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The 2024 Lexus Melbourne Cup results saw a boilover with the John Symons & Shelia Laxon-trained Queensland raider Knight’s Choice ($81) flash home late to hold on in a photo thriller denying the improving Japanese raider Warp Speed victory in a lucrative quinella.
Ridden by Robbie Dolan, the Extreme Choice five-year-old came off a fifth in the Bendigo Cup to post his first win since December last year in one of the more memorable Melbourne Cup finishes in history.
Ladbrokes Moonee Valley Gold Cup winner Okita Soushi off an on-speed run held for third to complete the Melbourne Cup 2024 trifecta, while Godolphin’s classy mare Zardozi on the quick back-up out of last weekend’s Empire Rose Stakes ran fourth in a lovely performance by the four-year-old.
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Melbourne Cup 2024 Results
| 11. Knight's Choice (5) J: Robbie Dolan 51.5kg x9005 T: J G Symons & S Laxon | ||
| 4. Warp Speed (2) J: Akira Sugawara 54.5kg 325x0 T: N Takagi | ||
| 12. Okita Soushi (9) J: Jamie Kah 51kg x8021 T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 14. Zardozi (3) J: Andrea Atzeni 51kg 65245 T: James Cummings |
2024 Melbourne Cup Day continues the elite racing action of Victoria’s premier carnival today, Tuesday November 5, and below the Races.com.au team will be updating the live Flemington race results for Melbourne Cup Day across the afternoon.
From the opening Melbourne Cup Day winner at 10:45pm (AEDT) through to the last to at 5:15pm (AEDT), we will keep you up to date with all the Flemington results, Melbourne Cup Day winners and racing recaps below.
See how your Melbourne Cup Day bets go and find out at 3:00pm (AEDT) which horse is the 2024 Melbourne Cup winner when Buckaroo for the Waller stable and returning favourite Vauban lock horns in the 164th edition of the ‘Race That Stops a Nation’!
There are 23 remaining Melbourne Cup horses in the field after Athabascan was withdrawn on Monday evening – full story here – and our complete Melbourne Cup 2024 Preview can be found here!
2024 Melbourne Cup Day Race Schedule, Betting & Results
Race 1 (10:45am) Group 3 $200,000 Darley Maribyrnong Plate (1000 METRES)
Maribyrnong Plate 2024 Results
| 9. Tycoon Star (3) J: Michael Dee 58kg T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 3. Bacash (5) J: James McDonald 58kg 5 T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 1. Shining Smile (6) J: Daniel Stackhouse 58kg 2 T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 10. Price Tag (10) J: Mark Zahra 56kg 3 T: A & S Freedman |
Jockey Michael Dee has kicked off his Melbourne Cup Day with a win in the first aboard the Team Hayes-trained Tycoon Star ($17), donning the colours of Cox Plate winner Via Sistina, in the 2024 Maribyrnong Plate results.
The Written Tycoon colt bust through the middle of the track inside the final furlong, drawing away for a length win on debut over stablemate Bascash.
Ben, Will & JD Hayes ran the trifecta also saddling-up the third placed Shining Smile.
Michael Dee will ride in his fourth Melbourne Cup this year partnering the Kiwi Sharp ‘N’ Smart who is around $41 in the markets.
Race 2 (11:20am) $175,000 Listed TAB Trophy (1800 METRES)
TAB Trophy 2024 Results
| 2. Opening Address (6) J: James McDonald 57kg 4132 T: Liam Howley | ||
| 3. Statuario (12) J: Damian Lane 57kg 28114 T: Emma-Lee & David Browne | ||
| 12. Cecchetti (4) J: Daniel Stackhouse 57kg 734 T: Matt Cumani | ||
| 5. Lavalier (1) J: Jamie Kah 57kg 13555 T: James Cummings |
The Liam Howley-trained So You Think gelding, Opening Address ($4.50) was too strong having stalked the pace second throughout before hitting the lead around the turn to lead the entire straight and salute in the second on Melbourne Cup Day.
