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{{Short description|Australian horse race}}
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{{Infobox horse race
|name            = 2004 Melbourne Cup
|horse race      = [[Melbourne Cup]]
|image           = 
|caption         = 
|location        = [[Flemington Racecourse]]<br />[[Melbourne]], Australia
|date            = 2 November 2004
|winning horse   = [[Makybe Diva]]
|winning time    = 
|starting price  =
|winning jockey  = [[Glen Boss]]
|winning trainer = [[Lee Freedman]]
|winning owner   = 
|surface         = Grass
|attendance      = 98,161<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flemington.com.au/racing/track-records-and-attendances|title=Track records and Attendances|work=Flemington.com.au|accessdate=4 November 2020|archive-date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320224301/https://www.flemington.com.au/racing/track-records-and-attendances|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|conditions      = 
|previous        = [[2003 Melbourne Cup|2003]]
|next            = [[2005 Melbourne Cup|2005]] 
}}

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 |quote  = Zazzman at the 300 the leader, here comes Vinnie Roe, Elvstroem coming with him and Makybe Diva she's got right up on the inside Makybe Diva she's hit the front now from Vinnie Roe and Zazzman. It's Makybe Diva clear she's out by two lengths to Vinnie Roe. It's Makybe Diva clear and she's going to do what no mare has ever done! Makybe Diva wins it again.
 |source = Commentator Greg Miles describes  the climax of the race
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The '''2004 Melbourne Cup''' was the 144th running of the [[Melbourne Cup]], a prestigious Australian [[Thoroughbred]] horse race. The race, run over {{convert|3200|m|mi|3}}, was held on 2 November 2004 at [[Melbourne]]'s [[Flemington Racecourse]].

It was won by [[Makybe Diva]] at the age of six, trained by [[Lee Freedman]] and ridden by [[Glen Boss]].<ref>[https://horsebetting.com.au/who-won-the-2004-melbourne-cup/158076/ 2004 Melbourne Cup result]</ref>

==Field==
This is a list of horses which ran in the 2004 [[Melbourne Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.racing.com/form/2004-11-02/flemington/race/7#/results|title=Melbourne Cup field & results 2004|date=2 November 2004|work=racing.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Place
!Number
!Horse
!Trainer
!Jockey
|-
|1st
|5
|[[Makybe Diva]] (GB)
|[[Lee Freedman]]
|[[Glen Boss]]
|-
|2nd
|1
|[[Vinnie Roe]] (IRE)
|[[Dermot Weld]] (IRE)
|[[Pat Smullen]]
|- 
|3rd
|12
|Zazzman
|Tony Vasil
|Nicholas Ryan
|- 
|4th
|3
|[[Elvstroem]]
|Tony Vasil
|[[Nash Rawiller]]
|- 
|5th
|10
|Hugs Dancer (FR)
|Tony McEvoy
|Greg Childs
|- 
|6th
|9
|Distinction (IRE)
|[[Sir Michael Stoute]] (GB)
|[[Darren Beadman]]
|- 
|7th
|2
|Mamool (IRE)
|[[Saeed bin Suroor]] (UAE)
|[[Frankie Dettori]]
|- 
|8th
|24
|Catchmeifyoucan (NZ)
|[[Michael Moroney (horseman)|Michael Moroney]] (NZ)
|[[Blake Shinn]]
|- 
|9th
|7
|Razkalla (USA)
|[[Saeed bin Suroor]] (UAE)
||[[Kerrin McEvoy]]
|- 
|10th
|15
|Strasbourg
|[[Bart Cummings]]
|[[Mark Du Plessis]]
|- 
|11th
|22
|On A Jeune
|Peter Montgomerie
|Joe Bowditch
|- 
|12th
|6
|[[Media Puzzle]] (USA)
|[[Dermot Weld]] (IRE)
|[[Damien Oliver]]
|- 
|13th
|13
|Grey Song
|Tommy Hughes Jnr.
|Darren Beasley
|- 
|14th
|11
|[[Roman Arch]]
|Mick Whittle
|Luke Currie
|- 
|15th
|20
|Upsetthym (NZ)
|Karen Fursdon (NZ)
|Rhys McLeod
|- 
|16th
|18
|Another Warrior
|Alan Bailey
|Jim Byrne
|- 
|17th
|23
|Winning Belle (NZ)
|[[Gai Waterhouse]]
|[[Chris Munce]]
|- 
|18th
|14
|Lashed
|[[Graeme Rogerson]] (NZ)
|[[Jim Cassidy (jockey)|Jim Cassidy]]
|- 
|19th
|4
|[[Mummify]]
|[[Lee Freedman]]
|[[Danny Nikolic]]
|- 
|20th
|21
|Don Raphael
|Kerry Parker
|Scott Seamer
|- 
|21st
|16
|Pacific Dancer (NZ)
|Shaun Dwyer
|Gary Grylls
|- 
|22nd
|19
|Hard To Get
|[[Mark Kavanagh]]
|[[Luke Nolen]]
|- 
|23rd
|8
|Delzao
|Greg Kavanagh
|[[Steven King (jockey)|Steven King]]
|- 
|Last
|17
|She's Archie
|Darren Weir
|[[Corey Brown (jockey)|Corey Brown]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{MelbourneCup}}

[[Category:Melbourne Cup|2004]]
[[Category:2004 in Australian sport|Melbourne Cup]]
[[Category:2004 in horse racing|Melbourne Cup]]
[[Category:2000s in Melbourne]]
[[Category:2004 in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:November 2004 sports events in Australia]]