| Melbourne Cup - Flemington - 4 November 2008 - Race 7 - 3200m - $5,650,000 |
| Open Handicap Lim: 49.0 Good 3.20:40 L600m 0.34:93 |
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| 1 | won | Viewed | 5yo h | B Shinn | 40/1 | J B Cummings | 53.0 | 8 |
| 2 | .1 | Bauer (IRE) | 6yo h | C W Brown | 20/1 | L M Cumani | 52.0 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | C'est La Guerre (NZ) | 4yo g | B Prebble | 20/1 | J D Sadler | 54.0 | 5 |
| 4 | 2.5 | Master O'Reilly (NZ) | 6yo g | V Duric | 25/1 | D T O'Brien | 55.0 | 6 |
| 5 | 2.7 | Profound Beauty (IRE) | 5yo m | G Boss | 8/1 | D K Weld | 51.5 | 2 |
| 6 | 4.7 | Moatize | 4yo g | Ms C Lindop | 30/1 | J B Cummings | 50.0 | 17 |
| 7 | 5.7 | Mad Rush (USA) | 5yo h | D Oliver | 9/2F | L M Cumani | 53.5 | 4 |
| 8 | 7.5 | Nom Du Jeu (NZ) | 4yo h | J Lloyd | 13/2 | M P Baker | 54.0 | 1 |
| 9 | 7.8 | Zipping | 7yo g | D Nikolic | 14/1 | J D Sadler | 54.0 | 14 |
| 10 | 8.2 | Newport | 6yo g | Chris Symons | 60/1 | P M Perry | 51.5 | 13 |
| 11 | 8.5 | Ice Chariot | 6yo g | M Rodd | 50/1 | R E Maund | 53.0 | 20 |
| 12 | 8.6 | Guyno (NZ) | 5yo g | C Newitt | 150/1 | L P Luciani | 52.0 | 7 |
| 13 | 10.9 | Littorio | 4yo g | S R King | 30/1 | N A Blackiston | 52.5 | 15 |
| 14 | 11.4 | Varevees (GB) | 6yo m | Craig Williams | 100/1 | Richard Gibson | 51.5 | 21 |
| 15 | 11.9 | Boundless (NZ) | 4yo m | G J Childs | 80/1 | S J McKee | 52.0 | 18 |
| 16 | 12 | Red Lord | 5yo g | Nicholas Hall | 100/1 | A J Cummings | 51.5 | 12 |
| 17 | 19 | Prize Lady (NZ) | 7yo m | M C Sweeney | 60/1 | G K Sanders | 51.0 | 16 |
| 18 | 20.8 | Septimus (IRE) | 6yo h | J P Murtagh | 6/1 | A O'Brien | 58.5 | 9 |
| 19 | 24.8 | Barbaricus | 4yo g | S Baster | 15/1 | D T O'Brien | 50.5 | 3 |
| 20 | 39.8 | Alessandro Volta (GB) | 4yo h | W M Lordan | 40/1 | A O'Brien | 50.5 | 10 |
| 21 | 89.8 | Honolulu (IRE) | 5yo h | Colm O'Donoghue | 20/1 | A O'Brien | 54.5 | 22 |
| FF | | Gallopin (NZ) | 5yo g | J Winks | 30/1 | D T O'Brien | 52.0 | 19 |
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