James McDonald, who is without a Melbourne Cup ride this year, nursed the three-year-old to the line to finish a length ahead of Statuario with Fiorente colt Cecchetti, coming off a Hill Smith fourth behind subsequent VRC Derby champion Goldrush Guru in Adelaide, third to complete the trifecta in the TAB Trophy 2024.
Race 3 (12:00pm) $150,000 MSS Security Subzero Handicap (1400 METRES)
MSS Security Subzero Handicap 2024 Results
| 4. Cloudland (10) J: James McDonald 55kg x2325 T: Kris Lees | ||
| 6. Riot And Rose (3) J: Luke Currie 54kg x0x77 T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | ||
| 2. Chattahoochee (8) J: Craig Williams 58kg 4x923 T: Cindy Alderson | ||
| 5. Kengero (7) J: Beau Mertens 54kg 4073x T: Charlotte Littlefield |
The Kris Lees-trained favourite, Swiss Ace six-year-old Cloudland, drew clear at the 150m and stuck on
with the job to salute in the Subzero Handicap 2024 by three-quarters of a length and hand jockey James McDonald a double on Melbourne Cup Day.
McDonald showed his class riding the winner to victory despite the horse trying to lay in on the straight.
The Kiwi-bred Chattahoochee ran second with Kengero for Charlotte Littlefield a first-up third.
Race 4 (12:40pm) $150,000 The Schweppervescence Plate (1000 METRES)
The Schweppervescence Plate 2024 Results
| 13. Manolo Bling (9) J: Ben Melham 55.5kg 1352 T: A & S Freedman | ||
| 9. Hedonist (11) J: John Allen 57kg 1x237 T: Tom Dabernig | ||
| 12. Overfull (17) J: Blake Shinn 55.5kg 41x02 T: Peter Robl | ||
| 5. Winnasedge (19) J: Luke Currie 57kg 1413 T: Nick Ryan |
The first run down the famous Flemington straight for Melbourne Cup Day saw the 2024 The
Schweppervescence Plate won in a thrilling finish by the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Grunt filly Manolo Bling ($8.50) who came with a storming run down the outside group with Ben Melham in the saddle.
It was a brilliant late close by the winner who improved on her narrow second at Sandown Hillside over 1000m the run prior.
The Tom Dabernig-trained Hedonist ran second with Overfull from an outside alley third to round on the trifecta in the fourth.
Race 5 (1:20pm) $250,000 Australian Heritage Cup (2800 METRES)
Australian Heritage Cup 2024 Results
| 6. Garachico (4) J: Billy Egan 54kg 5x556 T: Dominic Sutton | ||
| 10. Newfoundland (3) J: Jamie Kah 53kg 5x311 T: G Waterhouse & A Bott | ||
| 7. Whisky On The Hill (6) J: Ethan Brown 54kg 63110 T: Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson | ||
| 13. Quantum Cat (5) J: Craig Williams 53kg 5x343 T: Chris Waller |
The first of the major staying races on Melbourne Cup Day, the Australian Heritage Cup 2024 was won in
a boilover by the Dominic Sutton-trained Garachico who was ridden for all he was worth by Billy Egan to salute over the 2800m at 80/1.
Claiming the front 150m out from the line the outsider in betting, who ran third in the event last year, held on in an improved performance to deny the fast-finishing favourite Newfoundland who was beaten around a half-length on the line.
Whisky On The Hill for Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson was also brave the closing stages to finish third.
Race 6 (1:55pm) $175,000 Listed Furphy Plate (1800 METRES)
Furphy Plate 2024 Results
| 5. Arran Bay (10) J: Luke Nolen 57kg 1x482 T: Phillip Stokes | ||
| 1. Unspoken (8) J: Damian Lane 60kg 087x0 T: Peter Snowden | ||
| 8. Apulia (3) J: Mark Zahra 56.5kg 098x2 T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 11. Strawberry Rock (9) J: Ben Melham 54kg 2383x T: Ciaron Maher |
It was another honest display by the Phillip Stokes-trained All Too Hard gelding Arran Bay ($6.50) who held on to deny the wayward Unspoken in the Listed Furphy Plate 2024 results.
