Melbourne Cup Horses 

Melbourne Cup 2012 Results - Order of finish:

Position	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Win	Place
1st	14. Green Moon (IRE)	Brett Prebble	Robert Hickmott	$20.80	$6.60
2nd	11. Fiorente (IRE)	James McDonald	Gai Waterhouse		$12.30
3rd	3. Jakkalberry (IRE)	Colm O'Donoghue	Marco Botti		$15.70
4th	24. Kelinni (IRE)	Glen Boss	Chris Waller

This section contains the complete line-up of gallopers who participated in the Melbourne Cup.

Each of the Melbourne Cup 2012 horses have profiles that show the unique path they took, their barrier trial records, common opponents, latest news, their next race and more.

We even have Horse reviews further down to help find next year's winner!

Melbourne Cup Field

Below are the 24 horses who made the final field along with their assigned barrier draws. Some weights were changed for horses that won a qualifying event, such as Caulfield Cup winner Dunaden.

The field was determined on Sunday, the 4th of November 2012, and was subject to a horse's continued good health and other factors. One significant change involved the galloper Kelinni, who won the Lexus Stakes.

The victory earned Kelinni a chance to contest the 2012 Cup, and his connections took advantage. The Chris Waller trained stayer was no stranger to success, having recently placed in the Metropolitan Handicap. 

		Final Field Horse Details	Last 10	Career	W%	P%	Avg $	Wgt	Bar
1		Dunaden (FR) Craig Williams - Mikel Delzangles	1s6233s111	34 10-9-7	29%	76%	$208,400	59	16
2		Americain (USA) Damien Oliver - Alain de Royer Dupre	4s6s623s14	33 11-4-4	33%	58%	$179,505	58	12
3		Jakkalberry (IRE) Colm O'Donoghue - Marco Botti	0s1s5s33s7	25 10-2-3	40%	60%	$62,291	55.5	19
4		Red Cadeaux (GB) Michael Rodd - Ed Dunlop	s33212s32s	30 6-8-5	20%	63%	$52,140	55.5	18
5		Winchester (USA) Jamie Mott - John Sadler	6999s3s5s1	29 6-6-3	21%	52%	$60,905	55.5	22
6		Voila Ici (IRE) Vlad Duric - Peter Moody	0426s343s1	32 13-6-5	41%	75%	$53,931	55	13
7		Cavalryman (GB) Frankie Dettori - Saeed Bin Suroor	24s11s72s5	27 6-4-3	22%	48%	$89,766	54	6
8		Mount Athos (IRE) Ryan Moore - Luca Cumani	s11s1s4s84	20 7-0-1	35%	40%	$11,802	54	8
9		Sanagas (GER) Nicholas Hall - Bart Cummings	0600s6s114	15 7-1-0	47%	53%	$19,256	54	4
10		Ethiopia Rhys McLeod - Pat Carey	467s1233	7 1-1-2	14%	57%	$161,579	53.5	14
11		Fiorente (IRE) James McDonald - Gai Waterhouse	s4s1626s22	9 2-3-0	22%	56%	$21,901	53.5	2
12		Galileo's Choice (IRE) Patrick Smullen - Dermot K Weld	s11s71s2s1	16 8-4-1	50%	81%	$15,256	53.5	11
13		Glencadam Gold (IRE) Tommy Berry - Gai Waterhouse	01111s0s09	13 6-2-1	46%	69%	$36,464	53.5	7
14		Green Moon (IRE) Brett Prebble - Robert Hickmott	7125s1s021	19 6-3-0	32%	47%	$62,373	53.5	5
15		Maluckyday (NZ) Jim Cassidy - Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	5208s8s744	17 5-3-2	29%	59%	$76,747	53.5	9
16		Mourayan (IRE) Hugh Bowman - Robert Hickmott	124s9s3213	32 4-8-5	13%	53%	$47,033	53.5	3
17		My Quest for Peace (IRE) Corey Brown - Luca Cumani	5s11042s51	12 5-1-2	42%	67%	$29,779	53.5	1
18		Niwot Dwayne Dunn - Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	0800s14455	32 9-4-1	28%	44%	$37,276	53.5	15
19		Tac de Boistron (FR) Olivier Doleuze - Michael Kent	6s12535s14	27 5-2-2	19%	33%	$11,863	53.5	21
20		Lights of Heaven (NZ) Luke Nolen - Peter Moody	3390s11227	18 6-3-3	33%	67%	$66,316	53	17
21		Precedence (NZ) Blake Shinn - Bart Cummings	46014s7724	44 7-5-1	16%	30%	$23,300	53	20
22		Unusual Suspect (USA) Glyn Schofield - Michael Kent	5009s8096s	68 9-8-6	13%	34%	$22,022	53	23
23		Zabeelionaire (NZ) Craig Newitt - Leon Corstens	56079s6115	17 3-1-0	18%	24%	$33,869	52	24
24		Kelinni (IRE) Glen Boss - Chris Waller	12141122s1	18 8-3-3	44%	78%	$28,500	51	10

