1875 Melbourne Cup

	1875 Melbourne Cup The 1875 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 9 November 1875. This year was the fifteenth running of the Melbourne Cup. This would be the first year of the race being held on a Tuesday. This is the list of placegetters for the 1875 Melbourne Cup. See also * Melbourne Cup * List of Melbourne Cup winners * Victoria Racing Club References External links1875 Melbourne Cupfootyjumpers.com 1875 Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the ... Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup 19th century in Melbourne 1870s in Melbourne {{Horseracing-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and over, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world and one of the richest turf races. The event starts at 3:00 pm on the first Tuesday of November and is known locally as "the race that stops the nation". The Melbourne Cup has a long tradition, with the first race held in 1861. It was originally run over but was shortened to in 1972 when Australia adopted the metric system. This reduced the distance by , and Rain Lover's 1968 race record of 3:19.1 was accordingly adjusted to 3:17.9. The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3:16.3. Qualifying and race conditions The race is a quality handicap for horses three years old and over, run over a distance of 3200 metres, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is the world's richest handicap and the world's richest 3200-metre horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River. The area was first used for horse racing in March 1840. Overview The Flemington Racecourse site comprises 1.27 square kilometres of Crown land. The course was originally leased to the Victoria Turf Club in 1848, which merged with the Victoria Jockey Club in 1864 to form the Victoria Racing Club. The first Melbourne Cup was run in 1861. In 1871 the Victoria Racing Club Act was passed, giving the VRC legal control over Flemington Racecourse. The racecourse is pear-shaped, and boasts a six-furlong (1,200 m) straight known as 'the Straight Six.' The track has a circumference of and a final straight of for race distances over . Races are run in an anti-clockwise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1874 Melbourne Cup The 1874 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Thursday, 5 November 1874. This year was the fourteenth running of the Melbourne Cup. This is the list of placegetters for the 1874 Melbourne Cup. See also * Melbourne Cup * List of Melbourne Cup winners * Victoria Racing Club References External links1874 Melbourne Cupfootyjumpers.com 1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ... Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup 19th century in Melbourne 1870s in Melbourne {{Horseracing-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1876 Melbourne Cup The 1876 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile Handicap (horse racing), handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 7 November 1876. This year was the sixteenth running of the Melbourne Cup. The race is most famous for winning jockey Peter St Albans (real name: Micheal Bowden) who became the youngest Melbourne Cup winning jockey at 12 (he was actually a few days shy of his 11th birthday). Briseis, who won the Doncaster Handicap at two, won by two lengths and was the first of three Filly, fillies to win the race the Cup. She also completed the VRC Derby and Melbourne Cup double. Briseis won in a field of 33 and "The boy who rode the winner was carried around the pack and is the hero of the day" reported the ''Australasian Sketcher''. Both Peter St Albans and Briseis have now become racing legends. This is the list of placegetters for the 1876 Melbourne Cup. See also * Melbourne Cup * List of Melbourne Cup winners * Victoria Racing Club * Australian Racing Hall of Fame Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]