The 1998 Melbourne Cup was the 138th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over , was held on Tuesday, 3 November 1998 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.
The race was won in 3 mins 18.59s by the New Zealand bred and trained mare Jezabeel (Zabeel-Passefleur) from another kiwi bred and trained mare, Champagne. Both of them were also by Zabeel and carried 51 kg while the third place-getter, Persian Punch (Ireland) carried 56.5kg.
Field
PlaceHorseJockeyTrainer 1st Jezabeel Chris Munce Brian Jenkins 2nd Champagne Glen Boss Laurie Laxon 3rd Persian Punch Richard Quinn David Elsworth 4th Taufan's Melody P. Payne Lady Herries 5th Yorkshire Danny Nikolic Paul Cole 6th Tie the Knot Shane Dye Guy Walter 7th Faithful Son Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 8th Skybeau Larry Cassidy L J Smith 9th Perpetual Check Len Beasley Bart Cummings 10th Markham Danny Brereton Cliff Brown 11th Darazari Opie Bosson Bruce Wallace 12th Sheer Danzig Damien Oliver R W Armstrong 13th Yippyio Jim Cassidy Jack Denham 14th Joss Sticks Rod Quinn Bob Pearse 15th Arena Corey Brown John Hawkes 16th The Hind Basil Marcus P Hayes 17th Peak of Perfection J Saimee M Thwaites 18th Ancient City Brett Prebble Cindy Alderson 19th Doriemus Greg Hall Lee Freedman 20th Count Chivas Rod Griffiths Simon Morrish 21st Aerosmith Greg Childs Peter & Nikki Hurdle 22nd Gold Guru Brian York Leon Macdonald 23rd Second Coming Eddie Wilkinson Michael Moroney Failed to finish Three Crowns Simon Price M Thwaites
Fatality Three Crowns was euthanised after shattering a leg.
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