2013 Melbourne Cup


The 2013 Emirates Melbourne Cup was the 153rd running of the Melbourne Cup, Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race. The race, held on 5 November 2013, at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, was won by Fiorente. The horse, owned by Andrew Roberts, was bred in Ireland, trained in Australia by Gai Waterhouse, and ridden by jockey Damien Oliver. It was Oliver's third victory in the event, after previous wins in 1995 and 2002, and his first start after a ten-month ban for a betting offence. Waterhouse, the daughter of Tommy J. Smith, who trained winners in 1955 and 1981, became the first Australian woman to train a winner.
The race was attended by 104,169 people—the Victoria Racing Club had capped attendance at 110,000 for the Melbourne Cup and the Victoria Derby, but this mark was not reached at either race. Approximately A$90.6 million was wagered on the race through Totalisator Agency Boards in Victoria and New South Wales, with another $37.5 million wagered through equivalent agencies in Queensland, South Australia, and Tasmania.

Field

The field for the 2013 Melbourne Cup consisted of 24 horses, with the barrier draw conducted three days prior to the race, on the day of the running of the Victoria Derby. Pre-race favourite Fiorente won the race by three-quarters of a length over Red Cadeaux who finished lengths ahead of Mount Athos. He was the first favourite to win the race since Makybe Diva in 2005, and the first horse since Empire Rose in 1988 to win the race after placing second the previous year. Tres Blue and Dunaden, the winner of the 2011 race, both received banned medical treatment on the day of the race, but were both allowed to start, although a stewards' enquiry is planned.
Saddle
cloth		HorseTrainerJockeyWeightBarrierPlacing
1Dunaden Mikel Delzangles Jamie Spencer58.5 kg111
2Green MoonRobert HickmottBrett Prebble57.5 kg1021
3Red CadeauxEd Dunlop Gérald Mossé56.5 kg232
4Sea MoonRobert HickmottSteven Arnold56.5 kg713
5Brown PantherTom Dascombe Richard Kingscote55 kg68
6FiorenteGai WaterhouseDamien Oliver55 kg51
7Foreteller Chris WallerCraig Newitt55 kg1517
8DandinoMarco Botti Ryan Moore54.5 kg45
9EthiopiaPat CareyRhys McLeod54.5 kg147
10FawknerRobert HickmottNick Hall54.5 kg86
11MourayanRobert HickmottBrenton Avdulla54.5 kg1915
12SevilleRobert HickmottHugh Bowman54.5 kg912
13Super CoolMark KavanaghCorey Brown54.5 kg139
14Masked MarvelRobert HickmottMichael Rodd54 kg218
15Mount AthosLuca Cumani Craig Williams54 kg223
16Royal EmpireSaeed bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy54 kg1114
17Voleuse De CoeursMichael MoroneyJames McDonald54 kg2110
18HawkspurChris WallerJim Cassidy53.5 kg1820
19SimenonWillie Mullins Richard Hughes53.5 kg124
20IbicencoPeter MoodyLuke Nolen53 kg1716
21VeremaAlain de Royer-Dupré Christophe Lemaire53 kg324
22Dear DemiClarry ConnersChris Munce51 kg1619
23Tres BlueGai WaterhouseTommy Berry51 kg2022
24RuscelloEd Walker Chad Schofield50 kg2423

Fatalities

After the race, the mare Verema was euthanised, having broken her cannon bone midway through the race.