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).2008 Melbourne Cup result 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. However, Racing Victoria announced on 4 December that Bauer would not be disqualified.
Field The official field for the cup including horses scratched after the field was finalised.
NumberHorseTrainerJockeyWeight (kg)BarrierPlacing1SeptimusAidan O'BrienJohnny Murtagh58.51018th2Master O'ReillyDanny O'BrienVlad Duric5564th3Honolulu Aidan O'BrienColm O'Donoghue54.52421st4C’est La GuerreJohn Sadler Brett Prebble5453rd5Nom Du JeuMurray Baker J Lloyd5418th6YellowstoneJane Chapple-HyamJ F Egan54scrscr 7ZippingJohn Sadler Danny Nikolic54169th8Mad Rush Luca CumaniDamien Oliver53.547th9Ice ChariotRon MaundMichael Rodd532211th10ViewedBart CummingsBlake Shinn5391st11LittorioNigel BlackistonSteven King52.51713th12Bauer Luca CumaniCorey Brown52132nd13BoundlessStephen MckeeGreg Childs522015th14GallopinDanny O'BrienJames Winks5221DNF15GuynoLou LucianiCraig Newitt52812th16ZaritaPat HylandDwayne Dunn52scr scr 17NewportPaul PerryChris Symons51.51510th18Profound BeautyDermot WeldGlen Boss51.525th19Red LordAnthony CummingsNicholas Hall51.51416th20VareveesRichard Gibson Craig Williams51.52314th21Prize LadyGraeme Sanders Mark Sweeney511817th22Alessandro VoltaAidan O'BrienW M Lordan50.51120th23BarbaricusDanny O'BrienStephen Baster50.5319th24MoatizeBart CummingsMs Claire Lindop50196th Notes Apprentice jockey. Horses in barriers to the outside of the scratched horse will move inwards. Yellowstone scratched by vets, after failing to recover from a hip injury sustained last week. Gallopin did not finish Zarita scratched, by trainer due to respiratory infection. a probe into treatment Bauer received prior to the race could have resulted in the horse being stripped of second place
Results The race was won by the Bart Cummings trained horse Viewed, with Honolulu officially last as Gallopin did not finish the race.
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
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