{"id":295705,"date":"2023-11-07T05:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T05:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295705"},"modified":"2023-11-07T05:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T05:24:42","slug":"where-your-horse-placed-in-the-2023-melbourne-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/horse-racing\/where-your-horse-placed-in-the-2023-melbourne-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Where YOUR horse placed in the 2023 Melbourne Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Where YOUR horse placed in the 2023 Melbourne Cup as Without a Fight takes out the race that stops the nation<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Without A Fight won 2023 Melbourne Cup, ridden by Mark Zahra<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Soulcombe a valiant second, Shiraz surprised to finish third<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Zahra also won the Cup on board Gold Trip at Flemington last year<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>After failing to finish, Right You Are finished a distant last\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Without A Fight has won the 2023 Melbourne Cup after he stormed to victory at Flemington.<\/p>\n<p>The Caulfield Cup winner cruised home by two lengths, finishing ahead of a gallant Soulcombe, with Sheraz claiming third spot over the 3200m journey.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, it was jockey Mark Zahra&#8217;s second successive Cup triumph, after he saluted on Gold Trip 12 months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Unbelievable,&#8217; a jubilant Zahra said post race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was a gentleman for me today. Went to the rail and switched off and probably got to the front earlier than last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In front of him was Gold Trip and Vauban. I thought I&#8217;d stay here. They all made their moves and it opened up for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/04\/77488971-12718191-image-a-18_1699331473755.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Without A Fight has won the 2023 Melbourne Cup after he stormed to victory at Flemington<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/04\/77488991-12718191-Remarkably_it_was_Mark_Zahra_s_second_successive_Cup_triumph_aft-m-20_1699331493490.jpg\" height=\"404\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, it was Mark Zahra&#8217;s second successive Cup triumph, after he saluted on Gold Trip 12 months ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/04\/77489407-12718191-image-m-34_1699332680629.jpg\" height=\"1029\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Given the prizemoney was $4.4million for the winner, hoop Mark Zahra had every reason to smile (pictured)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was on a horse you can sit on. He&#8217;s got an electric turn of foot and he pulled me all the way to the line.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Here is where the rest of the field finished in the race that stops a nation, starting with Ashrun in<span>\u00a0fourth place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5th:\u00a0<span>Daqiansweet Junior<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Super run from the 2022 Adelaide Cup winner.<\/p>\n<p>6th:\u00a0\u00a0<span>Interpretation<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Great effort to finish in the top six from the last start winner in the Bendigo Cup.<\/p>\n<p>7th:\u00a0<span>Absurde<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Firmed in significantly, couldn&#8217;t get a clear run. An opportunity missed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>8th: <span>True Marvel<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Did exceptionally well to snare a top 10 placing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>9th: <span>Vow And Declare<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2019 Melbourne Cup winner showed his old legs can hold their own.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/04\/77489479-12718191-image-a-35_1699332771464.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Decorated trainer Gai Waterhouse would have expected a better showing from Military Mission<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/04\/77476167-12718191-image-m-37_1699332838115.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban finished in 14th, leaving many punters searching for answers<\/p>\n<p>10th:<span>\u00a0Military Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gai Waterhouse\/Adrian Bott trained stayer would have hoped to finish higher.<\/p>\n<p>11th: <span>Okita Soushi<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After poor run in the Caulfield Cup, took his shot at redemption.<\/p>\n<p>12th: <span>More Felons<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Was previously named Scriptwriter &#8211; but couldn&#8217;t perform a miracle at Flemington even with the talented Jamie Kah in the saddle.<\/p>\n<p>13th: <span>Lastotchka<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Barrier 21 wasn&#8217;t ideal, even master jockey Craig Williams couldn&#8217;t conjure a miracle.<\/p>\n<p>14th: <span>Vauban<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Where do we even start? Some big punters will be wincing reading this. Pre-race favourite went missing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>15th: <span>Future History<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Won the Group 3 Bart Cummings at Flemington a month ago which warranted automatic entry into the Cup. Proved to be the only highlight, ridden by Hollie Doyle.<\/p>\n<p>16th:<span>\u00a0Breakup<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Japanese starter whose connections will be feeling deflated.<\/p>\n<p>17th: <span>Gold Trip<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s winner couldn&#8217;t repeat the dose.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/04\/77480813-12718191-image-m-42_1699333009866.jpg\" height=\"725\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>James McDonald has dominated the Spring Carnival &#8211; but couldn&#8217;t get Gold Trip to go back to back in the race that stops a nationb<\/p>\n<p>18th: <span>Virtuous Circle<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rank outsider, trained by Dianne McDonald, the mother of champion Kiwi hoop James McDonald. $151 chance for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>19th:<span>\u00a0Serpentine<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dictated the pace early, faded badly as was expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>20th:\u00a0<span>Kalapour<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also gave once-a-year punters hope, finished where many experts thought he would.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>21st:\u00a0<span>Alenquer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>No Cup fairytale for the departing Damien Oliver.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>22nd: <span>Magical Lagoon<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jockey Mark Du Plessis felt he may be outclassed, proved to be the case.<\/p>\n<p>23rd: <span>Right You Are<\/span> (failed to finish)<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/racing\/article-12718191\/Where-horse-placed-2023-Melbourne-Cup-Without-Fight-takes-race-stops-nation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where YOUR horse placed in the 2023 Melbourne Cup as Without a Fight takes out the race that stops the nation Without A Fight won 2023 Melbourne Cup, ridden by Mark Zahra Soulcombe a valiant second, Shiraz surprised to finish third Zahra also won the Cup on board Gold Trip at Flemington last year After [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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