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The 1930 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, ... Melbourne Cup; List of Melbourne Cup winners; Victoria Racing Club; References
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.
Phar Lap Jim Pike and Chide W.Cook Randwick Racecourse 1931 Phar Lap winning the Melbourne Cup Race from Second Wind and Shadow King on 4 November 1930. In the four years of his racing career, Phar Lap won 37 of 51 races he entered, including the Melbourne Cup, being ridden by Jim Pike, in 1930 with 9 st 12 lb (138 pounds (63 kg)). [20]
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.
Robert "Bobby/Bobbie" Lewis (30 November 1878 – 31 March 1947) was an Australian jockey of the late 19th century to the early 20th century. During his 46-year career span from 1892 to 1938 he won over 900 races including the Melbourne Cup on four separate occasions in 1902, 1915, 1919 & 1927.
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The Melbourne Cup [1] is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race.Each year internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race alongside local entrants. Since 1882 New Zealand bred horses have won 40 Melbourne Cups, British bred horses have won five cups, US bred horses four, Irish horses two and one Japanese and German bred horse have each won the Cup.
Maree Lyndon was the first female jockey to win a Group I race in New Zealand when winning the 1982 Cup on Sirtain. Notable winners include: 2011 and 2012 — Blood Brotha, the 2013 Wellington Cup winner. 1995 and 1998 — Sapio, the winner of the 1997 Tattersall's Cup (Eagle Farm) and Doomben Cup. 1987 — Empire Rose, the 1988 Melbourne Cup ...