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Melbourne Cup 2008

Well here we are again, the race that stops the nation. 2008 has been a good year for the Horse Racing family, the problems of 2007 and the Equestrian Flu have all but disappeared. Last years winner Efficient will be racing again, with so many hot favourites, the country is sure to be betting here, there and everywhere.

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2008 Melbourne Cup results

Placing Horse Name Trainer Jockey
1st Viewed Bart Cummings Blake Shinn
2nd Bauer Luca Cumani Corey Brown
3rd C'est La Guerre John Sadler Brett Prebble
4th Master O'Reilly Danny O'Brien Vlad Duric
5th Profound Beauty Dermot K Weld Glen Boss
6th Moatize Bart Cummings Clare Lindop
7th Mad Rush Luca Cumani Damien Oliver
8th Nom Du Jeu Murray Baker Jeff Lloyd
9th Zipping John Sadler Danny Nikolic
10th Newport Paul Perry Chris Symons
11th Ice Chariot Ron Maund Michael Rodd
12th Guyno Lou Luciani Craig Newitt
13th Littorio Nigel Blakiston Steven King
14th Varevees Richard Gibson Craig Williams
15th Boundless Stephen Mckee Greg Childs
16th Red Lord Anthony Cummings Nicholas Hall
17th Prize Lady Graeme Sanders Mark Sweeney
18th Septimus Aidan O'Brien Wayne Lordan
19th Barbaricus Danny O'Brien Stephen Baster
20th Allessandro Volta Aidan O'Brien Wayne Lordan
21st Honolulu Aidan O'Brien Colm O'Donoghue
DNF Gallopin Danny O'Brien James Winks
SCR Yellowstone Jane Chapple-Hyam John F Egan
SCR Zarita Pat Hyland Dwayne Dunn

DNF - Did Not Finish
SCR - Scratched

What's On

Race
Time
Race Name
1 10.20 schiavello stakes
2 11.00 ritzenhoff handicap
3 11.45 the lavazza long black
4 12.30 herald sun stakes
5 1.15 schweppes tonic 1000
6 2.00 the lexus stakes
7 3.00 emirates melbourne cup
8 3.50 cup day plate
9 4.35 blue ribbon foundation sprint
10 5.20 the tab.mobi

Where to watch

The cup will be telecast live on most commercial TV stations at 3pm. However the Seven network will broadcast live from Flemington from 10am and cover the complete days events and races.

Race Information
Distance 3200m
Track Flemington Racecourse - Turf
Qualification 3 Years and Over
Purse AUD $5.65 Million
Previous Winners
2008 Viewed
2007 Efficient
2006 Delta Blues
2005 Makybe Diva
2004 Makybe Diva

2008 Horse Listing

Name
Alessandro Volta(GB)
All the Good
Barbaricus
Bauer
Baughurst
Book of Kells
Boundless
C'est La Guerre
Capecover
Chiefcomingfirst
Dandaad
Efficient
Gallopin
Get Up Jude
Glistening
Guyno
Honolulu
Ice Chariot
Largo Lad
Littorio
Mad Rush
Magic Instinct
Master O'Reilly
Moatize
Newport
Nom du Jeu
Prize Lady
Profound Beauty
Red Lord
Red Ruler
Riva San
Saddler's Story
Septimus
Varevees
Viewed
Yellowstone (scratched)
Zagreb
Zarita (scratched)
Zipping