Melbourne Cup Horses- Next Race

When details come in we'll update each Melbourne Cup horses next race in the table below, and as the event draws closer it will include a preview with start times so be sure to bookmark this page!

You may also be interested in the Melbourne Cup horses 2013 early preview, which rates likely contenders and their upcoming 2012 races.

Horse	Next Start	Horse	Next Start
Green Moon	Futurity Stakes 23/2/2013	Voila Ici	Spelled
Dunaden	Hong Kong Vase 9/12	Mount Athos	Japan Cup 25/11
Jakkalberry	Japan Cup 25/11	Red Cadeaux	Hong Kong Vase 9/12
Kelinni	Spelled	Americain	Retired to stud

Horse Reviews and guide to helping find Next Year's Winner!

When studying the final field there were several 2012 Melbourne Cup horses that could have made history, and two performances that did!

For example Dunaden who won last year's Cup while carrying 54.5kgs, tried to lug 59kgs across the line. Had the Nicobar stallion won, he would've carried the highest weight to victory since Rain Lover's 60.5kgs (1969).

With a victory Dunaden would have also become the first galloper to win back-to-back Melbourne Cups since the mighty Makybe Diva, who won three straight (2003-2005).

Another who tried to etch his name in Melbourne Cup lore is Americain. Had Americain saluted he would've become only the second horse in history to win in non-consecutive years, matching Peter Pan (1930/32).

While Dunaden, Americain, Viola Ici, Niwot and Winchester tried to become the first eight year-old's to win the Melbourne Cup since Catalogue (1938).

A victory by Unusual Suspect would have been even more remarkable, since no nine year-old has ever won, and none has ever claimed the trophy after placing no better than fifth in it's previous five starts. 

Not to be over-looked was Red Cadeaux, because with a victory he would've become the first galloper since Empire Rose (1988) to score the Melbourne Cup after placing the year before.

Red Cadeaux also faced a well known Melbourne Cup barrier obstacle, having drawn number eighteen. In the Great Race's history no horse jumping from barrier eighteen had ever won the Cup.

On the opposite end was Galileo's Choice, as he drew the luckiest barrier in the event's history, number eleven which had seen seven winners.

There's also Mount Athos, an Irish bred horse with a Greek name and Italian trainer who was quite fancied even though he'd never raced in Australia. Only Vintage Crop (1993) has won at his first Aussie start. 

Regarding Ireland, no Irish stayer had ever won the Melbourne Cup, a trend that had a good chance of ending with the likes of Green Moon, Mount Athos, Fiorente, Kelinni, Jakkalberry and five other starters.

A fact Green Moon erased from the books along with helping achieve another record, the first time in history the top four finishers were all bred in the same country (IRE) not named Australia.

The Galileo stallion My Quest For Peace had a chance to become the first horse since Delta Blues (2006), to turn a Caulfield Cup defeat into a Melbourne Cup victory. 

While Maluckyday who placed second in the Cup just two years ago, could have joined an elite list of gallopers that won the event after failing in their first Melbourne Cup appearance. 

For more information on the 2012 horses shown above, visit the Melbourne Cup field page, where you can still see the form guide for Australia's great race!

Melbourne Cup 2013
Race Date:	Tuesday November 5th at 3:00pm Sydney time (Flemington Race 7)
Conditions:	Group 1- Quality Handicap, 3200m with 6.2million in prize money

Likewise, below the photo is a complete list of last year's Melbourne Cup Horses along with their form lines, previous results, breeding details, best distances and other key statistics.

This list shows the full Melbourne Cup line up based on the final field of twenty-four. Click each horse for form guides, news and more. 

