What the jockeys had to say after today's Melbourne Cup at Flemington won by Viewed.

BLAKE SHINN (Viewed): "He was trained perfectly for the race and that was all important. The straight seemed to last forever.

"I thought I'd won on the line. I wasn't sure, I didn't want to go off too early after the line.

"I looked to the infield and they had the camera on Bauer so I thought I might be wrong."

COREY BROWN (Bauer): "Shattered. There's nothing more that I could have done.

"I reckon his run might have ended 25 metres out but, to his credit, the last two strides he really hit at the line, but it's not good enough.

"My biggest disappointment, no doubt."

BRETT PREBBLE (C'Est La Guerre): "A super run, very strong.

"We couldn't get clear. He should have won."

VLAD DURIC (Master O'Reilly): "Got held up. Needed to get free and rolling a bit earlier.

"Would almost have won if I'd got the right breaks."

GLEN BOSS (Profound Beauty): "She had a perfect run. We tracked the winner but when I asked her she really felt the ground."

CLARE LINDOP (Moatize): "Probably raced a bit too close. At the top of the straight he didn't let down as well as I thought he would but he boxed on well to the line."

DAMIEN OLIVER (Mad Rush): "Didn't quite stay the trip and came to the end of his run near the 200 metres."

JEFF LLOYD: (Nom Du Jeu): "He over-raced. He's a bit of a keen horse but got to the line OK."

DANNY NIKOLIC (Zipping): "He ran terrific but I ran into all sorts of trouble. He lost probably five lengths.

"He's probably run the best sectionals of the race. He was very unlucky."

CHRIS SYMONS (Newport): "If he had drawn better he would have been closer. He got home as well as anything else."

MICHAEL RODD (Ice Chariot): "Went well."

CRAIG NEWITT (Guyno): "Probably ran up to his best."

STEVEN KING (Littorio): "No excuse, the two miles was too far for him."

CRAIG WILLIAMS (Varevees): "She lacked a turn of foot."

GREG CHILDS (Boundless): "Had every chance."

NICHOLAS HALL: (Red Lord): "He'll be a better horse next year but he got the trip OK."

MARK SWEENEY: (Prize Lady: "She just didn't see it out."

JOHNNY MURTAGH (Septimus): "He might not be the horse for the race.

"When they got into the straight he just stopped."

STEPHEN BASTER (Barbaricus): "Didn't stay."

WAYNE LORDAN (Alessandro Volta): "Travelled well but wouldn't let down. Maybe the track was too firm.

"I think he'll be back."

COLM O'DONOGHUE (Honolulu): "The ground was too quick for him."

JAMES WINKS (Gallopin): "Couldn't breathe. I had to pull him up."