2011 Melbourne Cup

The 2011 Emirates Melbourne Cup, the 151st running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, was held on Tuesday, 1 November 2011 at 3:00 pm (AEDT), at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. Dunaden won in a photo finish over Red Cadeaux in the closest finish in Melbourne Cup history.^[1]^[2]

The winning jockey, Frenchman Christophe Lemaire, had arrived in Australia less than a day previously as a late replacement for Craig Williams.

Six out of seven finishers were international horses. Third placed Lucas Cranach was the best locally trained finisher and fourth placed was the pre-race favourite, the 2010 winner, Americain.

In related events the federal government's parliamentary question time was brought forward half an hour in order that it would conclude before the race began.^[3]

Participating horses

Horses are bred and trained in Australia, unless otherwise indicated. All columns in this table can be sorted by clicking the icons in the top row.

Saddle cloth	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Weight	Barrier	Placing
1	Americain	Alain de Royer-Dupre (France)	Gérald Mossé	58.0 kg	15	4
2	Jukebox Jury	Mark Johnston (UK)	Neil Callan	57.0 kg	6	20
3	Dunaden	Mikel Delzangles (France)	Christophe Lemaire	54.5 kg	13	1
4	Drunken Sailor	Luca Cumani (UK)	Dwayne Dunn	54.0 kg	8	12
5	Glass Harmonium	Michael Maroney	Lisa Cropp	54.0 kg	23	22
6	Manighar	Luca Cumani (UK)	Damien Oliver	54.0 kg	21	5
7	Unusual Suspect	Michael Kent	Brad Rawiller	54.0 kg	7	9
8	Fox Hunt	Mark Johnston (UK)	Silvestre de Sousa	53.5 kg	19	7
9	Lucas Cranach	Anthony Freedman	Corey Brown	53.5 kg	11	3
11	Precedence	Bart Cummings	Darren Beadman	53.5 kg	2	11
12	Red Cadeaux	Ed Dunlop (UK)	Michael Rodd	53.5 kg	16	2
13	Hawk Island	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	53.0 kg	18	16
14	Illo	Bart Cummings	Jim Cassidy	53.0 kg	1	19
10	Mourayan	Robert Hickmott	Hugh Bowman	53.5 kg	14	9999scratched
15	Lost In The Moment	Saeed Bin Suroor (UAE)	William Buick	53.0 kg	3	6
16	Modun	Saeed Bin Suroor (UAE)	Kieran McEvoy	53.0 kg	5	23
17	At First Sight	Robert Hickmott	Steven King	52.5 kg	10	10
18	Moyenne Corniche	Brian Ellison (UK)	Brett Prebble	52.0 kg	17	15
19	Saptapadi	Brian Ellison (UK)	Chris Symons	52.0 kg	22	16
20	Shamrocker	Danny O'Brien	Luke Nolen	52.0 kg	24	21
21	The Verminator	Chris Waller	Craig Newitt	52.0 kg	4	13
22	Tullamore	Gai Waterhouse	Chris Munce	52.0 kg	12	14
23	Niwot	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dean Yendall	51.0 kg	9	8
24	Older Than Time	Gai Waterhouse	Tim Clark	51.0 kg	20	17

References

↑ "French success in Melbourne Cup". RTÉ Sport. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
↑ "Dunaden edges Red Cadeaux to keep Melbourne Cup in French hands". Daily Telegraph. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
↑ "Politicians bicker over Cup day schedule change - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

External links

2011 Melbourne Cup

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