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据ABC报道，德国马匹Protectionist在澳洲时间周二下午3点举行的第154届墨尔本杯（Melbourne Cup）一级赛中赢得冠军。Red Cadeaux以第二名完成比赛，Shot Thebarman则名列第三。 墨尔本杯赛吸引了大约10万观众聚集费莱明顿（Flemington），他们在烈日下观看激烈的比赛。Protectionist的马主贝格拉（Christoph Berglar ）对夺魁感到兴奋，他说：“成功的信念就是一切！它成功了！它成功了！” 其训练师沃尔（Andreas Wohler ）则感触地表示：“这是一个永生难忘的时刻。” Protectionist的骑手是摩尔（Ryan Moore），他对赢得比赛兴奋不已。Protectionist为德国赢取了第一个墨尔本杯，它也成为了自 Vintage Crop在1993年夺魁以来，第15匹在北半球受训并胜出比赛的马匹。 赛前被普遍看好的日本马匹Admire Rakti则在比赛中意外垫底，大热倒灶。更令人伤感的是，备受宠爱的Admire Rakti赛后瘫倒在马厩中，最终不治死亡。工作人员在它的马厩周围拉起了防水布。 管事部经理贝利（Terry Bailey ）说：“最受人喜爱的Admire Rakti回到马厩后突然倒地死亡。它将接受解剖手术，以确定真正死因。Admire Rakti在比赛过程中跑得如此干净利落，它的死实在令人遗憾。” Protectionist has won the Melbourne Cup, completing an international clean sweep of Australia's richest spring races. In beating a brave Red Cadeaux and Who Shot Thebarman, Protectionist delivered the first Melbourne Cup win for Germany. He becomes the fifth northern hemisphere-trained horse to win the race since Vintage Crop scored in 1993. Protectionist is trained by Andreas Wohler and was ridden by Ryan Moore, the English jockey who won the Cox Plate on Irish galloper Adelaide. "He's won very easy, that's a very good horse," Moore said. "Obviously it's very special." Starting with Japanese stayer Admire Rakti's win in the Caulfield Cup, the Melbourne spring carnival has belonged to the internationals. But Protectionist's win has ensured there is cause for Australian celebration after the nation's greatest horse race. The five-year-old is part-owned by Australian Bloodstock, the syndicator which raced the 2011 Melbourne Cup placegetter Lucas Cranach. |
