Cross Counter wins Melbourne Cup

Updated Nov 6, 2018 – 3.30pm, first published at 12.28pm

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Cross Counter won the 158th running of the $7.3 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington racecourse on Tuesday ending two decades of Cup frustration for the powerful global stable Godolphin.

On a rain-affected track and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy for trainer Charlie Appleby, Cross Counter defeated Marmelo and A Prince Of Arran in an all-northern hemisphere finish.

AAP