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Flemington Results (Race 7)

Tuesday, 6th November 2012

7
15:00
(local)

Melbourne Cup (G1)

Age: 3yo and up WT: 51kg Type: OPEN
AUD $6,200,000
3200m TURF GOOD
7
15:00
(local)
AUD $6,200,000
3200m GOOD

Melbourne Cup (G1)

Age: 3yo and up WT: 51kg Type: OPEN

The last two Melbourne Cup winners turned up to rekindle past glories but were trumped by a former English horse now owned by Lloyd Williams. Green Moon had shown his staying credentials the year before winning an amazing Newcastle Cup and then second in the Caulfield Cup. After a Blamey win in a once off Autumn start, he came back to win the Turnbull then start fav in the Cox Plate. After a failure there he was 20-1 at Flemington. Unlike other years where the speed was hot, it really was a bit of a walk early. Green Moon sat in the first half dozen and used the fact he liked the firm track when other rivals didn’t. He tracked the stablemate through, second Fiorente followed him and third Jakkalberry him. Turn of foot was the key and it gave Lloyd Williams his fourth win as an owner. In the end it was the previous two Newcastle Cup winners who ran the crackers. Many of the internationals in the race simply did not like the good track.

Previous Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
DUNADEN (FR) 5H
NICOBAR (GB) - LA MARLIA (FR) KALDOUNEVEES (FR)
C P LEMAIRE 54.5 M DELZANGLES 13
AMERICAIN (USA) 5H
DYNAFORMER (USA) - AMERICA (IRE) ARAZI (USA)
G MOSSE 54.5 A DE ROYER DUPRE 11
SHOCKING (AUS) 4H
STREET CRY (IRE) - MARIA DI CASTIGLIA (GB) DANEHILL (USA)
C W BROWN 51.0 MARK KAVANAGH 21
VIEWED (AUS) 5H
SCENIC (IRE) - LOVERS KNOT (NZ) KHOZAAM (USA)
B SHINN 53.0 BART CUMMINGS 8
EFFICIENT (NZ) 4G
ZABEEL (NZ) - REFUSED THE DANCE (NZ) DEFENSIVE PLAY (USA)
M RODD 54.5 GRAEME ROGERSON 9
DELTA BLUES (JPN) 5H
DANCE IN THE DARK (JPN) - DIXIE SPLASH (USA) DIXIELAND BAND (USA)
Y IWATA 56.0 KATSUHIKO SUMII 10
MAKYBE DIVA (GB) 6M
DESERT KING (IRE) - TUGELA (USA) RIVERMAN (USA)
G BOSS 58.0 D L FREEDMAN 14
MAKYBE DIVA (GB) 5M
DESERT KING (IRE) - TUGELA (USA) RIVERMAN (USA)
G BOSS 55.5 D L FREEDMAN 7
MAKYBE DIVA (GB) 4M
DESERT KING (IRE) - TUGELA (USA) RIVERMAN (USA)
G BOSS 51.0 DAVID HALL 14
MEDIA PUZZLE (USA) 5G
THEATRICAL (IRE) - MARKET SLIDE (USA) GULCH (USA)
DAMIEN OLIVER 52.5 D K WELD 3
ETHEREAL (NZ) 4M
RHYTHM (USA) - ROMANEE CONTI (NZ) SIR TRISTRAM (IRE)
S SEAMER 52.0 SHEILA LAXON 11
BREW (NZ) 6G
SIR TRISTRAM (IRE) - HORLICKS (NZ) THREE LEGS (GB)
K MCEVOY 49.0 MICHAEL MORONEY 22