The eventual winner took the lead with 300m to go with Luke Nolen keeping him on the straight and narrow to keep fighting all the way to the line and fend off the Peter Snowden-trained Unspoken who cost himself the race laying in badly.
Apulia for Team Hayes was the beaten favourite in third boxing on well to complete the trifecta.
Race 7 (3:00pm) $8,560,000 Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200 METRES)
Melbourne Cup 2024 Results
| 11. Knight's Choice (5) J: Robbie Dolan 51.5kg x9005 T: J G Symons & S Laxon | ||
| 4. Warp Speed (2) J: Akira Sugawara 54.5kg 325x0 T: N Takagi | ||
| 12. Okita Soushi (9) J: Jamie Kah 51kg x8021 T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 14. Zardozi (3) J: Andrea Atzeni 51kg 65245 T: James Cummings |
The official Melbourne Cup 2024 results revealing the 2024 Melbourne Cup winner will be published right here once the race is run and won on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
The John Symons & Shelia Laxon-trained Queenslander, Knight’s Choice ($91), flashed home from the back late with Robbie Dolan aboard to score a thrilling upset in the 2024 Melbourne Cup results narrowly denying the Japanese raider Warp Speed in a remarkable finish.
Okita Soushi for Ciaron Maher ran third with the James Cummings-trained mare Zardozi briefly looking the winner before holding for fourth.
Race 8 (3:50pm) Listed $175,000 The Amanda Elliott (1400 METRES)
The Amanda Elliott 2024 Results
| 14. Catoggio (7) J: Jye McNeil 54kg 25x14 T: G Waterhouse & A Bott | ||
| 1. Bosustow (11) J: James McDonald 60kg 3x264 T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | ||
| 4. Supercilious (12) J: Damian Lane 54kg 51323 T: L & T Corstens & W Larkin | ||
| 13. Stage 'N' Screen (8) J: Michael Dee 54kg 1 T: Mark Walker |
The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Written Tycoon gelding Catoggio ($51), ridden by Jye McNeil, beat home Bosustow in another upset on Melbourne Cup Day leading a Rosemont Stud quinella in The Amanda Elliott 2024 results.
Following on from the stunning 2024 Melbourne Cup upset by Knight’s Choice at $91, another roughie got up in Race 8.
The trifecta was completed by the consistent Supercilious in third.
Race 9 (4:35pm) Group 3 $200,000 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (1400 METRES)
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2024 Results
| 12. Fancify (11) J: Joe Bowditch 55kg 116x1 T: Michael Hickmott | ||
| 2. Tiz Invincible (6) J: Jamie Kah 58kg 0x685 T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 4. Konasana (10) J: James McDonald 57kg 018x7 T: Chris Waller | ||
| 5. Aviatress (4) J: Craig Williams 57kg 32411 T: R & C Jolly |
A huge run by the Michael Hickmott-trained Niagara mare Fancify saw the five-year-old sustain a long on-speed run down the straight to hold on and salute in the 2024 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes results with a gutsy win over who gave chase but couldn’t get there.
Race 10 (5:15pm) $150,000 Channel 9 Trophy (1400 METRES)
Channel 9 Trophy 2024 Results
| 13. Bel Air (5) J: Ben Melham 56kg 18x09 T: A & S Freedman | ||
| 14. Is It Me (11) J: Celine Gaudray 54kg 034x3 T: Daniel Bowman | ||
| 12. Warnie (4) J: Ethan Brown 57kg 115x1 T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 11. Marble Arch (7) J: Michael Dee 57kg 13x18 T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
The Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Written Tycoon gelding Bel Air ($12) just had enough in the tank to hold on and win the last on Melbourne Cup Day giving jockey Ben Melham a Flemington double on the first Tuesday of November.
After sitting up on speed throughout, the winner had to hold off the late challenge by Is It Me to salute.
Warnie lifted late up the middle claim third and complete the trifecta.
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