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Cummings wins 12th Melbourne Cup with Viewed
AFP - 1 hour 37 minutes ago
MELBOURNE (AFP) - - Legendary Australian trainer Bart Cummings won his 12th Melbourne Cup when Viewed nudged out English stayer Bauer in a thrilling photo finish in Australia's pinnacle horse race at Flemington here on Tuesday.
Despite a strong contingent of seven overseas challengers, headed by Ireland's Septimus and race favourite Mad Rush, it was Cummings's five-year-old galloper who clung on by a nose to claim the 5.5 million dollar (3.6 million US) race.
Viewed (40-1), ridden for dear life inside the final 200m (furlong) by 21-year-old Blake Shinn, denied Newmarket trainer Luca Cumani his first Melbourne Cup success with Bauer (20-1) in the 3200m (two mile) handicap race.
Australian-owned five year-old C'est La Guerre (20-1) was two lengths away third.
Cummings, who won the first of his 12 Melbourne Cups with Light Fingers in 1965, has iconic status in Australian thoroughbred racing and yet again defied predictions of a clean sweep by the more fancied European stayers to claim his 250th Group One win.
The last Melbourne Cup triumph for Cummings, who turns 81 later this month, was in 1999 with Rogan Josh.
"Someone told me I do make a habit of winning this race and I said it was a good habit to get into," Cummings said at the winner's presentation.
"I feel very sorry for Luca Cumani as the runner-up, but it's great to see the Aussies succeed. I thought it might have been a dead heat it was that close."
An emotional Shinn said it was one of the greatest moments in sport to ride a Melbourne Cup winner.
"To create history and ride the winner of the Melbourne Cup is just what I have dreamed of for a long time," he said.
"To win the Melbourne Cup for a living legend in the sport like Bart Cummings is a great thrill and I thank him very much for giving me the opportunity to ride Viewed today."
The Aidan O'Brien-trained Irish St Leger winner Septimus (6-1) enjoyed an easy run behind pacesetting stablemate Alessandro Volta (40-1) to the home turn, but jockey Johnny Murtagh began riding him vigorously and he was the first horse beaten.
Shinn dashed Viewed to the front inside the final 400m and looked to have the race won before Bauer, urged on by Corey Brown, made his late charge.
Bauer looked set to wear down Viewed in the final stages but Shinn got just enough out of the five-year-old to win by the shortest possible margin.
Bauer was bidding to become only the fourth overseas winner of Australia's greatest horse race following earlier wins by Vintage Crop (1993), Media Puzzle (2002) and Delta Blues (2006).
Cumani's leading contender and 9-2 race favourite Mad Dash, ridden by top local hoop Damien Oliver, finished seventh.
It was a grim day for Irish trainer O'Brien, who had three runners in the race and was chasing his 23rd Group One win of the year, headed by Septimus, yet all finished well down the track.
Septimus, who romped away with the Irish St. Leger by 13 lengths last September, finished 18th, Alessandro Volta 20th and Honolulu (20-1), third to the home turn, was officially last.
The Dermot Weld-trained mare, Profound Beauty (8-1), was just out of the placegetters in fifth place.
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