Melbourne Cup results: From Half Yours glory to Buckaroo’s last spot

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The official finishing order for the 2025 Melbourne Cup, run over 3200 metres at Flemington. (S-TAB dividends below)

1ST: 14. Half Yours. $8.60, $2.90
2ND: 20. Goodie Two Shoes. $9.20
3RD: 7. Middle Earth. $8.30

4th: 21. River Of Stars
5th: 23. Torranzino
6th: 4. Vauban
7th: 1. Al Riffa
8th: 9. Absurde
9th: 13. Changingoftheguard
10th: 8. Meydaan
11th: 17. Furthur
12th: 3. Arapaho
13th: 10. Flatten The Curve
14th: 12. Smokin’ Romans
15th: 22. Royal Supremacy
16th: 24. Valiant King
16th: 16. Onesmoothoperator
18th: 15. More Felons
19th: 6. Presage Nocturne
20th: 18. Parchment Party
21st: 19. Athabascan
22nd: 11. Land Legend
23rd: 5. Chevalier Rose
24th: 2. Buckaroo

Quinella: $190.50
Exacta: $345.40
Trifecta: $10,041.80
First four: $176,561.60

WHAT THE JOCKEYS SAID:

1 Al Riffa. Jockey: Mark Zahra
“It was OK. I was four-wide and had to find a spot to get in and there was too much to do with that weight.”

2 Buckaroo. Jockey: Craig Williams
“We know how good a horse he is but in today’s race he was not far away from the eventual winner but he was three-wide on the back and basically put himself out of the race when they went slow.”

3 Arapaho. Jockey: Rachel King
“Really brave. He hasn’t had the best set-up coming into today, but honest as ever.”

4 Vauban. Jockey: Blake Shinn
“He ran super. Big turnaround from the Caulfield Cup. Hit the line well but the winner and the other horse had a bit better turn-of-foot. Very proud of the horse.”

5 Chevalier Rose: Jockey: Damian Lane
“Disappointing. Unfortunately didn’t race to his best today.”

6 Presage Nocturne. Jockey: Stephane Pasquier
“A bit disappointed because he was favoured in the odds.”

7 Middle Earth. Jockey: Ethan Brown
“He ran great. This is obviously his trip, he showed his true colours today, he’s going to be a much better horse next prep, that’ll toughen him up, but he couldn’t have run much better.”

8 Meydaan. Jockey: James McDonald
“He ran well. Got into a lovely spot, switched off well but probably just found the 3200 a fraction far.”

9 Absurde. Jockey: Kerrin McEvoy
“He ran well. The pace wasn’t that strong through the first part, had to give them a start. He picked up into it well. Good honest run.”

10 Flatten The Curve. Jockey: Thore Hammer-Hansen
“I found myself a lot further back than ideal but he still ran a good race considering. Just probably went too quick early doors.”

11 Land Legend. Jockey: Joao Moreira
“No manners, pushed too hard. He did a lot of things wrong in the race.”

12 Smokin’ Romans. Jockey: Ben Melham
“He ran well, the old bugger. He’s just had a prep where he’s probably been running on firm ground. He’s got a bit soft ground and he’s just a bit over it. Proud of him anyway.”

13 Changingoftheguard. Jockey: Tim Clark
“I thought he ran really well. Just when Land Legend went around we were in a position where we had to cart the field up which probably cost him running a few placings [higher].”

14 Half Yours. Jockey: Jamie Melham
“What just happened? Oh my god! This is what we do it for. This is why we get up out of bed every morning at 4am, work our arses [off] for the last 15 years I’ve been in this industry.”

15 More Felons. Jockey: Tommy Berry
“It was very muddling run race and it made it sort of hard to move into it early enough from where we were and he’s battled on OK.”

16 Onesmoothoperator. Jockey: Harry Coffey
“He had a lovely run but when the pressure came at the 600, he failed to quicken, the wheels were spinning on the soft going.”

17 Furthur. Jockey: Michael Dee
“He’s very inexperienced still, he was a touch slow out, travelled very, very strong. We were getting knocked about the first time past the post but travelled strong, held up a nice gallop all the way to the line but his first half he’s just raced a little bit ungenerously.”

18 Parchment Party. Jockey: Johnny Velazquez
[Declined to comment]

19 Athabascan. Jockey: Declan Bates
“Disappointing. We got deleted early and it sort of put us further back earlier than we wanted. He just hasn’t quite finished off as we would have liked.”

20 Goodie Two Shoes. Jockey: Wayne Lordan
“Ran a wonderful race, got a nice position from my draw and she’s run a cracker, just one better today but ran great.”

21 River Of Stars. Jockey: Beau Mertens
“Slow tempo didn’t suit her but when Land Legend took off, it really made her relax and in a comfortable position. She travelled in really well, probably didn’t have the sprint like the others but she sustained a good gallop through the line.”

22 Royal Supremacy. Jockey: Robbie Dolan
“The wide barrier wasn’t in his aid today. Once I couldn’t get cover … he just over-raced into the first bend, I had to flow with him to get him to relax and it just told late.”

23 Torranzino. Jockey: Celine Gaudray
“Couldn’t be more happier with the run that we got. He was a bit on the bridle throughout but he had a really tough finish.”

24 Valiant King. Jockey: Jye McNeil
“I wasn’t able to give him every chance today, he had to do it too tough three-wide facing the breeze. Initially I had cover from Land Legend but when he went I was stranded.”

Read more of our Melbourne Cup coverage here:

* Video: Victory for Half Yours
* LIVE coverage
* ‘I just won the Melbourne Cup’: Jamie’s joy

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