2001 Melbourne Cup
The 2001 Melbourne Cup was the 141st running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over, was held on 6 November 2001 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.
It was won by Ethereal, trained by Sheila Laxon and ridden by Scott [Seamer |Scott Seamer].
Field
This is the finishing order of horses which ran in the 2001 Melbourne Cup.| Place | Number | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
| 1st | 13 | Ethereal | Sheila Laxon | Scott Seamer |
| 2nd | 5 | Give The Slip | Saeed bin Suroor | Richard [Hills |Richard Hills] |
| 3rd | 1 | Persian Punch | David Elsworth | Richard [Quinn |Richard Quinn] |
| 4th | 18 | Karasi | David Hall | Glen Boss |
| 5th | 19 | Maythehorsebewithu | Michael Moroney | Jason Patton |
| 6th | 22 | Rain Gauge | George Hanlon | Kerrin McEvoy |
| 7th | 6 | Marienbard | Saeed bin Suroor | Frankie Dettori |
| 8th | 2 | Sky Heights | Colin Alderson | Damien Oliver |
| 9th | 17 | Reenact | Jack Denham | Larry [Cassidy |Larry Cassidy] |
| 10th | 20 | Prophet's Kiss | Ron Quinton | Brian York |
| 11th | 15 | Inaflury | Cliff Brown | Brett Prebble |
| 12th | 11 | Mr Prudent | George Hanlon | Craig Williams |
| 13th | 4 | Caitano | Andreas Schutz | Johnny Murtagh |
| 14th | 24 | Celestial Show | L. Morton | Rhys McLeod |
| 15th | 23 | Rum | Dean Lawson | Chris Munce |
| 16th | 9 | Freemason | John Hawkes | Darren Gauci |
| 17th | 21 | Spirit Of Westbury | Cliff Brown | Shane Dye |
| 18th | 8 | Yippyio | Allan Denham | Darren Beadman |
| 19th | 16 | Big Pat | Peter Tulloch | Peter Mertens |
| Last | 12 | Pasta Express | Paul Cave | Danny Nikolic |
| DNF | 10 | Curata Storm | John Hawkes | Greg Childs |
| LR | 14 | Hill Of Grace | Robert Priscott | Corey Brown |
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