2012 Melbourne Cup

The 2012 Emirates Melbourne Cup was the 152nd running of the Melbourne Cup, Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race. The race, held on Tuesday, 6 November 2012, at Flemington Racecourse, was won by Green Moon, ridden by jockey Brett Prebble, trained by Robert Hickmott, and owned by businessman Lloyd Williams.
The race was attended by the Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall, with Camilla presenting the cup to the winner of the race.

Prize money

The prize money for the race, held over a distance of 3,200 metres, was A$6.2 million, increased from $6.175 million the previous year. The prize money is split between the first ten runners, with first place taking $3.6 million. The actual cup awarded to the winner of the race is valued at $175,000. The race was attended by approximately 106,000 people.

Field

The field for the 2012 Melbourne Cup consisted of 24 horses, with the barrier draw conducted three days prior to the race, on the day of the running of the Victoria Derby. Going into the race, favourites included Americain, Dunaden, and Red Cadeaux, with Dunaden having won the 2012 Caulfield Cup, considered an important lead-up race. With Glencadam Gold leading for most of the race, Green Moon pulled clear in the final straight, and eventually won in 3 minutes, 20.45 seconds, with Fiorente a length behind in second place, and Jakkalberry in third. Ethiopia finished last, 63 lengths behind the winner, having injured a tendon during the race. Green Moon's win was the first in the cup for both the horse's jockey, Brett Prebble, and trainer, Robert Hickmott, and the fourth win overall for the owner, Lloyd Williams, who thus became the equal most successful owner in the race's history. The win was later described as "a major upset", with Green Moon having been priced up to $22.50 for a win and $7.40 for a place.
Radio host and comedian Hamish Blake confidently predicted on Hamish & Andy that Green Moon would win after having a dream about "green" and "horses". In 1996, Blake had dreamed about the number 5 and surmised Saintly would win, which it did.

Saddle cloth	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Weight	Barrier	Placing
1	Dunaden	Mikel Delzangles	Craig Williams	59 kg	16	14th
2	Americain	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Damien Oliver	58 kg	12	11th
3	Jakkalberry	Marco Botti	Colm O'Donoghue	55.5 kg	19	3rd
4	Red Cadeaux	Ed Dunlop	Michael Rodd	55.5 kg	18	8th
5	Winchester	John Sadler	Jamie Mott	55.5 kg	22	17th
6	Voila Ici	Peter Moody	Vlad Duric	55 kg	13	13th
7	Cavalryman	Saeed bin Suroor	Frankie Dettori	54 kg	6	12th
8	Mount Athos	Luca Cumani	Ryan Moore	54 kg	8	5th
9	Sanagas	Bart Cummings	Nicholas Hall	54 kg	4	18th
10	Ethiopia	Pat Carey	Rhys McLeod	54 kg	14	24th
11	Fiorente	Gai Waterhouse	James McDonald	53.5 kg	2	2nd
12	Galileo's Choice	Dermot Weld	Pat Smullen	53.5 kg	11	20th
13	Glencadam Gold	Gai Waterhouse	Tommy Berry	53.5 kg	7	6th
14	Green Moon	Robert Hickmott	Brett Prebble	53.5 kg	5	1st
15	Maluckyday	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jim Cassidy	53.5 kg	9	19th
16	Mourayan	Robert Hickmott	Hugh Bowman	53.5 kg	3	7th
17	My Quest For Peace	Luca Cumani	Corey Brown	53.5 kg	1	10th
18	Niwot	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	53.5 kg	15	15th
19	Tac De Boistron	Michael Kent	Olivier Doleuze	53.5 kg	21	23rd
20	Lights of Heaven	Peter Moody	Luke Nolen	53 kg	17	16th
21	Precedence	Bart Cummings	Blake Shinn	53 kg	20	9th
22	Unusual Suspect	Michael Kent	Glyn Schofield	53 kg	23	21st
23	Zabeelionaire	Leon Corstens	Craig Newitt	52 kg	24	22nd
24	Kelinni	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	51 kg	10	4th