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Five-year-old stallion Viewed has taken out the 2008 Melbourne Cup in a photo finish, delivering trainer Bart Cummings a record 12th Cup win.
The race marks a record 148th straight win for a horse at the Cup, Australia’s highest-profile sporting event.
Also celebrating Viewed’s record-breaking win was human rider Blake Shinn, who helped continue humanity’s 148-year streak of being the species atop each Melbourne Cup winner.
The racecourse ambulance had hoped to end the horse’s Cup domination this year, but ultimately finished a disappointing 22nd. But having at least beat one of the horses—Gallopin failed to finish—the perennial entrant has reason to look forward to a better result next year. Trainer the Metropolitan Ambulance Service confirmed that the ambulance planned to return for the 2009 Cup.
Horses once again led the field at Flemington for this year's Melbourne Cup.
