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After a frantic and exciting 2016 edition of the Melbourne Cup, one of the pre-race favourites, Hartnell has taken third place out with a solid run.
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Despite finishing in the minor placings, Hartnell and the ownership team will still be disappointed after coming into the race as favourites to take it out in first.
After what was a fast and furious race, the favourite was among a leading group of three that pushed away from the field up the final straight but simply couldn’t hold on.
Hartnell had been pushed out into the wind during the early going of the race, and it showed as Almandin and Heartbreak City ran away up the straight to one of the closest finishes in recent memory.
Nonetheless, Hartnell did a solid job in holding off the rest of the field who were blown to shreds by the trio.
Hartnell would eventually end up 4.45 lengths off the pace, but still two lengths ahead of Qewy who led home the rest of the field in what was a closely fought fight for fourth.
Trained by John O’Shea, but part of the Godolphin group which leaves the stable still searching for their first victory in Australia’s richest race.
For finishing in third place Hartnell will take home $450,000 in prize money.
| 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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