# 2008 Melbourne Cup

   Viewed dashed to the front now, Viewed raced away from them, from Moatize, here's Profound Beauty running home, Bauer coming down the outside and C'est La Guerre. Viewed is clear though, 200 meters to go, Bauer ran to second, C'est La Guerre coming home hard. Viewed in front, Bauer's a big danger, Viewed by a neck, Bauer's getting there, Viewed holding on, Bauer dives... Viewed a nose to Bauer, I think!
Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race
The 2008 Melbourne Cup, the 148th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, 4 November 2008, starting at 3:00 pm local time (0400 UTC). It was won by Viewed.
On 3 December 2008, Luca Cumani, trainer of second-place Bauer, announced that an inquiry was underway into treatment Bauer received on the Thursday prior to the race. The treatment was a form of physio therapy that is illegal to administer within 7 days of a race; as a result of the treatment, Bauer could have been stripped of his second place. However, Racing Victoria announced on 4 December that Bauer would not be disqualified.

## Field

The official field for the cup including horses scratched after the field was finalised.
| Number | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight (kg) | Barrier | Placing |
| 1 | Septimus | Aidan O'Brien | Johnny Murtagh | 58.5 | 10 | 18th |
| 2 | Master O'Reilly | Danny O'Brien | Vlad Duric | 55 | 6 | 4th |
| 3 | Honolulu | Aidan O'Brien | Colm O'Donoghue | 54.5 | 24 | 21st |
| 4 | C’est La Guerre | John Sadler | Brett Prebble | 54 | 5 | 3rd |
| 5 | Nom Du Jeu | Murray Baker | J Lloyd | 54 | 1 | 8th |
| 6 | Yellowstone | Jane Chapple-Hyam | J F Egan | 54 | scr | scr |
| 7 | Zipping | John Sadler | Danny Nikolic | 54 | 16 | 9th |
| 8 | Mad Rush | Luca Cumani | Damien Oliver | 53.5 | 4 | 7th |
| 9 | Ice Chariot | Ron Maund | Michael Rodd | 53 | 22 | 11th |
| 10 | Viewed | Bart Cummings | Blake Shinn | 53 | 9 | 1st |
| 11 | Littorio | Nigel Blackiston | Steven King | 52.5 | 17 | 13th |
| 12 | Bauer | Luca Cumani | Corey Brown | 52 | 13 | 2nd |
| 13 | Boundless | Stephen Mckee | Greg Childs | 52 | 20 | 15th |
| 14 | Gallopin | Danny O'Brien | James Winks | 52 | 21 | DNF |
| 15 | Guyno | Lou Luciani | Craig Newitt | 52 | 8 | 12th |
| 16 | Zarita | Pat Hyland | Dwayne Dunn | 52 | scr | scr |
| 17 | Newport | Paul Perry | Chris Symons | 51.5 | 15 | 10th |
| 18 | Profound Beauty | Dermot Weld | Glen Boss | 51.5 | 2 | 5th |
| 19 | Red Lord | Anthony Cummings | Nicholas Hall | 51.5 | 14 | 16th |
| 20 | Varevees | Richard Gibson | Craig Williams | 51.5 | 23 | 14th |
| 21 | Prize Lady | Graeme Sanders | Mark Sweeney | 51 | 18 | 17th |
| 22 | Alessandro Volta | Aidan O'Brien | W M Lordan | 50.5 | 11 | 20th |
| 23 | Barbaricus | Danny O'Brien | Stephen Baster | 50.5 | 3 | 19th |
| 24 | Moatize | Bart Cummings | Ms Claire Lindop | 50 | 19 | 6th |

### Notes

* $^a$ Apprentice jockey.
* $^b$ Horses in barriers to the outside of the scratched horse will move inwards.
* $^1$ Yellowstone scratched by vets, after failing to recover from a hip injury sustained last week.
* $^2$ Gallopin did not finish
* $^3$ Zarita scratched, by trainer due to respiratory infection.
* $^4$ a probe into treatment Bauer received prior to the race could have resulted in the horse being stripped of second place

## Results

The race was won by the Bart Cummings trained horse Viewed, with Honolulu officially last as Gallopin did not finish the race.
| Place | Barrier | Horse | Race Time |
| 1st | 8 | Viewed | 3-20.40 |
| 2nd | 11 | Bauer (IRE) | |
| 3rd | 5 | C'est La Guerre (NZ) | |
| 4th | 6 | Master O'Reilly (NZ) | |
| 5th | 2 | Profound Beauty (IRE) | |
| 6th | 17 | Moatize | |
| 7th | 4 | Mad Rush (USA) | |
| 8th | 1 | Nom du Jeu (NZ) | |
| 9th | 14 | Zipping | |
| 10th | 13 | Newport | |
| 11th | 20 | Ice Chariot | |
| 12th | 7 | Guyno (NZ) | |
| 13th | 15 | Littorio | |
| 14th | 21 | Varevees (GBR) | |
| 15th | 18 | Boundless (NZ) | |
| 16th | 12 | Red Lord | |
| 17th | 16 | Prize Lady (NZ) | |
| 18th | 9 | Septimus (IRE) | |
| 19th | 3 | Barbaricus | |
| 20th | 10 | Alessandro Volta (GBR) | |
| 21st | 22 | Honolulu (IRE) | |
| DNF | 19 | Gallopin (NZ) | |
| - | - | Yellowstone (IRE) | Scratched |
| - | - | Zarita (NZ) | Scratched |