2001 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup | |
Location | Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Australia |
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Date | 6 November 2001 |
Winning horse | Ethereal |
Jockey | Scott Seamer |
Trainer | Sheila Laxon |
Surface | Grass |
Attendance | 92,477[1] |
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]
Place | Number | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
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1st | 13 | Ethereal (NZ) | Sheila Laxon (NZ) | Scott Seamer |
2nd | 5 | Give The Slip (GB) | Saeed bin Suroor (UAE) | Richard Hills |
3rd | 1 | Persian Punch (IRE) | David Elsworth (GB) | Richard Quinn |
4th | 18 | Karasi (GB) | David Hall | Glen Boss |
5th | 19 | Maythehorsebewithu (NZ) | Michael Moroney (NZ) | Jason Patton |
6th | 22 | Rain Gauge | George Hanlon | Kerrin McEvoy |
7th | 6 | Marienbard (IRE) | Saeed bin Suroor (UAE) | Frankie Dettori |
8th | 2 | Sky Heights (NZ) | Colin Alderson | Damien Oliver |
9th | 17 | Reenact | Jack Denham | Larry Cassidy |
10th | 20 | Prophet's Kiss | Ron Quinton | Brian York |
11th | 15 | Inaflury (NZ) | Cliff Brown | Brett Prebble |
12th | 11 | Mr Prudent | George Hanlon | Craig Williams |
13th | 4 | Caitano (GB) | Andreas Schutz (GER) | Johnny Murtagh |
14th | 24 | Celestial Show | L. Morton | Rhys McLeod |
15th | 23 | Rum | Dean Lawson | Chris Munce |
16th | 9 | Freemason | John Hawkes | Darren Gauci |
17th | 21 | Spirit Of Westbury (NZ) | Cliff Brown | Shane Dye |
18th | 8 | Yippyio | Allan Denham | Darren Beadman |
19th | 16 | Big Pat | Peter Tulloch | Peter Mertens |
Last | 12 | Pasta Express | Paul Cave | Danny Nikolic |
DNF | 10 | Curata Storm | John Hawkes | Greg Childs |
LR | 14 | Hill Of Grace (NZ) | Robert Priscott (NZ) | Corey Brown |
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References[]
- ^ "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ 2001-10 Melbourne Cup results
- ^ 2001 Melbourne Cup
Categories:
- Melbourne Cup
- 2001 in Australian sport
- 2001 in horse racing
- 2000s in Melbourne
- November 2001 sports events in Australia