2001 Melbourne Cup

300 left to go, Give The Slip over on the inside the leader, from Persian Punch here comes Ethereal down the outside followed by Karasi and then Maythehorsebewithu.

Give The Slip well clear at the 200 meter mark though down the outside is Ethereal starting to close.

The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), 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.

[2] This is the finishing order of horses which ran in the 2001 Melbourne Cup.