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.^[2][3]

2011 Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup
Location	Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Australia
Date	1 November 2011
Winning horse	Dunaden
Jockey	Christophe Lemaire
Trainer	Mikel Delzangles
Surface	Grass
Attendance	105,979[1]
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With 300 meters to go now, Precedence hit the lead but Manighar challenges strongly, Lucas Cranach and getting up on the inside Lost in the Moment with a challenge, Here's Red Caudeaux starting to flash home on the outside now. Lucas Cranach hit the lead, Red Caudeaux coming down the outside, Dunaden is coming through in the middle. Dunaden, Red Caudeaux and Lucas Cranach. Dunaden is coming hard, Dunaden, Red Caudeaux. Dunaden and Red Caudeaux they hit the line a photo finish, between Dunaden and Red Caudeaux nothing in it!

Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

The winning jockey, Frenchman Christophe Lemaire, had arrived in Australia less than a day previously as a late replacement for Craig Williams.^{[citation needed]}

Six out of the first 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.^[4]

Field

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-Dupré (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 Moroney	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
10	Mourayan	Robert Hickmott	Hugh Bowman	53.5 kg	14	9999scratched
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	18
14	Illo	Bart Cummings	Jim Cassidy	53.0 kg	1	19
15	Lost in the Moment	Saeed Bin Suroor (UAE)	William Buick	53.0 kg	3	6
16	Modun	Saeed Bin Suroor (UAE)	Kerrin 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

1. "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
2. "French success in Melbourne Cup". RTÉ Sport. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
3. "Dunaden edges Red Cadeaux to keep Melbourne Cup in French hands". The Daily Telegraph. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
4. "Politicians bicker over Cup day schedule change – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

External links

• 2011 Melbourne Cup