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 K 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)
-	-	Yellowstone (IRE)	Scratched
-	-	Zarita (NZ)	Scratched

References

1. 2008 Melbourne Cup result
2. AAP (3 December 2008). "Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer in probe". Virtual Formguide. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
3. "Bauer keeps Melbourne Cup placing". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
4. "emirates melbourne cup - Tuesday, 4 November 2008". Victoria Racing Club. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
5. "Egan fined, his mount one of two horses scratched". AP Worldstream. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
6. "Where they finished in the Melbourne Cup". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-04.