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SOME STATISTICS ABOUT THE MELBOURNE CUP:
* First run in 1861 under the banner of the Victorian Turf Club and won by the Mestre-trained Archer who beat the Mormon by six lengths. The prize was 1420 pounds and the trophy a gold watch.
Mormon, this time by eight lengths, has a record that still stands (it was equated in 1968 by Rain Lover).
* From Mestre would be the winners of the Melbourne Cup – Tim Whiffler (1867), Chester (1877) and Calamia (1878).
* Trainer Bart Cummings claimed the first of his 12 Melbourne Cups in 1965 with Light Fingers. The following year stablemate Galilee was the only one to prevent the fight against the backlash.
* Cummings' other winners were Think Big (1974, 1975), Gold And Black (1977), Hyperno (1979), Kingston Rule (1990), Let's Elope (1991), Saintly (1996), Rogan Josh (1999) and Viewed (2008).
* Lee Freedman: Tawrrific (1989), Subzero (1992), Doriemus (1995), Makybe Diva (2004, 2005); 4 – John Tait: The Barb (1866), Glencoe (1868), The Pearl (1871), The Quack (1872); Richard Bradfield: Patron (1894), The Victory (1902), Night Watch (1918), Backwood (1924); James Scobie: Clean Sweep (1900), King Ingoda (1922), Bitalli (1923), Trivalve (1927); W S Hinkenbothem: Mentor (1888), Carbine (1890), Newhaven (1896), Blue Spec (1905).
In 1972 the race was altered to the metric distance of 3200m, 18.7 meters or 61.5 feet short of two miles.
* Kingston Rule holds the metric race record of 3: 16.30.
* 1985 marked the dawn of a new era for the Cup with prize money raised to $ 1 million. The owners of What A Nuisance received $ 650,000 and a $ 23,000 Cup.
* This year the race is worth $ 4 million to the winning owners along with a trophy valued at $ 200,000.
* Four-year-olds (44) and five-year-olds (44) have the best record of any age group. Other age groups are three-year-old (23), six-year-old (32), seven-year-old (10) and eight-year-old (2).
Toryboy (1865) and Catalog (1938).
* The last three-year-old to win was Skipton (1941), who gave Billy Cook jockey champion his first Cup win.
* There have been no dead-heats for the first time in the race Carrington-Topical and dead-girded for third in Hall Mark's 1933 Cup and Lahar and Zazabelle also dead-heated for third in the 1999 Cup won by Rogan Josh.
* Bobby Lewis and Harry White are the most successful jockeys. In 19 wrinkles in the Lewis Cup with the Victory (1902), Patrobas (1915), Artilleryman (1919) and Trivalve in 1927. He was also runner-up four times and finished third on Phar Lap in 1929.
* Harry White steered the Cummings-trained Bart Think Big to Successive Victories in 1974 and 1975. He was back in the winner's circle again with Arwon in 1978 and another Cummings' runner Hyperno in 1979.
* Think Big wins to win a race between Melbourne Cup wins.
* Makybe Diva is the only horse to win the Cup three times in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
* Perhaps the unluckiest of all Melbourne Cup runners was Shadow King who ran in six Cups between 1929 and 1935 finishing third to Phar Lap in 1930, second to White Nose in 1931, third to Peter Pan in 1932 and second again behind Hall Mark in 1933 .
* The longest-priced horses to win: Four horses have win at 100-1: The Pearl (1871), Wotan (1936), Old Rowley (1940) and Prince Of Penzance (2015).
* The shortest priced are Archer 2-1 (1862), Tim Whiffler 5-2 (1867), Revenue 7-4 (1901), Phar Lap 8-11 (1930), Even Stevens 3-1 (1962), Let's Elope 3-1 (1991) and Makybe Diva at 5-2 in 2004.
* Melbourne Cup winners to produce other Melbourne Cup winners: – Great Flanneur (1880) sired Bravo (1889) and Patron (1894); Malua (1884) sired Malvolio (1891); Comedy King (1910) sired Artilleryman (1919) and King Ingoda (1922); Spearfelt (1926) sired Dark Felt (1943); Marabou (1935) sired Skipton (1941); Silver Knight (1971) sired Black Knight (1984).
* Heaviest weights carried in the Cup: – Winners – Carbine 10.5 (65.5kg), Archer 10.2 (64.5kg), Poitrel 10.0 (63.5kg), Redcraze 10.3 (65kg). Others: Rising Fast 10.0 (65.5kg) 2nd, Eurythmic 10.5 (65.5kg) broke down, Phar Lap 10.10 (68kg) in 1931 8th, Peter Pan 10.6 (66kg) in 1935 15th.
In 1993, Vintage Crop became the first northern hemisphere-trained horse to win. The Irish stayer was trained by Dermot Weld and ridden by Mick Kinanne and is credited with putting the race on the world stage.
* In 2015, Michelle Payne became the first woman to ride the winner of the Melbourne Cup when she steered the Darren Weir-trained Prince of Penzance to a famous victory.
* Craig Williams needs a Cup to win the Grand Slam of Australian Racing – Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup. He missed the winning ride on Dunaden in 2011 by Youngstar this year.
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