2013 Melbourne Cup

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2013 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Fiorente, 2013 Melbourne Cup.jpg
Fiorente, the winner of the race, pictured with jockey Damien Oliver prior to the running of the race
Location Flemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date5 November 2013
Winning horse Fiorente
Starting price $7
Jockey Damien Oliver
Trainer Gai Waterhouse
SurfaceGrass
Attendance104,169 [1]
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The 2013 Emirates Melbourne Cup was the 153rd running of the Melbourne Cup, Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race. The race, held on 5 November 2013, at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, was won by Fiorente. The horse, owned by Andrew Roberts and Barry Pang, [2] was bred in Ireland, trained in Australia by Gai Waterhouse, and ridden by jockey Damien Oliver. [3] It was Oliver's third victory in the event, after previous wins in 1995 and 2002, and his first start after a ten-month ban for a betting offence. [4] [5] Waterhouse, the daughter of Tommy J. Smith, who trained winners in 1955 and 1981, became the first Australian woman to train a winner. [6]

Contents

Red Cadeaux tackled by Fiorente, Mount Athos kicking back on the inside. It's Fiorente in front on the outside with Red Cadeaux, Fiorente and Red Cadeaux from Mount Athos. Fiorente just in front of Red Cadeaux who's coming back. Fiorente by a neck, Oliver's lifting him and Fiorente won the Melbourne Cup for Gai!

Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

The race was attended by 104,169 people—the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) had capped attendance at 110,000 for the Melbourne Cup and the Victoria Derby, but this mark was not reached at either race. [7] [8] Approximately A$90.6 million was wagered on the race through Totalisator Agency Boards in Victoria and New South Wales, with another $37.5 million wagered through equivalent agencies in Queensland, South Australia, and Tasmania. [9]

Field

The field for the 2013 Melbourne Cup consisted of 24 horses, [10] with the barrier draw conducted three days prior to the race, on the day of the running of the Victoria Derby. [11] Pre-race favourite Fiorente won the race by three-quarters of a length over Red Cadeaux who finished 1+1⁄2 lengths ahead of Mount Athos. [4] He was the first favourite to win the race since Makybe Diva in 2005, and the first horse since Empire Rose in 1988 to win the race after placing second the previous year. [12] Tres Blue and Dunaden, the winner of the 2011 race, both received banned medical treatment on the day of the race, but were both allowed to start, although a stewards' enquiry is planned. [13]

Except where otherwise listed, horses are trained in Australia:
Saddle
cloth		HorseTrainerJockeyWeightBarrierPlacing
1 Dunaden (IRE)Mikel Delzangles (FR) Jamie Spencer 58.5 kg111th
2 Green Moon Robert Hickmott Brett Prebble 57.5 kg1021st
3 Red Cadeaux Ed Dunlop (ENG) Gérald Mossé 56.5 kg232nd
4 Sea Moon Robert Hickmott Steven Arnold56.5 kg713th
5Brown Panther Tom Dascombe (ENG)Richard Kingscote55 kg68th
6 Fiorente Gai Waterhouse Damien Oliver 55 kg51st
7Foreteller Chris Waller Craig Newitt 55 kg1517th
8DandinoMarco Botti (ENG) Ryan Moore 54.5 kg45th
9EthiopiaPat CareyRhys McLeod54.5 kg147th
10Fawkner Robert Hickmott Nick Hall 54.5 kg86th
11Mourayan Robert Hickmott Brenton Avdulla54.5 kg1915th
12Seville Robert Hickmott Hugh Bowman 54.5 kg912th
13Super CoolMark Kavanagh Corey Brown 54.5 kg139th
14 Masked Marvel Robert Hickmott Michael Rodd 54 kg218th
15Mount Athos Luca Cumani (ENG) Craig Williams 54 kg223rd
16Royal Empire Saeed bin Suroor (ENG) Kerrin McEvoy 54 kg1114th
17Voleuse De Coeurs Michael Moroney James McDonald 54 kg2110th
18Hawkspur Chris Waller Jim Cassidy 53.5 kg1820th
19Simenon Willie Mullins (IRE) Richard Hughes 53.5 kg124th
20IbicencoPeter Moody Luke Nolen 53 kg1716th
21Verema Alain de Royer-Dupré (FRA) Christophe Lemaire 53 kg324th (Did not survive)
22Dear DemiClarry Conners Chris Munce 51 kg1619th
23Tres Blue Gai Waterhouse Tommy Berry51 kg2022nd
24RuscelloEd Walker (ENG)Chad Schofield50 kg2423rd

Fatalities

After the race, the mare Verema was euthanised, having broken her cannon bone midway through the race. [6]

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  2. ↑ "Racenet". Racenet. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Brodie, Will (5 November 2013). "Gai Waterhouse's Fiorente wins the 2013 Melbourne Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Melbourne Cup: Fiorente beats Red Cadeaux and Mount Athos". BBC Sport. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Caryl Williamson (2013). Damien Oliver wins his third Melbourne Cup – Racing and Sports. Published 5 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Melbourne Cup: Gai Waterhouse's Fiorente wins Cup as Damien Oliver collects third win". ABC. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
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  8. ↑ VRC cap crowd numbers for Derby Day and Melbourne Cup – Herald Sun . Published 31 October 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
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