2016 Melbourne Cup

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2016 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date1 November 2016
Winning horse Almandin
Starting price $11
Jockey Kerrin McEvoy
Trainer Robert Hickmott
SurfaceGrass
Attendance97,479 [1]
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Heartbreak City and Almandin race up to Hartnell, they look the three from Almoonquith. It's Heartbreak City, Almandin on the outside the pair down to fight it out. Heartbreak City the inside and Almandin on the outside, Almandin and Hearthbreak City, what a finish to the Melbourne Cup! Almandin putting his nose in front of Heartbreak City they hit the line, Almandin! Almandin won it by a very narrow marigin from Heartbreak City.

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Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

The 2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup was the 156th running of the Melbourne Cup, an Australian thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 1 November 2016 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. The date was a public holiday in the state of Victoria. The final field for the race was declared on 29 October. [2] The total prize money for the race was A$6.2 million, the same as the previous year. [3]

The winner was Almandin, ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, who won his 2nd Melbourne Cup after a 16-year gap between his first Melbourne Cup win, and trained by Robert Hickmott. Heartbreak City ran second and Hartnell third. [4] The race was run in 3:20:58. [5] Commentator Greg Miles called his 36th and last Melbourne Cup. [6]

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 2016 Melbourne Cup. [7]

PlaceNumberHorseWeightTrainerJockey
1st17 Almandin (GER)52kg Robert Hickmott Kerrin McEvoy
2nd13Heartbreak City (FR)54Tony Martin João Moreira
3rd6 Hartnell (GB) 56John O'Shea James McDonald
4th23Qewy (IRE)51.5 Charlie Appleby Craig Williams
5th7Who Shot TheBarman (NZ)56 Chris Waller Hugh Bowman
6th9Almoonquith (USA)54.5 David, Ben Hayes & T Dabernig Michael Walker
7th16Beautiful Romance (GB)52.5 Saeed bin Suroor Damian Lane
8th5Exospheric (GB)56 Lee & Anthony Freedman Damien Oliver
9th22Pentathlon (NZ)51.5John Wheeler Mark Du Plessis
10th1 Big Orange (GB)57Michael Bell Jamie Spencer
11th11Grand Marshal (GB)54.5 Chris Waller Ben Melham
12th20Oceanographer (GB)52 Charlie Appleby Chad Scholfield
13th4 Bondi Beach 56 Aidan O'Brien Ryan Moore
14th19Grey Lion (IRE)52Matt Cumani Glen Boss
15th12Jameka54.5 Ciaron Maher Nicholas Hall
16th15Excess Knowledge (GB)53.5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian BottVlad Duric
17th2Our Ivanhowe (GER)57 Lee & Anthony Freedman Dwayne Dunn
18th14Sir John Hawkwood (IRE)54John P ThompsonBlake Spriggs
19th18Assign52 Robert Hickmott Katelyn Mallyon
20th10Gallante (IRE)54.5 Robert Hickmott Blake Shinn
21st21Secret Number (GB)52 Saeed bin Suroor Stephen Baster
22nd8Wicklow Brave (GB)56 Willie Mullins Frankie Dettori
23rd3Curren Mirotic (JPN)56.5Osamu HirataTommy Berry
24th24Rose Of Virginia51Lee & Shannon HopeBen Thompson (a)

See also

References

  1. "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. 2016 Melbourne Cup Horses – racenet.com.au. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. 2016 Melbourne Cup – HorseRacingInfo.com.au. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. "Melbourne Cup 2016 | Odds Betting & Tips". UBET. 2 October 2016. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  5. "Melbourne Cup". Just Horse Racing. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  6. "Legendary race caller Greg Miles retires". Racing.com. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  7. "2016 Melbourne Cup results". races.com.au. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2022.