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2008 Melbourne Cup

{{Short description|Australian horse race}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2011}}

{{Infobox horse race

|name = 2008 Melbourne Cup

|horse race = Melbourne Cup

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|caption =

|location = Flemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia

|date = 4 November 2008

|winning horse = Viewed

|winning time =

|starting price =

|winning jockey = Blake Shinn

|winning trainer = Bart Cummings

|winning owner =

|surface = Grass

|attendance = 107,280{{cite web|url=https://www.flemington.com.au/racing/track-records-and-attendances|title=Track records and Attendances|work=Flemington.com.au|accessdate=3 November 2019|archive-date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320224301/https://www.flemington.com.au/racing/track-records-and-attendances|url-status=dead}}

|conditions =

|previous = 2007

|next = 2009}}

{{Quote box

|quote = 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!

|source = Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

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|quoted = 1

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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).[http://www.breednet.com.au/Stakes-Race-IndResults.asp?racename=Emirates+Melbourne+Cup&md=4/11/2008 2008 Melbourne Cup result] 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.{{cite news|url=https://formguide.cyberhorse.com.au/index.php/2008120321375/Australia/Melbourne-Cup-Runner-up-Bauer-In-Probe.html?option=com_content&Itemid=39&catid=9&id=21375&lang=en&view=article&option=com_content&Itemid=39&catid=9&id=21375&lang=en&view=article&fontstyle=f-larger|title=Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer in probe|last=AAP|date=3 December 2008|publisher=Virtual Formguide|accessdate=2010-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706103642/https://formguide.cyberhorse.com.au/index.php/2008120321375/Australia/Melbourne-Cup-Runner-up-Bauer-In-Probe.html?option=com_content&Itemid=39&catid=9&id=21375&lang=en&view=article&option=com_content&Itemid=39&catid=9&id=21375&lang=en&view=article&fontstyle=f-larger|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead}} However, Racing Victoria announced on 4 December that Bauer would not be disqualified.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/04/2437851.htm|title=Bauer keeps Melbourne Cup placing|date=4 December 2008|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2009-01-26| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090130143541/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/04/2437851.htm| archive-date= 30 January 2009 | url-status= dead}}

Field

The official field for the cup including horses scratched after the field was finalised.{{cite web|url=http://www.vrc.net.au/victoria-racing-club/racing-information-raceday-results.asp?id=281|title=emirates melbourne cup - Tuesday, 4 November 2008 |publisher=Victoria Racing Club|accessdate=2011-07-27}}

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Number

!Horse

!Trainer

!Jockey

!Weight (kg)

!Barrier{{ref label|barrier|b|b}}

!Placing

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|1

|Septimus

|Aidan O'Brien

|Johnny Murtagh

|58.5

|10

|18th

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|2

|Master O'Reilly

|Danny O'Brien

|Vlad Duric

|55

|6

|4th

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|3

|Honolulu

|Aidan O'Brien

|Colm O'Donoghue

|54.5

|24

|21st

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|4

|C’est La Guerre

|John Sadler

|Brett Prebble

|54

|5

|3rd

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|5

|Nom Du Jeu

|Murray Baker

|J Lloyd

|54

|1

|8th

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|6

|Yellowstone

|Jane Chapple-Hyam

|J F Egan

|54

|scr

|scr {{ref label|Yellow|1|1}}

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|7

|Zipping

|John Sadler

|Danny Nikolic

|54

|16

|9th

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|8

|Mad Rush

|Luca Cumani

|Damien Oliver

|53.5

|4

|7th

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|9

|Ice Chariot

|Ron Maund

|Michael Rodd

|53

|22

|11th

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|10

|Viewed

|Bart Cummings

|Blake Shinn

|53

|9

|1st

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|11

|Littorio

|Nigel Blackiston

|Steven King

|52.5

|17

|13th

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|12

|Bauer

|Luca Cumani

|Corey Brown

|52

|13

|2nd{{ref label|Bauer|4|4}}

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|13

|Boundless

|Stephen Mckee

|Greg Childs

|52

|20

|15th

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|14

|Gallopin

|Danny O'Brien

|James Winks

|52

|21

|DNF{{ref label|Gallopin|2|2}}

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|15

|Guyno

|Lou Luciani

|Craig Newitt

|52

|8

|12th

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|16

|Zarita

|Pat Hyland

|Dwayne Dunn

|52

|scr

|scr {{ref label|Zarita|3|3}}

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|17

|Newport

|Paul Perry

|Chris Symons

|51.5

|15

|10th

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|18

|Profound Beauty

|Dermot Weld

|Glen Boss

|51.5

|2

|5th

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|19

|Red Lord

|Anthony Cummings

|Nicholas Hall{{ref label|appr|a|a}}

|51.5

|14

|16th

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|20

|Varevees

|Richard Gibson

|Craig Williams

|51.5

|23

|14th

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|21

|Prize Lady

|Graeme Sanders

|Mark Sweeney

|51

|18

|17th

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|22

|Alessandro Volta

|Aidan O'Brien

|W M Lordan

|50.5

|11

|20th

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|23

|Barbaricus

|Danny O'Brien

|Stephen Baster

|50.5

|3

|19th

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|24

|Moatize

|Bart Cummings

|Ms Claire Lindop

|50

|19

|6th

;Notes

  • {{note label|appr|a|a}} Apprentice jockey.
  • {{note label|barrier|b|b}}Horses in barriers to the outside of the scratched horse will move inwards.
  • {{note label|Yellow|1|1}} Yellowstone scratched by vets, after failing to recover from a hip injury sustained last week.
  • {{note label|Gallopin|2|2}} Gallopin did not finish
  • {{note label|Zarita|3|3}} Zarita scratched, by trainer due to respiratory infection.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D947D6G80.html|title=Egan fined, his mount one of two horses scratched |date=3 November 2008|publisher= AP Worldstream|accessdate=2011-07-27}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
  • {{note label|Bauer|4|4}} a probe into treatment Bauer received prior to the race could have resulted in the horse being stripped of second place

Results

The race was won by the Bart Cummings trained horse Viewed, with Honolulu officially last as Gallopin did not finish the race.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/horseracing/where-they-finished-in-the-melbourne-cup/2008/11/04/1225560816668.html|title=Where they finished in the Melbourne Cup|date=4 November 2008|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=2008-11-04}}

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Place

! Barrier

! Horse

! Race Time

1st8Viewed3-20.40
2nd11Bauer (IRE)
3rd5C'est La Guerre (NZ)
4th6Master O'Reilly (NZ)
5th2Profound Beauty (IRE)
6th17Moatize
7th4Mad Rush (USA)
8th1Nom du Jeu (NZ)
9th14Zipping
10th13Newport
11th20Ice Chariot
12th7Guyno (NZ)
13th15Littorio
14th21Varevees (GBR)
15th18Boundless (NZ)
16th12Red Lord
17th16Prize Lady (NZ)
18th9Septimus (IRE)
19th3Barbaricus
20th10Alessandro Volta (GBR)
21st22Honolulu (IRE)
DNF19Gallopin (NZ)
--Yellowstone (IRE)Scratched
--Zarita (NZ)Scratched

References

{{wikinews|Viewed wins the 2008 Melbourne Cup}}

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