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With the 2016 edition of the Melbourne Cup done and dusted, Qewy has run into take fourth spot, disappointingly missing out on a minor placing.
It was a race which was run at a cracking tempo and any of the horses who were out in the wind or near the front early on were never going to be a chance as a trio of fast finishers came over the top.
With Hartnell among them, it looked like the pre-race favourite might have come away with victory, but was outclassed by eventual winner Almandin and Heartbreak City who put on a spectacular ending to the race.
Qewy, trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by Craig Williams stayed at the fore of the chasing pack to lead them over the line in what was an incredibly close run for fourth.
Finishing 6.7 lengths off the lead, Qewy led home Who Shot TheBarman and Almoonqith by just 0.2 lengths.
For finishing fourth in the race that stops a nation, Qewy and their ownership team will collect $250,000 in prize money, although they would have had higher aspirations coming in after displaying some solid form in the lead-up.
| Place | Horse | Barrier | Jockey | Age | Trainer | Weight | Odds | Margin |
| 1 | Almandin | 17 | Kerrin McEvoy | 7 | Robert Hickmott | 52kg | $10.00 | 03:20:58 |
| 2 | Heartbreak City | 23 | Joao Moreira | 7 | Tony Martin | 54kg | $19.00 | 0.2L |
| 3 | Hartnell | 12 | James McDonald | 6 | John O’Shea | 56kg | $5.50 | 4.45L |
| 4 | Qewy | 15 | Craig Williams | 7 | Charlie Appleby | 51.5kg | $29.00 | 6.7L |
| 5 | Who Shot Thebarman | 20 | Hugh Bowman | 8 | Chris Waller | 56kg | $34.00 | 6.8L |
| 6 | Almoonqith | 19 | Michael Walker | 7 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | 54.5kg | $34.00 | 6.9L |
| 7 | Beautiful Romance | 1 | Damian Lane | 5 | Saeed Bin Suroor | 52.5kg | $67.00 | 7.9L |
| 8 | Exospheric | 13 | Damien Oliver | 5 | Lee & Anthony Freedman | 56kg | $21.00 | 8.65L |
| 9 | Pentathlon | 4 | Mark Du Plessis | 5 | John Wheeler | 51.5kg | $126.00 | 9.4L |
| 10 | Big Orange | 7 | Jamie Spencer | 6 | Michael Bell | 57kg | $13.00 | 9.5L |
| 11 | Grand Marshal | 9 | Ben Melham | 7 | Chris Waller | 54.5kg | $31.00 | 9.8L |
| 12 | Oceanographer | 11 | Chad Schofield | 5 | Charlie Appleby | 52kg | $9.00 | 10L |
| 13 | Bondi Beach | 5 | Ryan Moore | 5 | Aidan O’Brien | 56kg | $10.00 | 10.75L |
| 14 | Grey Lion | 16 | Glen Boss | 5 | Matt Cumani | 52kg | $61.00 | 13.75L |
| 15 | Jameka | 3 | Nicholas Hall | 4 | Ciaron Maher | 54.5kg | $8.00 | 13.95L |
| 16 | Excess Knowledge | 21 | Vlad Duric | 7 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 53.5kg | $67.00 | 15.7L |
| 17 | Our Ivanhowe | 6 | Dwayne Dunn | 7 | Lee & Anthony Freedman | 57kg | $41.00 | 15.8L |
| 18 | Sir John Hawkwood | 14 | Blake Spriggs | 8 | John P Thompson | 54kg | $67.00 | 20.8L |
| 19 | Assign | 22 | Katelyn Mallyon | 6 | Robert Hickmott | 52kg | $71.00 | 20.9L |
| 20 | Gallante | 2 | Blake Shinn | 6 | Robert Hickmott | 54.5kg | $51.00 | 22.15L |
| 21 | Secret Number | 10 | Stephen Baster | 7 | Saeed Bin Suroor | 52kg | $31.00 | 22.35L |
| 22 | Wicklow Brave | 24 | Frankie Dettori | 8 | William Mullins | 56kg | $16.00 | 24.35L |
| 23 | Curren Mirotic | 18 | Tommy Berry | 9 | Osamu Hirata | 56.5kg | $51.00 | 27.35L |
| 24 | Rose Of Virginia | 8 | Ben E Thompson | 7 | Lee & Shannon Hope | 51.5kg | $101.00 | 99.9L |
Odds were correct as of 1:45pm (AEDT), November 1
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