Viewed held off a late challenge from Bauer to win the Melbourne Cup at Flemington today.
Jockey Blake Shinn took Viewed to the front and had looked on course for victory with 200 metres to go only for a storming charge by Bauer threatening to pip the Bart Cummings-trained horse at the post.
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