1985 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup | |
Location | Flemington Racecourse |
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Date | 5 Nov 1985 |
Distance | 3200 Meters |
Winning horse | What A Nuisance |
Winning time | 3:23.0 |
Final odds | 15/1 |
Jockey | Pat Hyland |
Trainer | John F. Meagher |
Surface | Turf |
Our Boyfriend two in front of Butternut, then Koiro Corrie May, What a Nuisance, Fil De Roi under the whip, Tristarc went to the fence, from Tripsacum, Imaprince coming with a great run. Koiro Corrie May has got to this one Our Boyfriend with Butternut, What a Nuisance, Imaprice and Fil De Roi. What a Nuisance goes to Koiro Corrie May, Korio Corrie May and What a Nuisance, What a Nuisance wins the Foster's Melbourne Cup! A nose to Korio Corrie May.
Commentator Bruce McAvaney describes the climax of the race
The 1985 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1985. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), at Flemington Racecourse.
The 1985 Melbourne Cup was won by What A Nuisance a horse who had just recovered from a damaged suspensory ligament. This running of the race was notably for many reasons as it was the first horse race in Australia to have a prize pool of $AU1,000,000 and it was also the first time the Melbourne Cup was sponsored as it was sponsored by Foster's.[1] Legendary commentator Bruce McAvaney called his first Melbourne Cup for Network 10, he would go on to call three more.
Field
[edit]This is a list of horses which ran in the 1985 Melbourne Cup.[2]
Place | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
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1st | What A Nuisance | John F. Meagher | Pat Hyland |
2nd | Koiro Corrie May | Dave O'Sullivan | Lance O'Sullivan |
3rd | Tripsacum | J P Gaffney | Robert Hefferman |
4th | Fil De Roi | I A MacDonald | Ron Quinton |
5th | Butternut | Doug Baertschigar | M Riley |
6th | Our Boyfriend | Sir Mark Todd | Mark Barnsley |
7th | Imaprince | B Preston | Brent Thomson |
8th | Tristarc | R S McDonald | W Trealor |
9th | Black Knight | George Hanlon | Peter Cook |
10th | Our Sophia | George Hanlon | Harry White |
11th | Kiwi | Snow Lupton | Noel Harris |
12th | Dusky Legend | S A Mackinnon | P Alderman |
13th | Duanette's Girl | J A Gibbs | David Peake |
14th | Mapperley Heights | Colin Hayes | Darren Gauci |
15th | Silver Award | R W Guy | Mick Dittman |
16th | Sir Zephyr | B J Smith | John Duggan |
17th | Hayai | J Lee | John Letts |
18th | Late Show | Brian Mayfield-Smith | Jim Cassidy |
19th | Lacka Reason | M K Bull | Gary Willetts |
20th | Under Oath | Colin Hayes | Michael Clarke |
21st | Spritely Native | M G Lees | W Harris |
22nd | Rising Prince | Deidre Stein | K Langby |
23rd | Foxseal | Rick Hore-Lacy | P D Johnson |
References
[edit]- ^ "1981 to 1990 Melbourne Cup Winners". races.com.au. 14 November 2022.
- ^ "1985 Melbourne Cup". millersguide.identika.com.au. 14 November 2022.