The weird and wonderful history of the melbourne cup. An overview of the melbourne cup winners for races between 1881 and 1890, with horses that placed, trainers, jockeys, race summaries and more. Stamp printed in australia shows the saintly, 1896 winner, 150th melbourne cup issue, circa 2010. Ridden by english jockey ryan moore, protectionist beat. The film entitled weighing in for the cup is part of the lumiere collection cup carnival series.
After his career as a racehorse, patron stood in germany and was used to sire. This film from australias audiovisual heritage online documents the 1896 melbourne cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race. Past winners 1891 to 1900 melbourne cup winners races. His 1896 melbourne cup win marked the first year that the race was filmed. The 1998 melbourne cup was a 3,200 metre horse race which took place on tuesday, 3 november 1998 placings. Newhaven won by 6 lengths to give walter hickenbotham another win to add to his list. Winner arwon yes nowra in reverse 1896 melbourne cup footage rediscovered a remarkable 60 second film shot at the 1896 melbourne cup has been rediscovered by the national film and sound archive. On saturday, 31 october 1896 derby day and on tuesday, 3 november 1896 cup day, marius sestier and h. Newhaven became the first media celebrity horse to win the melbourne cup. He sustained several injuries and just barely missed winning quite a few important races. The melbourne cup is australias major thoroughbred horse race. New footage of the 1896 melbourne cup has been unearthed. Bravo was the melbourne cup winner sired by a former cup winner grand flaneur.
The greatest cup never run phar lap triumphs duration. The melbourne cup is australias most famous annual thoroughbred horse race. Download your official melbourne cup 2020 office sweep worksheet for free when final field and barrier draw is announced. Find the perfect melbourne cup australia stock photo. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Irish horses two and one japanese and german bred horse have each won the cup. Over a century later these faces are anonymous but using contemporary newspaper and social page reports to identify the famous faces we discover whos who at the 1896 melbourne cup carnival. Melbourne cup 1896 1896 clip 3 on aso australianscreen. This clip shows the end of the 1896 melbourne cup horse race through the. Despite his excellent pedigree, bravo had an unlucky race career leading up to the 1889 melbourne cup. Walter barnett shot films of events of the victoria racing club vrc spring meeting at flemington racecourse, melbourne, victoria, australia. A horse gallops into the foreground and blocks our view until the films producer gives the horse a pat on its rump. Melbourne cup sweep 2020 download free printable office sweep.