First Melbourne Cup Horse Race

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most famous horse race held over a distance of 3200 metres at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. Held on the first Tuesday of November each year the 'race that stops a nation' is an opportunity to try and back a winner and claim bragging rights over your friends, work mates and family. In 1861, at the first running of the Melbourne Cup, the race club committee could hardly have envisaged the Cup lasting a century and a half and growing to become a significant part of our social and sporting culture. In front of an estimated crowd of 4000 people, Archer became the first winner of. A week ago, Leipzig beat Union Berlin. Even let the Berlin team win the first half. But after the break team Julian Nagelsmann woke up and showed the usual powerful football in the attack: three unrequited goals, two of them – on the account of Timo Werner, who gained great shape. And it was still a sick Emil Forsberg in the middle line. Anthony Van Dyck (58.5kg) - (3) IRE. T: Aidan O'Brien J: Hugh Bowman $8 Bet Now.

Here is some trivia about the Melbourne Cup horse race, the first of many things. See also more Melbourne Cup trivia.

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  • The FIRST Melbourne Cup was run in 1861, and the winner was the horse Archer (see list of winners).
  • The FIRST Melbourne Cup trophy was awarded in 1865. (see more trophy history)
  • The FIRST time the race was postponed was in 1870, due to a waterlogged track. In 1916 the race was postponed again.
  • The FIRST time the race was run on a Tuesday was in 1875, and has done so ever since (The first cup races were originally run on a Thursday)
  • The FIRST time a public holiday was declared for the Melbourne Cup day was In 1877 (and is still).
  • The FIRST time 100,000 spectators attended the Melbourne Cup was in 1880.
  • The FIRST time bookmakers were licensed at Flemington was in 1882.
  • The FIRST gold mounted whip was presented to the winning Cup jockey, Mick O'Brien, in 1888.
  • The FIRST Melbourne Cup to be filmed was in 1896.
  • The FIRST woman owner to win the Melbourne Cup was Mrs. Edith Widdis, who owned the winning horse Patrobas in 1915.
  • The FIRST radio broadcast of the Melbourne Cup was made by the ABC in 1925.
  • The FIRST year the totalisator operated at the Melbourne Cup was in 1931
  • The FIRST time a camera photo finish was used was in 1948.
  • The FIRST Melbourne Cup to start from starting stalls was in 1958.
  • The FIRST 'Fashions on the Field' was first held in 1962.
  • The FIRST race run in Australia with prize money of $1 million was the 1985 Melbourne Cup, won by 'What a Nuisance'.
  • The FIRST female jockey to ride in the cup was New Zealander Maree Lyndon on Argonaut Style.
  • The FIRST northern hemisphere trained horse to win was Vintage Crop, from Ireland, in 1993.
  • The FIRST Australian female jockey to ride in the cup was Clare Lindop on Debben in 2003 (previously only two New Zealand female Jockey's had ridden in the Cup; Maree Lynden and Linda Ballantyne)
  • The FIRST and only horse to be a three time winner of the Melbourne Cup was Makybe Diva (2003, 2004, 2005). At the same time, jockey Glen Boss became the FIRST jockey to win three Cups in a row.
  • The FIRST Japanese horse to win the Melbourne Cup was Delta Blues in 2006.
  • The FIRST French horse to win Australia's biggest race was Americain in 2010.
  • The FIRST German horse to win the Melbourne Cup was Protectionist in in 2014.
  • The FIRST female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup was Michelle Payne on Prince of Penzance in 2015

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The Melbourne Cup Horse Race

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  • More Melbourne Cup trivia.
  • More about the Melbourne Cup
  • More about the Melbourne Cup prize money.
  • List of Melbourne Cup Winners

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