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A$ 8,410,000 (2023) The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club that forms part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. It is the richest two-mile handicap in the world and ...
According to the American Horse Racing Hall of Fame, his 89 wins set the all-time record. Commencing a winning sequence as a four-year-old on 21 August 1888, Kingston had 35 race starts until 30 May 1891 during which he was defeated only twice. [112] Bankrupt won 86 races from 348 starts, and he was also by Spendthrift. [113]
Etienne de Mestre [ 41] 3:52.00. 17. The shortest-priced favourite in Cup history was Phar Lap when he won in 1930 at 8-11 ($1.72). Metrication – The race was originally held over two miles (about 3,218 metres), but following Australia's adoption of the Metric system in the 1970s the current distance of 3,200 metres was adopted in 1972. This ...
The Don Award (2017), Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards [1] Longines Ladies Award (2017) [2] Website. www .michellejpayne .com .au. Michelle J. Payne OAM (born 29 September 1985) [3] is a retired Australian jockey. She won the 2015 Melbourne Cup, riding Prince of Penzance, and is the first and only female jockey to win the event.
A$ 2,000,000 (2022) The Victoria Derby, also known as the Penfolds Victoria Derby, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held under Set Weights conditions over a distance of 2,500 metres at Flemington Racecourse, in Melbourne, Australia scheduled annually on the first day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. [1 ...
Steve Cauthen. Steve Cauthen (born May 1, 1960) is a retired American jockey . In 1977 he became the first jockey to win over $6 million in a year working with agent Lenny Goodman, [3] and in 1978 he became the youngest jockey to win the U. S. Triple Crown. Cauthen is the only jockey ever named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.
Rachel Alexandra. Rachel Alexandra (foaled January 29, 2006) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse and the 2009 Horse of the Year. When she won the 2009 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, she became the first filly to win the race in 85 years (the last filly to win was Nellie Morse, in 1924).
Julie Krone. Julieann Louise Krone (born July 24, 1963), is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first (and so far [as of?] only [2]) female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair.