| Race 7 – 3:00PM Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200 METRES) |
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| Of $6,000,000.1st $3,600,000, 2nd $900,000, 3rd $450,000, 4th $250,000, 5th $175,000, 6th $125,000, 7th $125,000, 8th $125,000, 9th $125,000, 10th $125,000 GROUP 1 Handicap, Minimum Weight 49kg, Apprentices cannot claim.Track Condition: Good 3 Time: 3:20.30 Last 600m: 0:35.56 INTERIM RESULTS |
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| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Starting Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | FIORENTE (IRE) | Gai Waterhouse | Damien Oliver | 5 | 55kg | $7F | |||
| 2 | 3 | RED CADEAUX (GB) | Ed Dunlop | Gerald Mosse | 0.75L | 23 | 56.5kg | $61 | ||
| 3 | 15 | MOUNT ATHOS (IRE) | Luca Cumani | Craig Williams | 2.25L | 22 | 54kg | $13 | ||
| 4 | 19 | SIMENON (IRE) | William Mullins | Richard Hughes | 2.45L | 12 | 53.5kg | $20 | ||
| 5 | 8 | DANDINO (GB) | Marco Botti | Ryan Moore | 3.45L | 4 | 54.5kg | $10 | ||
| 6 | 10 | FAWKNER | Robert Hickmott | Nicholas Hall | 5.95L | 8 | 54.5kg | $16 | ||
| 7 | 9 | ETHIOPIA | Pat Carey | Rhys McLeod | 6.95L | 14 | 54.5kg | $81 | ||
| 8 | 5 | BROWN PANTHER (GB) | Tom Dascombe | Richard Kingscote | 7.25L | 6 | 55kg | $20 | ||
| 9 | 13 | SUPER COOL | Mark Kavanagh | Corey Brown | 7.65L | 13 | 54.5kg | $41 | ||
| 10 | 17 | VOLEUSE DE COEURS (IRE) | Michael Moroney | James McDonald | 7.95L | 21 | 54kg | $18 | ||
| 11 | 1 | DUNADEN (FR) | Mikel Delzangles | Jamie Spencer | 8.7L | 1 | 58.5kg | $61 | ||
| 12 | 12 | SEVILLE (GER) | Robert Hickmott | Hugh Bowman | 8.9L | 9 | 54.5kg | $18 | ||
| 13 | 4 | SEA MOON (GB) | Robert Hickmott | Steven Arnold | 9.4L | 7 | 56.5kg | $11 | ||
| 14 | 16 | ROYAL EMPIRE (IRE) | Saeed Bin Suroor | Kerrin McEvoy | 10.4L | 11 | 54kg | $21 | ||
| 15 | 11 | MOURAYAN (IRE) | Robert Hickmott | Brenton Avdulla | 11.65L | 19 | 54.5kg | $151 | ||
| 16 | 20 | IBICENCO (GER) | Peter G Moody | Luke Nolen | 12.05L | 17 | 53kg | $71 | ||
| 17 | 7 | FORETELLER (GB) | Chris Waller | Craig Newitt | 12.8L | 15 | 55kg | $31 | ||
| 18 | 14 | MASKED MARVEL (GB) | Robert Hickmott | Michael Rodd | 14.05L | 2 | 54kg (cd 54.5kg) | $41 | ||
| 19 | 22 | DEAR DEMI | Clarry Conners | Chris Munce | 14.8L | 16 | 51kg | $21 | ||
| 20 | 18 | HAWKSPUR | Chris Waller | Jim Cassidy | 19.05L | 18 | 53.5kg | $16 | ||
| 21 | 2 | GREEN MOON (IRE) | Robert Hickmott | Brett Prebble | 44.05L | 10 | 57.5kg | $31 | ||
| 22 | 23 | TRES BLUE (IRE) | Gai Waterhouse | Tommy Berry | 54.05L | 20 | 51kg | $26 | ||
| 23 | 24 | RUSCELLO (IRE) | Ed Walker | Chad Schofield (a) | 56.3L | 24 | 50kg | $51 | ||
| FF | 21 | VEREMA (FR) | Alain de Royer Dupre | C-P Lemaire | 3 | 53kg | $17 |
Gai Waterhouse’s controversial year ended in triumph with Fiorente giving the Sydney trainer her first Melbourne Cup win.
Fiorente’s win in front of 100,000 racegoers at Flemington on Tuesday, sealed Waterhouse’s standing as one of Australia’s greatest horse trainers.
It also gave Damien Oliver his third Melbourne Cup, two months after he returned to racing from serving a ban for betting on a rival horse in a race he was riding in in 2010.
Fiorente staged a thrilling duel with Red Cadeaux before gaining the upperhand at the 100m.
Mount Athos finished third.
Waterhouse’s victory came after twice training the runner-up, Te Akau Nick in 1993 and Fiorente in last year’s race.
It also confirmed Waterhouse as one of the most resilient figures in Australian racing.
She has been in the headlines since a public fall-out with high profile owner John Singleton and an ongoing battle with Sydney racing stewards.
Waterhouse trained most of Singleton’s racehorses until the glamour mare More Joyous was beaten in the All Aged Stakes during the Sydney autumn racing carnival.
Singleton claimed Waterhouse’s son, the bookmaker Tom Waterhouse, had told rugby league star Andrew Johns that More Joyous couldn’t win the All Aged before the mare ran unplaced in the race.
