2010 Melbourne Cup
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The 2010 Melbourne Cup
, the 150th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred
horse race, was held on Tuesday, 2 November 2010 at 3:00 PM. local time
(0400 UTC).
It was won by Americain
, a French-trained horse who had won the Geelong Cup
at his only other Australian start. Second placing went to the lightly raced Lexus Stakes winner Maluckyday, while third placing went to dual Cox Plate
winner and short-priced favourite So You Think
.
The official winning time was 3:26.87 with the margins of 2.8 lengths and 0.5 lengths back to third. The race was run on a slow (6) track with persistent rain falling causing flooding and closure of the Cup Day car park.
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
, the 150th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race, was held on Tuesday, 2 November 2010 at 3:00 PM. local time
Time in Australia
Australia uses Standard time, i.e: the same well defined time for a region. The proper names of Australia's time zones are Australian Western Standard Time , Australian Central Standard Time , and Australian Eastern Standard Time...
(0400 UTC).
It was won by Americain
Americain
Americain is an American-bred French trained thoroughbred racehorse. The six-year-old stayer won the 150th Melbourne Cup in 2010, ridden by Gérald Mossé, trained by Alain De Royer-Dupre and owned by Melbourne businessmen Gerry Ryan and Kevin Bamford....
, a French-trained horse who had won the Geelong Cup
Geelong Cup
The Geelong Cup is an annual Australian Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race. The race is open to horses of all ages and sexes. The race is held over a distance of 2400 metres at the Geelong Racecourse on the fourth Wednesday of October, and was first run in 1872...
at his only other Australian start. Second placing went to the lightly raced Lexus Stakes winner Maluckyday, while third placing went to dual Cox Plate
Cox Plate
The W.S. Cox Plate is an Australian Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne every October by the Moonee Valley Racing Club to honour W.S. Cox, the club's founder. For three-year-olds and over, the race is considered to be the Weight for Age championship of Australasia...
winner and short-priced favourite So You Think
So You Think
So You Think is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, now majority owned by Coolmore Stud of Ireland. So You Think came to prominence through winning the 2009 and 2010 Cox Plates, Australia's premier weight for age race. His second Cox Plate win came at just his tenth career start...
.
The official winning time was 3:26.87 with the margins of 2.8 lengths and 0.5 lengths back to third. The race was run on a slow (6) track with persistent rain falling causing flooding and closure of the Cup Day car park.
Participating Horses
Horses are bred and trained in Australia, unless otherwise indicated. All columns in this table can be sorted by clicking the icons in the top row.| Entry Order | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight | Barrier | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shocking Shocking Shocking is an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse, trained by Mark Kavanagh, who won the 149th Melbourne Cup on 3 November 2009 by three-quarters of a length.-Pedigree:... |
Mark Kavanagh | Michael Rodd | 57 | 24 | 18 |
| 2 | Campanologist (USA) | Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation.... (UAE) |
Kevin McEvoy | 56 | 19 | 16 |
| 3 | So You Think So You Think So You Think is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, now majority owned by Coolmore Stud of Ireland. So You Think came to prominence through winning the 2009 and 2010 Cox Plates, Australia's premier weight for age race. His second Cox Plate win came at just his tenth career start... (NZ) |
Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times.... |
Steven Arnold | 56 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Zipping Zipping (horse) Zipping is an Australian champion racehorse who is notable for winning the prestigious Sandown Classic race in four consecutive years. -Racing history:He won his first Sandown Classic in 2007, defeating Jukebox Johhny, and Baughurst as a 6 year old.... |
Robert Hickmott | Nicolas Hall | 55.5 | 16 | 4 |
