Ice Chariot Ron Maund Michael Rodd 53 22 11
10 Viewed Bart Cummings Blake Shinn 53 9 1
11 Littorio Nigel Blackiston Steven King 52.5 17 13
12 Bauer Luca Cumani Corey Brown 52 13 2[4]
13 Boundless Stephen Mckee Greg Childs 52 20 15
14 Gallopin Danny O'Brien James Winks 52 21 DNF[2]
15 Guyno Lou Luciani Craig Newitt 52 8 12
16 Zarita Pat Hyland Dwayne Dunn 52 scr scr [3]
17 Newport Paul Perry Chris Symons 51.5 15 10
18 Profound Beauty Dermot Weld Glen Boss 51.5 2 5
19 Red Lord Anthony Cummings Nicholas Hall[a] 51.5 14 16
20 Varevees Richard Gibson Craig Williams 51.5 23 14
21 Prize Lady Graeme Sanders Mark Sweeney 51 18 17
22 Alessandro Volta Aidan O'Brien W M Lordan 50.5 11 20
23 Barbaricus Danny O'Brien Stephen Baster 50.5 3 19
24 Moatize Bart Cummings Ms Claire Lindop 50 19 6
Notes
  • a Apprentice jockey.
  • b Horses in barriers to the outside of the scratched horse will move inwards.
  • 1 Yellowstone scratched by vets, after failing to recover from a hip injury sustained last week.
  • 2 Gallopin did not finish
  • 3 Zarita scratched, by trainer due to respiratory infection.[6]
  • 4 a probe into treatment Bauer received prior to the race could have resulted in the horse being stripped of second place[3][4]

Results

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The race was won by the Bart Cummings trained horse Viewed, with Honolulu officially last as Gallopin did not finish the race.[7]

Place Barrier Horse Race Time
1st 8 Viewed 3-20.40
2nd 11 Bauer (IRE)
3rd 5 C'est La Guerre (NZ)
4th 6 Master O'Reilly (NZ)
5th 2 Profound Beauty (IRE)
6th 17 Moatize
7th 4 Mad Rush (USA)
8th 1 Nom du Jeu (NZ)
9th 14 Zipping
10th 13 Newport
11th 20 Ice Chariot
12th 7 Guyno (NZ)
13th 15 Littorio
14th 21 Varevees (GBR)
15th 18 Boundless (NZ)
16th 12 Red Lord
17th 16 Prize Lady (NZ)
18th 9 Septimus (IRE)
19th 3 Barbaricus
20th 10 Alessandro Volta (GBR)
21st 22 Honolulu (IRE)
DNF 19 Gallopin (NZ)
- - Yellowstone (IRE) Scratched
- - Zarita (NZ) Scratched

References

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  1. ^ "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. ^ 2008 Melbourne Cup result
  3. ^ a b AAP (3 December 2008). "Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer in probe". Virtual Formguide. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Bauer keeps Melbourne Cup placing". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  5. ^ "emirates melbourne cup - Tuesday, 4 November 2008". Victoria Racing Club. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Egan fined, his mount one of two horses scratched". AP Worldstream. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2011.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Where they finished in the Melbourne Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.