| Melbourne Cup | |
| Location | Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Australia |
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| Date | 6 November 2001 |
| Winning horse | Ethereal |
| Jockey | Scott Seamer |
| Trainer | Sheila Laxon |
| Surface | Grass |
| Attendance | 92,477[1] |
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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. Give The Slip with Ethereal coming home. Give The Slip in front Ethereal's coming hard, the Caulfield Cup winner's grabbed the lead and Ethereal does the double!
Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race
The 2001 Melbourne Cup was the 141st running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. 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.[3]
| Place | Number | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
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| 1st | 13 | Ethereal (NZ) | Sheila Laxon (NZ) | Scott Seamer |
| 2nd | 5 | Give The Slip (GB) | Saeed bin Suroor (UAE) | Richard Hills |
| 3rd | 1 | Persian Punch (IRE) | David Elsworth (GB) | Richard Quinn |
| 4th | 18 | Karasi (GB) | David Hall | Glen Boss |
| 5th | 19 | Maythehorsebewithu (NZ) | Michael Moroney (NZ) | Jason Patton |
| 6th | 22 | Rain Gauge | George Hanlon | Kerrin McEvoy |
| 7th | 6 | Marienbard (IRE) | Saeed bin Suroor (UAE) | Frankie Dettori |
| 8th | 2 | Sky Heights (NZ) | Colin Alderson | Damien Oliver |
| 9th | 17 | Reenact | Jack Denham | Larry Cassidy |
| 10th | 20 | Prophet's Kiss | Ron Quinton | Brian York |
| 11th | 15 | Inaflury (NZ) | Cliff Brown | Brett Prebble |
| 12th | 11 | Mr Prudent | George Hanlon | Craig Williams |
| 13th | 4 | Caitano (GB) | Andreas Schutz (GER) | 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 (NZ) | 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 (NZ) | Robert Priscott (NZ) | Corey Brown |
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