2021 Melbourne Cup
# 2021 Melbourne Cup

   It's now taking the lead Incentivise at the top of the straight at the 400 meters a length and a half Floating Artist, here's Verry Elleegant she's coming home. 300 to go the mighty mare, moves up to Incentivise and races on by then Floating Artist, Spanish Mission. But Verry Elleegant at the 150 the darling of the turf has raced clear three lengths Incentivise and it's Verry Elleegant 10 Group 1's and now the greatest of them all, the Melbourne Cup! Verry Elleegant wins by three and a half, Incentivise, Spanish Mission, Floating Artist!

Commentator Matt Hill describes the climax of the race

The 2021 Melbourne Cup (known commercially as the 2021 Lexus Melbourne Cup) was the 161st running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 2 November 2021 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.

The final field for the race was declared on 30 October 2021. The total prize money for the race was A$8 million, the same as the previous year.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the public crowd was limited to 10,000 vaccinated attendees. Also, all horses are required fully CT scan to permit run the Melbourne Cup.

The race was won by Verry Elleegant, ridden by James McDonald and trained by Chris Waller. She became the first horse in 161 runnings of the cup to win from barrier 18.

## Field

| Number | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight (kg) | Barrier | Placing |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Twilight Payment | Joseph O'Brien | Jye McNeil | 58 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Incentivise | Peter G Moody | Brett Prebble | 57 | 15 | 2 |
| 3 | Spanish Mission | Andrew Balding | Craig Williams | 57 | 14 | 3 |
| 4 | Verry Elleegant | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 57 | 18 | 1 |
| 5 | Explosive Jack | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | John Allen | 54 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | The Chosen One | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | Damian Lane | 54 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Delphi | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Damien Oliver | 53.5 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Ocean Billy | Chris Waller | Damien Thornton | 53.5 | 13 | 23 |
| 9 | Selino | Chris Waller | Ron Stewart | 53.5 | 23 | 8 |
| 10 | Johnny Get Angry | Denis Pagan | Lachlan King | 53 | 21 | 21 |
| 11 | Knights Order | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Daniel Stackhouse | 53 | 9 | 17 |
| 12 | Persan | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Luke Currie | 53 | 11 | 18 |
| 13 | Carif | Peter & Paul Snowden | Blaike McDougall | 52.5 | 8 | 19 |
| 14 | Master of Wine | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Fred Kersley | 52.5 | 6 | 16 |
| 15 | Pondus | Robert Hickmott | Rachel King | 52.5 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Grand Promenade | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Kerrin McEvoy | 52 | 20 | 6 |
| 17 | Miami Bound | Danny O’Brien | Patrick Moloney | 52 | 16 | 13 |
| 18 | Port Guillaume | Ben & JD Hayes | Harry Coffey | 52 | 22 | 22 |
| 19 | She’s Ideel | Bjorn Baker | Craig Newitt | 52 | 19 | 10 |
| 20 | Future Score | Matt Cumani | Dean Yendall | 51.5 | 15 | Scratched |
| 21 | Tralee Rose | Symon Wilde | Dean Holland | 51 | 12 | 9 |
| 22 | Floating Artist | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Teo Nugent | 50 | 10 | 4 |
| 23 | Great House | Chris Waller | Michael Dee | 50 | 7 | 14 |
| 24 | Sir Lucan | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Glen Boss | 50 | 17 | 12 |