| 5 | Illustrious Blue (GB) | William J Knight (GB) | Glen Boss Glen Boss Glen Boss is an Australian jockey, considered a champion, who is best known for riding Makybe Diva to victory in three consecutive Melbourne Cups - 2003, 2004, and 2005.-External links:***... |
55 | 9 | 9 |
| 6 | Mr Medici (IRE) | Peter Ho (HK) | Darren Beadman | 55 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Shoot Out | John Wallace | Corey Brown | 55 | 17 | 13 |
| 8 | Americain Americain Americain is an American-bred French trained thoroughbred racehorse. The six-year-old stayer won the 150th Melbourne Cup in 2010, ridden by Gérald Mossé, trained by Alain De Royer-Dupre and owned by Melbourne businessmen Gerry Ryan and Kevin Bamford.... (USA) |
Alain de Royer-Dupre Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré is a leading French thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He grew up at the Haras de Saint Lô, a national stud farm in Normandy of which his father was Assistant Director and later Director, responsible for government-owned stallions based at farms in the local... (FR) |
Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé is a jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in April 1983 and his success during his apprenticeship under Patrick-Louis Biancone led to an offer to ride for renowned trainer François Boutin and his stable of horses belonging to Jean-Luc Lagardère... |
54.5 | 12 | 1 |
| 9 | Tokai Trick (JPN) | Kenji Nonaka (JPN) | Shinji Fujita | 54.5 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Buccellati (GB) | Tony Noonan | Steven King | 54 | 21 | 20 |
| 11 | Descarado (NZ) | Gai Waterhouse Gai Waterhouse Gai Waterhouse is a Scottish-born, Australian resident horse trainer, businesswoman and a former actress-Career:... |
Nash Rawiller Nash Rawiller Nash Rawiller is a prominent Australian jockey who mainly rides at meetings in Sydney. He started his career riding in Melbourne but moved to Sydney to ride for prominent trainer Gai Waterhouse. His biggest win to date was riding Elvstroem to victory in the 2004 Caulfield Cup... |
54 | 1 | did not finish |
| 12 | Harris Tweed (NZ) | Murry & Bjorn Baker | Brad Rawiller | 54 | 13 | 5 |
| 13 | Manighar (FR) | Luca Cumani Luca Cumani Luca M. Cumani is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer. He has trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket, England since 1976... (GB) |
Damien Oliver | 54 | 20 | 7 |
| 14 | Master O'Reilly Master O'Reilly Master O'Reilly is a New Zealand bred race horse trained by Judy Mawer. He was the 2007 winner of the Caulfield Cup when ridden by Vlad Duric.... (NZ) |
Danny O'Brien | Vlad Duric | 54 | 18 | 15 |
| 15 | Monaco Consul (NZ) | Michael Moroney | Craig Williams | 54 | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | Profound Beauty (IRE) | Dermot K Weld Dermot Weld Dermot K. Weld is one of Ireland's most successful racehorse trainers. He holds the record for the most winners trained in Ireland .... (IRE) |
Pat Smullen | 54 | 22 | 17 |
| 17 | Zavite (NZ) | Anthony Cummings | Michael Walker | 54 | 7 | 22 |
| 18 | Bauer (IRE) | Luca Cumani Luca Cumani Luca M. Cumani is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer. He has trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket, England since 1976... (GB) |
Chris Munce Chris Munce Chris Munce is a highly successful Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was convicted in Hong Kong on 1 March 2007 of taking bribes in exchange for racing tips.- Overview :... |
53.5 | 2 | scratched |
| 19 | Holberg (UAE) | Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation.... (UAE) |
Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing... |
53.5 | 10 | 6 |
| 20 | Precedence (NZ) | Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times.... |
J M Winks | 53.5 | 15 | 8 |
| 21 | Red Ruler (NZ) | John Sargent (NZ) | Mark Du Plessis | 53.5 | 8 | 19 |
| 22 | Linton | Robert Hickmott | Brett Prebble | 52 | 23 | 21 |
| 23 | Once Were Wild | Gai Waterhouse Gai Waterhouse Gai Waterhouse is a Scottish-born, Australian resident horse trainer, businesswoman and a former actress-Career:... |
Jim Cassidy Jim Cassidy (jockey) Jim Cassidy is a New Zealand jockey who famously rode Kiwi from last into the straight to win the 1983 Melbourne Cup. He won his second Melbourne Cup in 1997 aboard Might and Power whom he also rode to victory in the following year's Cox Plate.Cassidy has won the Australian Derby three times; in... |
51.5 | 11 | 11 |
| 24 | Maluckyday (NZ) | Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes | Luke Nolen | 51 | 6 | 2 |