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…
Perennial bridesmaid Red Cadeaux has once again helped to bump up a huge first-four and trifecta dividend in this year’s Melbourne Cup.
1. Protectionist
2. Red Cadeaux
3. Who Shot Thebarman
4. Signoff
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The first-four dividend paid $15,381.80 in Victoria, not quite as big as last year’s six-figure amount.
The result was boosted by the run of Who Shot Thebarman who snuck into the placings at longer odds.
The trifecta – Protectionist, Red Cadeaux and Who Shot Thebarman – paid $2173.10, another handy result.
The quinella paid $87.50, while the exacta paid $155.70.
In NSW, the trifecta dividends weren’t much different – paying $2202.40.
But the first-four paid over $3000 more, winners picking up a share of a cool $18,884 for the 5-4-12-24 result.
Queensland also had a strong result, their first-four dividend paying $18,452.80.
The exacta paid around $155 in all three states, while the Protectionist and Red Cadeaux paid around $90 for the quinella.
Protectionist, an $8.60 chance in Victoria, beat home Red Cadeaux at $5.10 a place and Who Shot Thebarman at $3.60 a place.
Full Melbourne Cup finishing order:
FINISH | HORSE | JOCKEY | WEIGHT | MARGIN | START |
1 | Protectionist | Ryan Moore | 56.5 | 0 | 8 |
2 | Red Cadeaux | G Mosse | 57 | 4 | 21 |
3 | Who Shot Thebarman | G Boss | 55 | 4.5 | 21 |
4 | Signoff | J Moreira | 51 | 6 | 8 |
5 | Willing Foe | J B Mc Donald | 55 | 7 | 31 |
6 | Precedence | M Rodd | 54.5 | 8 | 81 |
7 | Araldo | D Dunn | 53 | 9.3 | 21 |
8 | Au Revoir | G Schofield | 53.5 | 10.8 | 71 |
9 | Seismos | C Newitt | 56 | 12.6 | 91 |
10 | Fawkner | Nicholas Hall | 57 | 13 | 8.5 |
11 | Opinion | T Angland | 53.5 | 15.3 | 71 |
12 | Gatewood | W Buick | 55 | 15.4 | 61 |
13 | Lucia Valentina | K Mc Evoy | 53 | 15.7 | 7 |
14 | Mutual Regard | D Oliver | 55 | 17.5 | 9 |
15 | Brambles | L Nolen | 54 | 20.8 | 81 |
16 | Unchain My Heart | D Yendall | 51.5 | 23.6 | 101 |
17 | My Ambivalent | A Atzeni | 54.5 | 24.9 | 31 |
18 | Junoob | J Bowman | 55.5 | 28.9 | 21 |
19 | Lidari | B Melham | 53.5 | 31.9 | 71 |
20 | Royal Diamond | S W Arnold | 55.5 | 47.9 | 101 |
21 | Mr O’Ceirin | C Schofield | 54 | 48.3 | 201 |
22 | Admire Rakti | Z Purton | 58.5 | 73.3 | 5.5 |
Scratched | Cavalryman | N/A | 57 | N/A | N/A |
Scratched | Sea Moon | N/A | 56.5 | N/A | N/A |
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