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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.
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.
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.
The 1919 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 4 November 1919 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. [ 2 ] This was the 59th edition of the race, it was the first year in which the three-handled Loving Cup was presented to the winner.
Also in celebration was the commission of Harold Freedman's seven panel mural which traces the History of Racing. [2] The mural is housed is in The Hill Stand, built in 1977. Flemington Racecourse was added to the Australian National Heritage List on 7 November 2006, [ 3 ] announced during the 2006 Melbourne Cup . [ 4 ]
The 1979 Melbourne Cup was a handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1979 over 3200m, at Flemington Racecourse. The race was won by the New Zealand bred gelding Hyperno , trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by Harry White .
The 2024 Melbourne Cup, known commercially as the 2024 Lexus Melbourne Cup, was the 164th running of the Melbourne Cup, an Australian thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 5 November 2024 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. [2] The final field for the race was declared on 2 November 2024. [3]
The runner up Empire Rose had finished 5th in the 1986 Melbourne Cup behind At Talaq. Eleven days later she won the New Zealand Cup at Riccarton and the following year she won the Mackinnon Stakes and 1988 Melbourne Cup. Kensei's victory was the only Melbourne Cup win for his jockey Larry Olsen or trainer Les Bridge.