2001 Melbourne Cup

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2001 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date6 November 2001
Winning horse Ethereal
Jockey Scott Seamer
Trainer Sheila Laxon
SurfaceGrass
Attendance92,477 [1]
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300 left to go, Give The Slip over on the inside the leader, from Persian Punch here comes Ethereal down the outside followed by Karasi and then Maythehorsebewithu. Give The Slip well clear at the 200 meter mark though down the outside is Ethereal starting to close. Give The Slip with Ethereal coming home. Give The Slip in front Ethereal's coming hard, the Caulfield Cup winner's grabbed the lead and Ethereal does the double!

Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

The 2001 Melbourne Cup was the 141st running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 6 November 2001 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.

It was won by Ethereal, trained by Sheila Laxon and ridden by Scott Seamer. [2]

Field

This is the finishing order of horses which ran in the 2001 Melbourne Cup. [3]

PlaceNumberHorseTrainerJockey
1st13 Ethereal (NZ) Sheila Laxon (NZ) Scott Seamer
2nd5Give The Slip (GB) Saeed bin Suroor (UAE) Richard Hills
3rd1 Persian Punch (IRE) David Elsworth (GB) Richard Quinn
4th18 Karasi (GB)David Hall Glen Boss
5th19Maythehorsebewithu (NZ) Michael Moroney (NZ)Jason Patton
6th22Rain Gauge George Hanlon Kerrin McEvoy
7th6 Marienbard (IRE) Saeed bin Suroor (UAE) Frankie Dettori
8th2Sky Heights (NZ)Colin Alderson Damien Oliver
9th17Reenact Jack Denham Larry Cassidy
10th20Prophet's KissRon QuintonBrian York
11th15Inaflury (NZ)Cliff Brown Brett Prebble
12th11Mr Prudent George Hanlon Craig Williams
13th4Caitano (GB) Andreas Schutz (GER) Johnny Murtagh
14th24Celestial ShowL. MortonRhys McLeod
15th23RumDean Lawson Chris Munce
16th9 Freemason John Hawkes Darren Gauci
17th21Spirit Of Westbury (NZ)Cliff Brown Shane Dye
18th8YippyioAllan Denham Darren Beadman
19th16Big PatPeter TullochPeter Mertens
Last12Pasta ExpressPaul Cave Danny Nikolic
DNF10Curata Storm John Hawkes Greg Childs
LR14Hill Of Grace (NZ)Robert Priscott (NZ) Corey Brown
SCR3Universal PrinceBede Murray
SCR7Kaapstad Way (NZ)Chris Wood (NZ)

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References

  1. ↑ "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. ↑ 2001-10 Melbourne Cup results
  3. ↑ 2001 Melbourne Cup
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