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Makybe Diva Tribute - Only horse to win 3 Melbourne Cups 2003 - 2004 - 2005
"Find the youngest child here today, and you will have the only person alive with a chance to witness this feat again. We will never see this again." "She is retired."
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The Melbourne Cup is one of Australia's most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse races. It is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races. Conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse as part of the spring carnival in Melbourne, Victoria, the event starts at 3pm on the first Tuesday in November and is known locally as "the race that stops a nation".
The Melbourne Cup has a long tradition with the first race was held in 1861 over two miles (3.219 km) but was shortened to 3,200 metres (1.988 mi) in 1972 when Australia adopted the metric system. This reduced the distance by 18.688 metres (61.312 ft), and Rain Lover's 1968 race record of 3:19.1 was accordingly adjusted to 3:17.9. The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3:16.3. More at source
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WHERE TO WATCH
TwinSpires live streaming. Will need an account, but not required to bet.
TVG TV and live streaming - 11:30 p.m. ET - post time 12 Midnight
FIELDS, FORM, INTERVIEWS, & MORE
Melbourne Cup field, form, odds, Peter Moody Comments
Everything you need to know about the Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup Day races, full fields, form
Melbourne Cup Carnival - All Events Guide
Tuesday,
Flemington, Australia, post time: 12:00 a.m. EST
EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP-G1, A$6,000,000 US$4,559,100/
3yo/up, 3200mT
No.
|
Horse
|
Trainer
|
Jockey
|
Barrier
|
Weight
|
1
|
BIG ORANGE
|
Michael Bell
|
Jamie Spencer
|
7
|
57kg
|
2
|
OUR IVANHOWE
|
Lee Freedman
|
Dwayne Dunn
|
6
|
57kg
|
3
|
CURREN MIROTIC
|
Osamu Hirata
|
Tommy Berry
|
18
|
56.5kg
|
4
|
BONDI BEACH
|
Aidan O'Brien
|
Ryan Moore
|
5
|
56kg
|
5
|
EXOSPHERIC
|
Lee Freedman
|
Damien Oliver
|
13
|
56kg
|
6
|
HARTNELL
|
John O'Shea
|
James McDonald
|
12
|
56kg
|
7
|
WHO SHOT THEBARMAN
|
Chris Waller
|
Hugh Bowman
|
20
|
56kg
|
8
|
WICKLOW BRAVE
|
William Mullins
|
Frankie Dettori
|
24
|
56kg
|
9
|
ALMOONQITH
|
David Dabernig
|
Michael Walker
|
19
|
54.5kg
|
10
|
GALLANTE
|
Robert Hickmott
|
Blake Shinn
|
2
|
54.5kg
|
11
|
GRAND MARSHAL
|
Chris Waller
|
Ben Melham
|
9
|
54.5kg
|
12
|
JAMEKA
|
Ciaron Maher
|
Nicholas Hall
|
3
|
54.5kg
|
13
|
HEARTBREAK CITY
|
Tony Martin
|
Joao Moreira
|
23
|
54kg
|
14
|
SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD
|
John P Thompson
|
Blake Spriggs
|
14
|
54kg
|
15
|
EXCESS KNOWLEDGE
|
Gai Waterhouse
|
Vlad Duric
|
21
|
53.5kg
|
16
|
BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE
|
Saeed Bin Suroor
|
Damian Lane
|
1
|
52.5kg
|
17
|
ALMANDIN
|
Robert Hickmott
|
Kerrin McEvoy
|
17
|
52kg
|
18
|
ASSIGN
|
Robert Hickmott
|
Katelyn Mallyon
|
22
|
52kg
|
19
|
GREY LION
|
Matt Cumani
|
Glen Boss
|
16
|
52kg
|
20
|
OCEANOGRAPHER
|
Charlie Appleby
|
Chad Schofield
|
11
|
52kg
|
21
|
SECRET NUMBER
|
Saeed Bin Suroor
|
Stephen Baster
|
10
|
52kg
|
22
|
PENTATHLON
|
John Wheeler
|
Mark Du Plessis
|
4
|
51.5kg
|
23
|
QEWY
|
Charlie Appleby
|
Craig Williams
|
15
|
51.5kg
|
24
|
ROSE OF VIRGINIA
|
Lee & Shannon Hope
|
Ben E Thompson (a)
|
8
|
51kg
|
The Melbourne Cup is one of Australia's most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse races. It is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races. Conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse as part of the spring carnival in Melbourne, Victoria, the event starts at 3pm on the first Tuesday in November and is known locally as "the race that stops a nation".
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