2012 Melbourne Cup

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2012 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date6 November 2012
Winning horse Green Moon
Starting price $20
Jockey Brett Prebble
Trainer Robert Hickmott
SurfaceGrass
Attendance106,162 [1]
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Glencadam Gold had the lead, here's Mourayan after him and Green Moon is coming on, Kelinni joining in in the middle too, they were clear too of Fiorente starting to work home and then came Jakkalberry. Glencadam Gold is grabbed by Green Moon, Green Moon dashed to the lead in the Melbourne Cup followed by Kelinni, Fiorente starting to come home. Green Moon out in front for Brett Prebble he's two lengths clear from Fiorente and Green Moon wins the Melbourne Cup by a length and a half Fiorente, Jakkalberry's runs third.

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Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

The 2012 Emirates Melbourne Cup was the 152nd running of the Melbourne Cup, Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race. The race, held on Tuesday, 6 November 2012, at Flemington Racecourse (in Melbourne, Victoria), was won by Green Moon, ridden by jockey Brett Prebble, trained by Robert Hickmott, and owned by businessman Lloyd Williams. [2]

The race was attended by the Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall (Charles and Camilla), [3] with Camilla presenting the cup to the winner of the race. [4]

Prize money

The prize money for the race, held over a distance of 3,200 metres, was A$6.2 million, increased from $6.175 million the previous year. The prize money is split between the first ten runners, with first place taking $3.6 million. [5] The actual cup awarded to the winner of the race (included in the value of the prize money) is valued at $175,000. [6] The race was attended by approximately 106,000 people. [7]

Field

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Dunaden (top) and Americain (below), both previous winners, were considered favourites to win the race, but placed 14th and 11th, respectively.

The field for the 2012 Melbourne Cup consisted of 24 horses, [8] with the barrier draw conducted three days prior to the race, on the day of the running of the Victoria Derby. [9] Going into the race, favourites included Americain (winner of the 2010 race), Dunaden (winner of the 2011 race), and Red Cadeaux (second in the 2011 race), with Dunaden having won the 2012 Caulfield Cup, considered an important lead-up race. [10] With Glencadam Gold leading for most of the race, Green Moon pulled clear in the final straight, and eventually won in 3 minutes, 20.45 seconds, with Fiorente a length behind in second place, and Jakkalberry in third. [11] Ethiopia finished last, 63 lengths behind the winner, having injured a tendon during the race. [12] Green Moon's win was the first in the cup for both the horse's jockey, Brett Prebble, and trainer, Robert Hickmott, and the fourth win overall for the owner, Lloyd Williams, who thus became the equal most successful owner in the race's history. [13] The win was later described as "a major upset", with Green Moon having been priced up to $22.50 for a win and $7.40 for a place. [14] [15]

Radio host and comedian Hamish Blake confidently predicted on Hamish & Andy that Green Moon would win after having a dream about "green" and "horses". In 1996, Blake had dreamed about the number 5 and surmised Saintly would win (because of its number in the race), which it did. [16] [17]

Except where otherwise listed, horses are trained in Australia:
Saddle
cloth		HorseTrainerJockeyWeightBarrierPlacing
1 Dunaden (IRE)Mikel Delzangles (FR) Craig Williams 59 kg1614th
2 Americain (USA) Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR) Damien Oliver 58 kg1211th
3Jakkalberry (IRE)Marco Botti (UK) Colm O'Donoghue (IRE)55.5 kg193rd
4 Red Cadeaux (GB) Ed Dunlop (UK) Michael Rodd 55.5 kg188th
5Winchester (USA) John Sadler Jamie Mott55.5 kg2217th
6Voila Ici (IRE) Peter Moody Vlad Duric55 kg1313th
7Cavalryman (GB) Saeed bin Suroor (UAE) Frankie Dettori (ITA)54 kg612th
8Mount Athos (IRE) Luca Cumani (UK) Ryan Moore (UK)54 kg85th
9Sanagas (GER) Bart Cummings Nicholas Hall 54 kg418th
10EthiopiaPat CareyRhys McLeod54 kg1424th
11 Fiorente (IRE) Gai Waterhouse James McDonald (NZ)53.5 kg22nd
12Galileo's Choice (IRE) Dermot Weld (IRE) Pat Smullen (IRE)53.5 kg1120th
13Glencadam Gold (IRE) Gai Waterhouse Tommy Berry53.5 kg76th
14 Green Moon (IRE) Robert Hickmott Brett Prebble 53.5 kg51st
15Maluckyday (NZ)Michael, Wayne
& John Hawkes 		Jim Cassidy (NZ)53.5 kg919th
16Mourayan (IRE) Robert Hickmott Hugh Bowman 53.5 kg37th
17My Quest For Peace (IRE) Luca Cumani (UK) Corey Brown 53.5 kg110th
18NiwotMichael, Wayne
& John Hawkes 		Dwayne Dunn 53.5 kg1515th
19Tac De Boistron (FR)Michael Kent Olivier Doleuze (FR)53.5 kg2123rd
20Lights of Heaven (NZ)Peter Moody Luke Nolen 53 kg1716th
21Precedence (NZ) Bart Cummings Blake Shinn 53 kg209th
22Unusual Suspect (USA)Michael KentGlyn Schofield53 kg2321st
23Zabeelionaire (NZ)Leon Corstens Craig Newitt 52 kg2422nd
24Kelinni (IRE) Chris Waller Glen Boss 51 kg104th

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