Английская Википедия:2016 Melbourne Cup
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The 2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup was the 156th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over Шаблон:Convert, 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.[1] The total prize money for the race was A$6.2 million, the same as the previous year.[2]
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.[3] The race was run in 3:20:58.[4] Commentator Greg Miles called his 36th and last Melbourne Cup.[5]
Field
This is a list of horses which ran in the 2016 Melbourne Cup.[6]
| Place | Number | Horse | Weight | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 17 | Almandin (GER) | 52kg | Robert Hickmott | Kerrin McEvoy |
| 2nd | 13 | Heartbreak City (FR) | 54 | Tony Martin | João Moreira |
| 3rd | 6 | Hartnell (GB) | 56 | John O'Shea | James McDonald |
| 4th | 23 | Qewy (IRE) | 51.5 | Charlie Appleby | Craig Williams |
| 5th | 7 | Who Shot TheBarman (NZ) | 56 | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman |
| 6th | 9 | Almoonquith (USA) | 54.5 | David, Ben Hayes & T Dabernig | Michael Walker |
| 7th | 16 | Beautiful Romance (GB) | 52.5 | Saeed bin Suroor | Damian Lane |
| 8th | 5 | Exospheric (GB) | 56 | Lee & Anthony Freedman | Damien Oliver |
| 9th | 22 | Pentathlon (NZ) | 51.5 | John Wheeler | Mark Du Plessis |
| 10th | 1 | Big Orange (GB) | 57 | Michael Bell | Jamie Spencer |
| 11th | 11 | Grand Marshal (GB) | 54.5 | Chris Waller | Ben Melham |
| 12th | 20 | Oceanographer (GB) | 52 | Charlie Appleby | Chad Scholfield |
| 13th | 4 | Bondi Beach | 56 | Aidan O'Brien | Ryan Moore |
| 14th | 19 | Grey Lion (IRE) | 52 | Matt Cumani | Glen Boss |
| 15th | 12 | Jameka | 54.5 | Ciaron Maher | Nicholas Hall |
| 16th | 15 | Excess Knowledge (GB) | 53.5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Vlad Duric |
| 17th | 2 | Our Ivanhowe (GER) | 57 | Lee & Anthony Freedman | Dwayne Dunn |
| 18th | 14 | Sir John Hawkwood (IRE) | 54 | John P Thompson | Blake Spriggs |
| 19th | 18 | Assign | 52 | Robert Hickmott | Katelyn Mallyon |
| 20th | 10 | Gallante (IRE) | 54.5 | Robert Hickmott | Blake Shinn |
| 21st | 21 | Secret Number (GB) | 52 | Saeed bin Suroor | Stephen Baster |
| 22nd | 8 | Wicklow Brave (GB) | 56 | Willie Mullins | Frankie Dettori |
| 23rd | 3 | Curren Mirotic (JPN) | 56.5 | Osamu Hirata | Tommy Berry |
| 24th | 24 | Rose Of Virginia | 51 | Lee & Shannon Hope | Ben Thompson (a) |
See also
References
- ↑ 2016 Melbourne Cup Horses – racenet.com.au. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ 2016 Melbourne Cup – HorseRacingInfo.com.au. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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