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Watch: Irish Owners Go Ballistic Live On Aussie TV After Second Place In Melbourne Cup

Gavan Casey
By Gavan Casey
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Almandin won the Melbourne Cup by a hair's breadth during the wee hours, just about edging Irish-trained Heartbreak City in Australia's marquee race.

The prize money up for grabs is $3.6m (roughly €2.5m), with second spot alone raking in $900,000 - or €628,000 - for the runner-up. You can understand, then, how Tony Martin of County Meath and his team of fellow Irish trainers weren't too heartbroken as their seven-year-old bay gelding was pipped at the post.

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Martin, Aidan Shiels, Charlie Gavigan and Niall Reilly went positively ape at the finish, with an Aussie reporter falling foul of one particularly enthusiastic bear hug. His face was a picture.

The race itself was equally thrilling, with Kerrin McEvoy riding Almandin to his second Melbourne Cup win since the year 2000. Check out the pulsating finish below:

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