1998 Melbourne Cup

1998 Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup
Location	Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Australia
Date	3 November 1998
Distance	3,200 metres
Winning horse	Jezabeel
Winning time	3:18.59
Jockey	Chris Munce
Trainer	Brian Jenkins
Surface	Grass
Attendance	100,607 [1]
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At the 400, Persian Punch is tackled by Jezabeel wider out Faithful Son, here's come Champagne and Taufan's Melody is coming with her. Jezabeel tackled by Champagne now they reach the 200 meters, the New Zealand mares together. Jezabeel and Champagne, Yorkshire pushing through from Taufan's Melody, Persian Punch. Champagne from Jezabeel, Champagne and Jezabeel kicking back, Jezabeel kicks on the inside, Jezabeel, beat Champagne, a New Zealand quinella!

Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

The 1998 Melbourne Cup was the 138th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on Tuesday, 3 November 1998 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

The race was won in 3 mins 18.59s by the New Zealand bred and trained mare Jezabeel (Zabeel-Passefleur) ^[5] from another kiwi bred and trained mare, Champagne. ^[6] Both of them were also by Zabeel and carried 51 kg while the third place-getter, Persian Punch (Ireland) carried 56.5kg.

Field

Place	Horse	Jockey	Trainer
1	Jezabeel	Chris Munce	Brian Jenkins
2	Champagne	Glen Boss	Laurie Laxon
3	Persian Punch	Richard Quinn	David Elsworth
4	Taufan's Melody	P. Payne	Lady Herries
5	Yorkshire	Danny Nikolic	Paul Cole
6	Tie the Knot	Shane Dye	Guy Walter
7	Faithful Son	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor
8	Skybeau	Larry Cassidy	L J Smith
9	Perpetual Check	Len Beasley	Bart Cummings
10	Markham	Danny Brereton	Cliff Brown
11	Darazari	Opie Bosson	Bruce Wallace
12	Sheer Danzig	Damien Oliver	R W Armstrong
13	Yippyio	Jim Cassidy	Jack Denham
14	Joss Sticks	Rod Quinn	Bob Pearse
15	Arena	Corey Brown	John Hawkes
16	The Hind	Basil Marcus	P Hayes
17	Peak of Perfection	J Saimee	M Thwaites
18	Ancient City	Brett Prebble	Cindy Alderson
19	Doriemus	Greg Hall	Lee Freedman
20	Count Chivas	Rod Griffiths	Simon Morrish
21	Aerosmith	Greg Childs	Peter & Nikki Hurdle
22	Gold Guru	Brian York	Leon Macdonald
23	Second Coming	Eddie Wilkinson	Michael Moroney
Failed to finish	Three Crowns	Simon Price	M Thwaites

Fatality

Three Crowns was euthanised after shattering a leg. ^[7]

References

1. "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
2. "Melbourne Cup Day in Australia". timeanddate. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
3. "Melbourne Cup (Group 1)". breednet. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
4. "Full Result 4.20 Flemington (AUS) | 3 November 1998 | Racing Post".
5. "Jezabeel (NZ) 1992 / Breeding / LOVERACING.NZ".
6. "Champagne (NZ) 1994 / Breeding / LOVERACING.NZ".
7. "Melbourne Cup heartbreak as French stayer Verema put down". SMH. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2020.