2008 Melbourne Cup
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).[1] 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.[2] However, Racing Victoria announced on 4 December that Bauer would not be disqualified.[3]
Race starters
The official field for the cup including horses scratched after the field was finalised.[4]
| Saddle cloth |
Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight (kg) | Barrier[b] | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Septimus | Aidan O'Brien | J P Murtagh | 58.5 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Master O'Reilly | Danny O'Brien | V Duric | 55 | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | Honolulu | Aidan O'Brien | Colm O'Donoghue | 54.5 | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | C’est La Guerre | John Sadler | B 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 | D Nikolic | 54 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | Mad Rush | Luca Cumani | Damien Oliver | 53.5 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Ice Chariot | Ron Maund | M Rodd | 53 | 22 | 11 |
| 10 | Viewed | Bart Cummings | B Shinn | 53 | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | Littorio | Nigel Blackiston | S R King | 52.5 | 17 | 13 |
| 12 | Bauer | Luca Cumani | C W Brown | 52 | 13 | 2[4] |
| 13 | Boundless | Stephen Mckee | G J Childs | 52 | 20 | 15 |
| 14 | Gallopin | Danny O'Brien | J Winks | 52 | 21 | DNF[2] |
| 15 | Guyno | Lou Luciani | C Newitt | 52 | 8 | 12 |
| 16 | Zarita | Pat Hyland | D 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 | M C Sweeney | 51 | 18 | 17 |
| 22 | Alessandro Volta | Aidan O'Brien | W M Lordan | 50.5 | 11 | 20 |
| 23 | Barbaricus | Danny O'Brien | S Baster | 50.5 | 3 | 19 |
| 24 | Moatize | Bart Cummings | Ms C 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.[5]
- 4 a probe into treatment Bauer received prior to the race could have resulted in the horse being stripped of second place[2][3]
Results
The race was won by the Bart Cummings trained horse Viewed, with Honolulu officially last as Gallopin did not finish the race.[6]
| 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) | |
| - | - | Scratched | |
| - | - | Scratched |
References
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- ↑ 2008 Melbourne Cup result
- 1 2 AAP (3 December 2008). "Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer in probe". Virtual Formguide. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- 1 2 "Bauer keeps Melbourne Cup placing". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ↑ "emirates melbourne cup - Tuesday, 4 November 2008". Victoria Racing Club. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ↑ "Egan fined, his mount one of two horses scratched". AP Worldstream. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ↑ "Where they finished in the Melbourne Cup". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-04.