The 2011 Emirates Melbourne Cup, the 151st running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, was held on Tuesday, 1 November 2011 at 3:00 pm (AEDT), at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. Dunaden won in a photo finish over Red Cadeaux in the closest finish in Melbourne Cup history.
The winning jockey, Frenchman Christophe Lemaire, had arrived in Australia less than a day previously as a late replacement for Craig Williams.
Six out of the first seven finishers were international horses. Third placed Lucas Cranach was the best locally trained finisher and fourth placed was the pre-race favourite, the 2010 winner, Americain.
In related events the federal government's parliamentary question time was brought forward half an hour in order that it would conclude before the race began.
Field Horses are bred and trained in Australia, unless otherwise indicated. All columns in this table can be sorted by clicking the icons in the top row. Saddlecloth Horse Trainer Jockey Weight Barrier Placing 1 Americain Alain de Royer-Dupré (France) Gérald Mossé 58.0 kg 15 4th 2 Jukebox Jury Mark Johnston (UK) Neil Callan 57.0 kg 6 20th 3 Dunaden Mikel Delzangles (France) Christophe Lemaire 54.5 kg 13 1st 4 Drunken Sailor Luca Cumani (UK) Dwayne Dunn 54.0 kg 8 12th 5 Glass Harmonium Michael Moroney Lisa Cropp 54.0 kg 23 22nd 6 Manighar Luca Cumani (UK) Damien Oliver 54.0 kg 21 5th 7 Unusual Suspect Michael Kent Brad Rawiller 54.0 kg 7 9th 8 Fox Hunt Mark Johnston (UK) Silvestre de Sousa 53.5 kg 19 7th 9 Lucas Cranach Anthony Freedman Corey Brown 53.5 kg 11 3rd 10 Mourayan Robert Hickmott Hugh Bowman 53.5 kg 14 9999scratched 11 Precedence Bart Cummings Darren Beadman 53.5 kg 2 11th 12 Red Cadeaux Ed Dunlop (UK) Michael Rodd 53.5 kg 16 2nd 13 Hawk Island Chris Waller Glyn Schofield 53.0 kg 18 18th 14 Illo Bart Cummings Jim Cassidy 53.0 kg 1 19th 15 Lost in the Moment Saeed Bin Suroor (UAE) William Buick 53.0 kg 3 6th 16 Modun Saeed Bin Suroor (UAE) Kerrin McEvoy 53.0 kg 5 23rd 17 At First Sight Robert Hickmott Steven King 52.5 kg 10 10th 18 Moyenne Corniche Brian Ellison (UK) Brett Prebble 52.0 kg 17 15th 19 Saptapadi Brian Ellison (UK) Chris Symons 52.0 kg 22 16th 20 Shamrocker Danny O'Brien Luke Nolen 52.0 kg 24 21st 21 The Verminator Chris Waller Craig Newitt 52.0 kg 4 13th 22 Tullamore Gai Waterhouse Chris Munce 52.0 kg 12 14th 23 Niwot Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Dean Yendall 51.0 kg 9 8th 24 Older Than Time Gai Waterhouse Tim Clark 51.0 kg 20 17th
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