Melbourne Cup 2021 finishing order: Where every horse crossed the finish line
No horse had won the Melbourne Cup from barrier 18 before Tuesday. Where every horse finished, what the hoops said and full dividends.
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Champion mare Verry Elleegant has upstaged hot favourite Incentivise to win this year’s Melbourne Cup in emphatic style at Flemington.
She gives trainer Chris Waller his first win in the famous race.
Verry Elleegant becomes the first horse to shoulder 57kg or more to win the Melbourne Cup since the great Makybe Diva completed her Cup three-peat in 2005 with 58kg.
FINISHING ORDER
1. Verry Elleegant
2. Incentivise
3. Spanish Mission
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4. Floating Artist
5. The Chosen One
6. Grand Promenade
7. Delphi
8. Selino
9. Tralee Rose
10. She’s Ideel
11. Twilight Payment
12. Miami Bound
13. Great House
14. Sir Lucan
15. Explosive Jack
16. Master Of Wine
17. Pondus
18. Carif
19. Knight’s Order
20. Persan
21. Port Guillaume
22. Johnny Get Angry
23. Ocean Billy
1. VERRY ELLEEGANT
Weight: 57kg Odds: $18
Prizemoney: $4.4 million
James McDonald: I was very confident in the mare today. Thoughts went through my mind at the 500m when I saw Incentivise getting shoved along but I knew he would fight. There wasn’t a horse that was going to come from behind me, it was just a matter of catching him.
Clinton Payne says: That is why he’s the best. Barrier 18, and by the time they link with the course proper she’s one off and travelling sweetly — she only travels like that for McDonald. Down by the Maribyrnong, he lets her stride three wide, onto the back of Spanish Mission, tags him until straightening and then bang, it’s over by the 300m.
2. INCENTIVISE
Weight: 57kg Odds: $2.90 fav
Prizemoney: $1.1 million
Brett Prebble: Courageous effort. His first time to this trip and it took a champion to beat him.
Payne says: Found a spot outside the lead leaving the straight. Copped some midrace pressure near the 1200m and left in front on straightening — brave right to the line. Ridden like the best horse but the winner was in another class.
3. SPANISH MISSION
Weight: 57kg Odds: $10
Prizemoney: $550,000
Craig Williams: I had the option of being one horse in but I decided to be on the back of Grand Promenade, I thought it would take me nicely into the race and we did. But when Verry Elleegant came around me, she was towing. My horse did a really good job.
Payne says: Settled forward of midfield three wide with cover. Had an unimpeded run, moved up four wide straightening, couldn’t go with the winner but kept finding the line.
4. FLOATING ARTIST
Weight: 50kg Odds: $11
Prizemoney: $350,000
Teo Nugent (a): Super run. Landed in a beautiful spot out of the gates. We followed Incentivise and he travelled so strong the whole way. I thought at the top of the straight that he gave a lovely kick for me and he’s run a very good fourth.
Payne says: Made use of the lightweight early and found himself in the second pair, a horse of the fence. Trailed Incentivise into the straight, held ground right to the line. Faultless ride.
5. THE CHOSEN ONE
Weight: 54kg Odds: $31
Prizemoney: $230,000
Damian Lane: He’s run a massive race. Trained to the minute and ran his best. Payne says: Put into the race early, relaxed and settled midfield. Trailed Verry Elleegant into the straight but no match. Given every chance.
6. GRAND PROMENADE
Weight: 52kg Odds: $15
Prizemoney: $160,000
Kerrin McEvoy: He’s run a good race. We didn’t have any luck. Got caught wide the trip but he stuck on well.
Payne says: Never on the track, raced three wide facing the breeze. Moved forward near 1200m but couldn’t get in, stuck on well considering how hard he worked.
7. DELPHI
Weight: 53.5kg Odds: $19
Prizemoney: $160,000
Damien Oliver: We had a great run. He feels like more of a mile-and-a-half horse than a two-miler.
Payne says: Made use of the soft draw and had an economical run, forward of midfield. Across heels and presented at the top of the straight, had his chance.
8. SELINO
Weight: 53.5kg Odds: $81
Prizemoney: $160,000
Ronnie Stewart: A little further back than I would have wanted to be. Just couldn’t find the right horse to take me into the race. A good staying effort.
Payne says: Went back from draw and made up more ground than any other runner. Lacks the class of the first few, ran as good as he could.
9. TRALEE ROSE
Weight: 51kg Odds: $21
Prizemoney: $160,000
Dean Holland: She had a really nice run. She toughed it out but she’s probably not sharp enough when you need her.
Payne says: Found herself in the perfect trailing spot three pairs from the speed. Under pressure before the turn, whacked away.
10. SHE’S IDEEL
Weight: 52kg Odds: $101
Prizemoney: $160,000
Craig Newitt: She ran well again.
Payne says: Jagged across behind the field in the first furlong but was that far back she lost sight the bunny. Made some ground but never a factor.
11. TWILIGHT PAYMENT
Weight: 58kg Odds: $13
Prizemoney: $160,000
Jye McNeil: He wasn’t able to get into his usual role and at the halfway point he really struggled.
Payne says: Couldn’t go with them early and found himself worse than midfield. No nine-year-old has won the Cup and he never looked like changing that piece of history, under a ride and the whip before the turn.
12. MIAMI BOUND
Weight: 52kg Odds: $151
Prizemoney: $160,000
Patrick Moloney: She wouldn’t go in the first 1000m. If she had have jumped and travelled she might have run top eight. She whacked away and got the ones that were tiring.
Payne says: Got way out of her ground. Passed those that didn’t run the trip down the running, her last 200m split was the sixth best in the race.
13. GREAT HOUSE
Weight: 50kg Odds: $26
Prizemoney: Nil
Michael Dee: I could feel he was coming under pressure about the 600 or 700, he was gone by then but he tried really hard all the way to the line.
Payne says: Given the perfect ride in the first 1000m but he didn’t have the engine to make use of it at the back end of the race.
14. SIR LUCAN
Weight: 50kg Odds: $26
Prizemoney: Nil
Glen Boss: He’s a juvenile. I had no power from the 1000m mark.
Payne says: Went back and had a quiet run. Never came into it.
15. EXPLOSIVE JACK
Weight: 54kg Odds: $51
Prizemoney: Nil
John Allen: He was disappointing. He whacked away, but he’s missing a bit of scrap.
Payne says: Did no work in the run, worse than midfield on the rail. Plodded home.
16. MASTER OF WINE
Weight: 52.5kg Odds: $91
Prizemoney: Nil
Fred Kersley: Nice.
Payne says: Settled back in the field and never came into it.
17. PONDUS
Weight: 52.5kg Odds: $21
Prizemoney: Nil
Rachel King: Just raced a bit dour and couldn’t sprint off that speed.
Payne says: Did no work from his inside draw but was struggling a fair way from home and didn’t stay.
18. CARIF
Weight: 52.5kg Odds: $101
Prizemoney: Nil
Blaike McDougall: Got in a nice position. He travelled well. Just the class factor when they quickened up, he was under pressure.
Payne says: Copped a bit of a buffeting coming to the winning post the first time, settling back inside Spanish Mission. First horse beaten.
19. KNIGHTS ORDER
Weight: 53kg Odds: $101
Prizemoney: Nil
Daniel Stackhouse: He’s just not going anywhere at the moment.
Payne says: Put into the box seat down the straight the first time. Under a ride 600m from home and proceeded to give ground.
20. PERSAN
Weight: 53kg Odds: $31
Prizemoney: Nil
Luke Currie: I didn’t think he would lead but he was sort of out at the 600m.
Payne says: Strode out freely to take up the running but barely gave a yelp and was calling for the oxygen after wilting prior to the turn.
21. PORT GUILLAUME
Weight: 52kg Odds: $101
Prizemoney: Nil
Harry Coffey: He didn’t run out a strong 3200m in a strong pressure race.
Payne says: Young Harry Coffey did a great job early to have the import travelling a couple of pairs back from Verry Elleegant but the horse’s effort didn’t match the ride and he plugged home.
22. JOHNNY GET ANGRY
Weight: 53kg Odds: $91
Prizemoney: Nil
Lachlan King (a): He’ll go out for a spell and then assess the options after he comes back.
Payne says: Didn’t spend a penny early and settled with only a couple behind him. Nothing changed in the next 3000m except he passed one straggler.
23. OCEAN BILLY
Weight: 53.5kg Odds: $31
Prizemoney: Nil
Damien Thornton: Disappointing.
Payne says: Given a good ride early to find the rail in a midfield spot but there wasn’t much to report after that. Gone at the 600m.
SHE IS AMAZING. â¤ðŸ’™
— Racing.com (@Racing) November 2, 2021
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TAB DIVIDENDS (Victoria)
1st 4. VERRY ELLEEGANT
Fixed $16, $4.80
Tote $16.50, $4.50
2. INCENTIVISE
$1.60
$2
3. SPANISH MISSION
$3.20
$3.30
Quinella 4-2 $21.80
Exacta 4-2 $72.70
Duet 4-2 $13.40
Duet 4-3 $26.40
Duet 2-3 $7.70
Trifecta 4-2-3 $436.20
First Four 4-2-3-22 $5413.50
Running Double (6,7) 1-4 $36.90
BIGGEST BET ON THE WINNER
$5000 @ $16
$5000 e/w (tote bet)
OTHER BETS – VERRY ELLEGANT
$1000 e/w @ $17/$5
$1000 @ $17
$2000 e/w @ $16/$4.80 TWICE
BETS – INCENTIVISE
$17,500 @ $2.90
$10,000 @ $2.90
$9000 @ $2.90
$65,000 @ $2.80
$20,000 @ $2.80
$10,000 @ $2.80
$15,000 @ $2.45
$40,000 e/w (tote bet)
$20,000 e/w (tote bet)
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