The 2010 Melbourne Cup was won by the American bred French trained galloper American in the hands of Alain de Royer Dupre. Ridden by Gerald Mosse, Americain scored by 2.8 lengths from the Hawkes trained Maluckyday who finished second and Bart Cumming's WS Cox Plate winner So You Think ran third in front of 110,223 fans.
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2010 Melbourne Cup winners and placegetters
| Position |
Winner |
Weight |
Jockey |
Odds |
1st |
AMERICAIN |
54.5 |
G Mosse |
$13.00 |
2nd |
MALUCKYDAY |
51.0 |
L Nolen |
$9.00 |
3rd |
SO YOU THINK |
56.0 |
S W Arnold |
$3.00 |
| then followed |
| 4th |
Zipping |
55.5 |
Nicholas Hall |
$26.00 |
| 5th |
Harris Tweed |
54.0 |
B Rawiller |
$26.00 |
| 6th |
Holberg |
53.5 |
L Dettori |
$21.00 |
| 7th |
Manighar |
54.0 |
D Oliver |
$26.00 |
| 8th |
Precedence |
53.5 |
J Winks |
$21.00 |
| 9th |
Illustrious Blue |
55.0 |
G Boss |
$51.00 |
| 10th |
Mr Medici |
55.0 |
D Beadman |
$61.00 |
| 11th |
Once Were Wild |
51.5 |
J A Cassidy |
$31.00 |
| 12th |
Tokai Trick |
54.5 |
Shinji Fujita |
$91.00 |
| 13th |
Shoot Out |
55.0 |
C W Brown |
$26.00 |
| 14th |
Monaco Consul |
54.0 |
Craig Williams |
$31.00 |
| 15th |
Master O'Reilly |
54.0 |
V Duric |
$201.00 |
| 16th |
Campanologist |
56.0 |
K Mc Evoy |
$71.00 |
| 17th |
Profound Beauty |
54.0 |
P J Smullen |
$31.00 |
| 18th |
Shocking |
57.0 |
M Rodd |
$12.00 |
| 19th |
Red Ruler |
53.5 |
M R Du Plessis |
$301.00 |
| 20th |
Buccellati |
54.0 |
S R King |
$301.00 |
| 21st |
Linton |
52.0 |
B Prebble |
$26.00 |
| 22nd |
Zavite |
54.0 |
M J Walker |
$151.00 |
| DNF |
Descarado |
54.0 |
N Rawiller |
$14.00 |
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| Margin: 2 3/4 len, 1/2 len Time: 3.26:87 Crowd: 110,223 |
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