Melbourne Cup 2010

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KEY DETAILS

  • Date – 2nd November 2010
  • Time – 3pm
  • Location – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne Australia
  • Race Type – Thoroughbred – Flat Racing
  • Distance – 3,200 metres (2 miles)
  • Track – Turf, left-hand
  • Qualification – Three year olds and up
  • Weight – Handicap

MELBOURNE CUP 2010

Are you looking for more information about the Melbourne Cup? The rest of this page has information for those that want to learn more about the event.

Firstly the Melbourne Cup is Australia’s main thoroughbred horse race of three year olds and over. From its popularity it’s become the richest and most prestigious “two mile” handicap race in the world.

The race goes over a distance of 3,200 metres and usually takes about three and a half minutes to complete. The race is held at 3pm on the first Tuesday in November. Therefore the Melbourne Cup 2010 will be held on the 2nd of November 2010.

The race is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. All racecourses nationwide hold events and attracts large crowds. At the other racecourses large screens are bought in and the Melbourne Cup is watched lived.

The event has been held at Flemington since it first begun back in 1861. The present record holder for the fastest time was set in 1990 by Kingston Rule with a time of 3 minutes 16.3 seconds

ATTENDANCE

Having the honours to be called the race that stops a nation is no light compliment. You can be sure that most people around Australia and quite a large number of people overseas will be watching the Melbourne Cup.

In terms of being right there in the think of the action, the numbers are impressive. In 2003 Flemington Racecourse had a record 122, 736 people come through its doors! Here’s a breakdown of the numbers that attending the race.

  • 2009 – 102,000
  • 2008 – 107,000
  • 2007 – 102,411
  • 2006 – 106,691
  • 2005 – 106,479
  • 2004 – 98,181
  • 2003 – 122,736 (record)

Keep in mind that during the Melbourne Cup, all other racecourses nation wide is chock-full with people.

PRIZE MONEY AND TROPHIES

Ok, so you’re the first horse to cross the line in the biggest race on Australia’s calendar. How much do you expect to take home?

How does 3.3 million sound? That’s exactly how much first place gets. This prize money is divided into the ratio of 8% to the owner, 10% to the trainer and 5% to the jockey. There is also a trophy valued at $125,000

You get a little something if you come second as well. In fact the top 10 all take home prize money. In total there will be 6 million dollars in prize money in the Melbourne Cup 2010.

After some trivia? Did you know that 1985 become the first race in Australia with a prize money of 1 million. Some royal folks from English was here for the event. Charles and Diana are their names.

QUALIFYING AND RACE CONDITIONS

The Melbourne Cup is a handicap horse race of 3 year old thoroughbred and older. There is a minimum top weight of 49kg and no maximum weight.

The VRC handicapper in early September decides the weight allocated to each horse. They do this by adjusting the weight of the jokey and riding gear with ballast to a nominated figure.

Back in the day the weight was calculated to give each horse an equal change to bring home the bacon. Not so anymore. Older horses carry more weight than younger ones and wrights are adjusted further according to the horses previous results

Recent years rules were adjusted to a “quality handicap” formula where superior horses are given less severe weight penalties then under pure handicap rules

HISTORY

  • 1869 – The Victorian Racing Club introduced the four day Spring Racing Carnival format.
  • 1870 – The race was postponed.
  • 1876 – The youngest jockey to win was Peter St. Albans on Briseis aged 13 (officially), but actually 12 years 11 months 23 days
  • 1882 – The first bookmakers were licensed at Flemington.
  • 1888 – The first Gold whip was presented to the winning Cup jockey (Mick O’Brien).
  • 1894 – Strand starts were introduced to Flemington.
  • 1896 – The Melbourne Cup was first filmed. This race was won by Newhaven.
  • 1915 – First woman owner to win was Mrs E.A. Widdis with Patrobas.
  • 1916 – The race was postponed.
  • 1925 – The first radio broadcast of the Melbourne Cup was made by the Australian Broadcasting Company.
  • 1931 – The first year the totalisator operated at the Melbourne Cup. The Totalisator Agency Board was introduced in 1961.
  • 1942-44 – The Melbourne Cup was run on Saturdays during the war years.
  • 1948 – The photo finish camera was first used in Melbourne Cup. Rimfire beat Dark Marne. However, many on-course punters believe the result should have been reversed, and it was later found that the camera was incorrectly aligned.
  • 1958 – The first Cup start from starting stalls.
  • 1962 – “Fashions on the Field” was first held at the Carnival.
  • 1973 – First Aboriginal jockey to win was Frank Reys on Gala Supreme.
  • 1985 – The first sponsored Melbourne Cup, and the first million dollar Cup, with $650,000 for the winner.
  • 1987 – First female jockey to ride in the cup was Maree Lynden on Argonaut Style.
  • 2001 – Sheila Laxon, was the first woman trainer to officially win the Melbourne Cup. However Mrs. A. McDonald (1938) with Catalogue was really the first woman trainer to win. Women then could not be registered as trainers in Australia, and it was her husband who was the registered trainer. Mrs. A. Macdonald’s win was as a female trainer of a female owned horse.
  • 2003 – First Australian female jockey to ride in the cup was Clare Lindop on Debben.
  • 2003 – The first Melbourne Cup Tour was conducted around Australia, and the biggest crowd, of 122,736, is recorded at Flemington.
  • 2005 – Makybe Diva became the only horse so far to win the Melbourne Cup three times.
  • 2008 – The “Cup King”, Bart Cummings, took his 12th win in the Melbourne Cup with Viewed on his 50th anniversary of his first Cup runner

RECORDS

Most wins by a horse

  • 3 – Makybe Diva (2003, 2004, 2005)
  • 2 – Think Big (1974, 1975)
  • 2 – Rain Lover (1968, 1969)
  • 2 – Peter Pan (1932, 1934)
  • 2 – Archer (1861, 1862)
  • 4 – Bobby Lewis (1902, 1915, 1919, 1927)
  • 4 – Harry White (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979)
  • 12 – Bart Cummings (1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2008)
  • 5 – Etienne de Mestre (1861, 1862, 1867, 1877, 1878)
  • 5 – Lee Freedman (1989, 1992, 1995, 2004, 2005)
  • 4 – John Tait (1866, 1868, 1871, 1872)
  • 4 – Etienne de Mestre (1861*, 1862*, 1867*, 1878) *The winners of these years were leased.
  • 4 – Dato Tan Chin Nam (1974, 1975, 1996, 2008)
  • Record winning time – 3.16.30 Kingston Rule (1990)
  • Widest winning margin – 8 lengths by Archer in 1862 and Rain Lover in 1968.
  • Heaviest weight carried by winner – Carbine in 1890 with 10 stone 5lbs (65.5 kg) Makybe Diva holds the record for a mare with 58 kg in 2005. The horse to carry the heaviest weight of all time was Phar Lap (10 stone 10 pounds) in 1931 when he ran 8th.
  • Longest odds winners – Three horses have won at 100-1: The Pearl (1871), Wotan (1936) and Old Rowley (1940).
  • Shortest odds winner – Phar Lap at 8/11 in 1930.
  • Favourites record – 34 of 149 favourites (23%) have won the Melbourne Cup.
  • Most runners – 39 (1890)
  • Fewest runners – 7 (1863)
  • Most attempts – Shadow King made six attempts to win the cup in seven years between 1929 and 1935. He ran 6th, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd and 4th.

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