For example the horse Dunaden used the Geelong Cup as his first-ever Australian start and Melbourne Cup lead-up, following the same path as the previous year's winner Americain. But the similarities don't stop there, he carried the same weight (58kgs) as Americain to his Geelong win.

Fresh off this momentum Dunaden entered the Melbourne Cup as one of the top five favourites, much like Americain the year before. The Nicobar stallion was also assigned the identical weight (54.5kgs) his french trained rival carried to victory in 2010.

After claiming the Cup Dunaden's next race was in Hong Kong, where ridden by Craig Williams the stayer became the first horse to win the Hong Kong Vase-Melbourne Cup double.

As for for the Dynaformer stallion Americain, his next start took place in the Sandown Cassic on Saturday the 12th of November where he defeated Melbourne Cup fifth place finisher Manighar.

While Cup runner-up Red Cadeaux had his next race in Hong Kong where he finished third to Dunaden, thus extending his Group place-rate.


Last year's Melbourne Cup field

		Horse Details	Last 10	Career	W%	P%	Avg $	Wgt	Bar
1		Americain (USA) Gerald Mosse - Alain de Royer Dupre	10161111	26 10-3-3	38%	62%	$186,834	58	15
2		Jukebox Jury (IRE) Neil Callan - Mark Johnston	113	21 9-2-2	43%	62%	$81,425	57	6
3		Dunaden (FR) n/a - Mikel Delzangles	1921	27 7-8-5	26%	74%	$18,838	54.5	13
4		Drunken Sailor (IRE) Dwayne Dunn - Luca Cumani	73130122	41 11-9-4	27%	59%	$18,133	54	8
5		Glass Harmonium (IRE) Lisa Cropp - Michael Moroney	1024221320	21 5-5-2	24%	57%	$61,794	54	23
6		Manighar (FR) Damien Oliver - Luca Cumani	448475255	20 6-3-3	30%	60%	$45,798	54	21
7		Unusual Suspect (USA) n/a - Michael Kent	604512	59 9-8-6	15%	39%	$23,099	54	7
8		Fox Hunt (IRE) Silvestre De Sousa - Mark Johnston	164	15 5-4-0	33%	60%	$11,519	53.5	19
9		Lucas Cranach (GER) Corey Brown - Anthony Freedman	5512	10 5-1-0	50%	60%	$24,299	53.5	11
10		Mourayan (IRE) Hugh Bowman - Robert Hickmott	2134024028	27 3-7-4	11%	52%	$49,787	53.5	14
11		Precedence (NZ) Darren Beadman - Bart Cummings	9007652081	32 6-4-1	19%	34%	$25,812	53.5	2
12		Red Cadeaux (GB) Michael Rodd - Ed Dunlop	350	23 5-5-2	22%	52%	$9,868	53.5	16
13		Hawk Island (IRE) Glyn Schofield - Chris Waller	02206-7143	40 10-8-2	25%	50%	$19,629	53	18
14		Illo (GER) Jim Cassidy - Bart Cummings	3124	14 5-3-3	36%	79%	$12,033	53	1
15		Lost in the Moment (IRE) William Buick - Saeed Bin Suroor	472	17 4-4-1	24%	53%	$12,708	53	3
16		Modun (IRE) Kerrin McEvoy - Saeed Bin Suroor	142	8 3-3-0	38%	75%	$16,178	53	5
17		At First Sight (IRE) Steven King - Robert Hickmott	2260542	11 1-4-1	9%	55%	$63,320	52.5	10
18		Moyenne Corniche (GB) Brett Prebble - Brian Ellison	3105	26 2-6-4	8%	46%	$12,284	52	17
19		Saptapadi (IRE) Chris Symons - Brian Ellison	08555	14 1-2-1	7%	29%	$6,198	52	22
20		Shamrocker (NZ) Luke Nolen - Danny O'Brien	0708213142	17 4-2-2	24%	47%	$116,229	52	24
21		The Verminator Craig Newitt - Chris Waller	0151334112	25 7-6-3	28%	64%	$22,444	52	4
22		Tullamore (NZ) Chris Munce - Gai Waterhouse	2383812411	24 5-7-4	21%	67%	$25,896	52	12
23		Niwot Dean Yendall - Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	1027012104	22 8-4-1	36%	59%	$26,833	51	9
24		Older Than Time Tim Clark - Gai Waterhouse	0356024111	16 5-4-1	31%	63%	$15,244	51	20