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Many people from outside of Melbourne take a half or full day off work to celebrate the occasion. Many people feel that the day should be a national public holiday as sick leave is said to increase on the day and productivity wanes. As early as 1865, Cup Day was a half-holiday in Melbourne for public servants and bank officials.
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 1922 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 7 November 1922. A then record crowd of 115,000 watched a chaotic edition of the Melbourne Cup. The race had 32 starters, 13 of which were winners of major races, including 1921 race winner Sister Olive as well as the 1922 Caulfield Cup and VRC Derby winner ...
The Victoria Racing Club hosts four race meetings at Flemington during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.The Melbourne Cup is run on the first Tuesday in November, the Victoria Derby are held on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup, the VRC Oaks is on the Thursday following the Cup, and LKS MacKinnon Stakes is on the Saturday following the Oaks.
The final field for the race was declared on 4 November 2023. [1] The total prize money for the race was A$8.41 million, a $410,000 increase from 2022. [2] It was the last Melbourne Cup broadcast by Network 10, who have broadcast the race since 2019 and dropped out of the bidding for the broadcast rights in June 2023.
The 1954 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 2 November 1954. [ 1 ] Rising Fast became the first and to date only horse to complete The Spring Grand Slam by winning the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate before winning the Melbourne Cup which was part of a string of seven straight wins. [ 2 ]
The 1909 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 2 November 1909. [ 1 ] The race was won by Prince Foote, considered one of the greatest colts in Australian racing history.
The course has a crowd capacity of over 120,000 and contains three grandstands. The biggest ever attendance was on Victoria Derby Day in 2006 when 129,069 people saw Efficient win the Victoria Derby. [1] On 28 November, 1986, Pope John Paul II celebrated the Mass on the racetrack inner oval. The racecourse has undergone a facelift in recent ...