BJMelbourneCupHistory

Melbourne Cup On November 7th 1861 the first Melbourne was run with seventeen horses set out to win the Melbourne Cup, the race was won by archer and he won $1,121.45 he ran the race in 3.52.00 which is very quick the jockey was John Cutts. There was only a crowd of 4 thousand people. The VRC Chief wanted to attract a bigger crowd so he decided to give every member two ladies ticket for free which lets two ladies to come with him to the races. Next year 1862 there was an attendance of 7,000 nearly twice the size of last year. Archer also won the AJC Queen Elisabeth Stakes. He also won his second Melbourne Cup the same year he defeated them by 8 lengths that was not matched for over 100 years. Phar Lap, the most famous horse in the world of his day, won the 1930 Melbourne Cup, the shortest priced favourite in the history of the race. He had to be hidden away at Geelong before the race after an attempt was made to shoot him and only emerged an hour before the race time of the Cup. Phar Lap also competed in 1929 and 1931, but came 3rd and 8th respectively, despite heavy favouritism in both years.
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**Present Days**  On the first tuesday in november 2002 one of the most famous moments in racing hisory happened when Damien Oliver won the cup onboard Media Puzzle it doesn't sound like anything that good but it was. Damien five days before the cup was shatted when he was told that his brother has had a riding accident and has passed away, Damien was ossing up to even ride in the cup, he said to himself im going to ride in this cup and im going to win it for my brother. he ended up winning it and look straight upas soon as he won. Three years later another piece of history was made when that great filly Makybe Diva won three melbourne cups in a row. there was recently an interview with Glenn Boss in it, He said she was the most amazing thing i have ever riden. He then went on to say Black Caviar was up ther with the diva. In 2008 Bart Cummings won his 12th Melbourne Cup

