Melbourne Cup 2021: How much did the winner and trifecta pay?
Verry Elleegant caused an upset to win the Melbourne Cup and punters could have made a fortune if they nailed the winner and trifecta.
The Melbourne Cup has been run and won, with champion mare Verry Elleegant dominating the 3200m feature.
The daughter of Zed was relatively unexpected to salute, but up-ended hot favourite Incentivise to win by 4L x long neck (Spanish Mission).
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Verry Elleegant paid $16.50 on the local tote (S-TAB), and similar around the country, paying $14.50 (NSW) and $15.50 (UTAB) elsewhere.
The minor placings were filled by Incentivise (2nd), who paid an even $2 the place across all three totes.
Spanish Mission (3rd) paid $3.30 the place with each of S-TAB/NSW, and was $3.40 with UTAB.
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