The 2008 Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...

, the 148th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, starting at 3:00 pm local time (0400 UTC).

On December 3, 2008, Luca Cumani, trainer of second-place Bauer, announced that an inquiry was underway into treatment Bauer received on the Thursday prior to the race. The treatment was a form of physio therapy that is illegal to administer within 7 days of a race; as a result of the treatment, Bauer could have been stripped of his second place. However, Racing Victoria announced on December 4 that Bauer would not be disqualified.

Race starters

The official field for the cup including horses scratched after the field was finalised.

Entry Order	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Weight (kg)		Placing
1	Septimus	Aidan O'Brien Aidan O'Brien Aidan Patrick O'Brien is an Irish horse racing trainer. Since 1996, he has been the private trainer at Ballydoyle Stables near Cashel in County Tipperary for John Magnier and his Coolmore Stud associates....	J P Murtagh Johnny Murtagh Johnny Murtagh is a Irish flat racing jockey from Bohermeen, Navan, County Meath.He excels on the big stage, having won many Group 1 races around the world...	58.5	10	18
2	Master O'Reilly	Danny O'Brien	V Duric	55	6	4
3	Honolulu	Aidan O'Brien Aidan O'Brien Aidan Patrick O'Brien is an Irish horse racing trainer. Since 1996, he has been the private trainer at Ballydoyle Stables near Cashel in County Tipperary for John Magnier and his Coolmore Stud associates....	Colm O’Donoghue	54.5	24	21
4	C’est La Guerre	John Sadler	B Prebble	54	5	3
5	Nom Du Jeu	Murray Baker	J Lloyd	54	1	8
6	Yellowstone	Jane Chapple-Hyam Jane Chapple-Hyam Jane Fiona Chapple-Hyam is a horse racing trainer.Daughter of former Australian Liberal politician Andrew Peacock and Lady Susan Renouf. Married, then separated from trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam.-Career as a Trainer:Took out a license in September, 2005....	J F Egan	54	scr	scr
7	Zipping	John Sadler	D Nikolic Danny Nikolic Danny Nikolic is a jockey in Australian Thoroughbred horse racing. In 2003 he rode Mummify to victory in the Caulfield Cup, the most important win of his career to date...	54	16	9
8	Mad Rush	Luca Cumani Luca Cumani Luca M. Cumani is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer. He has trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket, England since 1976...	Damien Oliver	53.5	4	7
9	Ice Chariot	Ron Maund	M Rodd	53	22	11
10	Viewed Viewed Viewed was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 148th Melbourne Cup on 4 November 2008. Prior to the Cup, Viewed won the AJC JRA Plate and qualified by winning the Brisbane Cup on 9 June 2008....	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	B Shinn Blake Shinn Blake Shinn is an Australian jockey, whose first big win was the 2008 Melbourne Cup on Viewed.Shinn grew up in Kilmore, Victoria being born to a family of saddlers.He was the winner of the Racing Victoria Limited 2005 Scobie Breasley Medal....	53	9	1
11	Littorio	Nigel Blackiston	S R King	52.5	17	13
12	Bauer	Luca Cumani	C W Brown	52	13	2
13	Boundless	Stephen Mckee	G J Childs	52	20	15
14	Gallopin	Danny O'Brien	J Winks	52	21	DNF
15	Guyno	Lou Luciani	C Newitt	52	8	12
16	Zarita	Pat Hyland	D Dunn	52	scr	scr
17	Newport	Paul Perry	Chris Symons	51.5	15	10
18	Profound Beauty	Dermot K Weld	Glen Boss Glen Boss Glen Boss is an Australian jockey, considered a champion, who is best known for riding Makybe Diva to victory in three consecutive Melbourne Cups - 2003, 2004, and 2005.-External links:***...	51.5	2	5
19	Red Lord	Anthony Cummings	Nicholas Hall	51.5	14	16
20	Varevees	Richard Gibson	Craig Williams Craig Williams Craig Williams may refer to:* Human Tornado, real name Craig Williams, professional wrestler* Craig Williams , Namibian cricketer* Craig Williams , Australian rules footballer...	51.5	23	14
21	Prize Lady	Graeme Sanders	M C Sweeney	51	18	17
22	Alessandro Volta	Aidan O'Brien Aidan O'Brien Aidan Patrick O'Brien is an Irish horse racing trainer. Since 1996, he has been the private trainer at Ballydoyle Stables near Cashel in County Tipperary for John Magnier and his Coolmore Stud associates....	W M Lordan	50.5	11	20
23	Barbaricus	Danny O'Brien	S Baster	50.5	3	19
24	Moatize	Bart Cummings	Ms C Lindop	50	19	6

Notes Apprentice

Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships...

 jockey.Horses in barriers to the outside of the scratched horse will move inwards. Yellowstone scratched by vets, after failing to recover from a hip injury sustained last week. Gallopin did not finish Zarita scratched, by trainer due to respiratory infection. a probe into treatment Bauer received prior to the race could have resulted in the horse being stripped of second place

Results

The race was won by the Bart Cummings

Bart Cummings

James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....

 trained horse Viewed

Viewed

Viewed was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 148th Melbourne Cup on 4 November 2008. Prior to the Cup, Viewed won the AJC JRA Plate and qualified by winning the Brisbane Cup on 9 June 2008....

, with Honolulu officially last as Gallopin did not finish the race.

Place	Barrier	Horse	Race Time
1st	8	Viewed	3-20.40
2nd	11	Bauer (IRE)
3rd	5	C'est La Guerre (NZ)
4th	6	Master O'Reilly (NZ)
5th	2	Profound Beauty (IRE)
6th	17	Moatize
7th	4	Mad Rush (USA)
8th	1	Nom du Jeu (NZ)
9th	14	Zipping
10th	13	Newport
11th	20	Ice Chariot
12th	7	Guyno (NZ)
13th	15	Littorio
14th	21	Varevees (GBR)
15th	18	Boundless (NZ)
16th	12	Red Lord
17th	16	Prize Lady (NZ)
18th	9	Septimus (IRE)
19th	3	Barbaricus
20th	10	Alessandro Volta (GBR)
21st	22	Honolulu (IRE)
DNF	19	Gallopin (NZ)
-	-	Yellowstone (IRE)	Scratched
-	-	Zarita (NZ)	Scratched