TWO GOOD! Zahra wins back-to-back Melbourne Cups on Without a Fight as three horses pull up lame
Without a Fight completed the rare Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double on Tuesday as star jockey Mark Zahra went back-to-back in the big one after…
The 2012 Melbourne Cup has been won by Green Moon, who beat Fiorente, and Jakkalberry, in third in a surprise result for all three placings.
Kelinni finished fourth.
Ethiopia has run last – it is believed to have injured a tendon, but it appears the horse will survive.
Green Moon was given the run of the race by jockey Brett Prebble, for owner Lloyd Williams and trainer Robert Hickmott. He was an outsider at $20 to win the race.
Fiorente, with jockey: James McDonald and trainer: Gai Waterhouse, paid $11.80 for second.
Jakkalberry in third, ridden by Irish jockey Colm O’Donoghue and Italian trainer Marco Botti, paid $16.
Official finishing result and margins to next runner:
1. Green Moon
2. Fiorente – 1 length
3. Jakkalberry – 1.25L
4. Kelinni – .75L
5. Mount Athos – Short Neck
6. Glencadum Gold – .75L
7. Mourayan – .75L
8. Red Cadeaux – 1L
9. Precedence – short neck
10. My Quest for Peace – half neck
11. Americain – Long neck
12. Cavalryman – 1L
13. Voila Ici – Neck
14. Dunaden – 2L
15. Niwot – Short 1/2 head
16. Lights of Heaven – .75L
17. Winchester – Short neck
18. Sanagas – Long neck
19. Maluckyday – Long neck
20. Galileo’s Choice – Short Head
21. Unusual Suspect – 1/2 Head
22. Zabeelionaire – Long Head
23. Tac De Boistron – 1.25L
24. Ethiopia – 50L – 63 lengths off the winner.
The Quinella paid: $506.90
The Exacta paid: $765.30
The Trifecta paid: $45,941
The First Four paid: $969,406.60
Melbourne Cup 2012 Photos
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