#46
Melbourne Cup
Published or Updated November 5, 2018
Location: Australia
Sport: Horse Racing
Level: Professional
Sport: Horse Racing
Level: Professional
Event Type: Race
First Held: 1861
Next Up: 11/6/2018-11/6/2018
First Held: 1861
Next Up: 11/6/2018-11/6/2018
When and Where: annually on the first Tuesday in November in Melbourne, Australia
Australia’s major thoroughbred competition, the Melbourne Cup is lovingly known as “the race that stops a nation” due to its ability to shut down the entire major metro area on the first Tuesday of November each year.
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2002 - Damien Oliver rode Media Puzzle and won the race. It was a bittersweet win as Damian's brother had passed away only weeks before.
2006 - Delta Blues became the first Japanes horse to win the Melbourne Cup in 2006, Surprisingly, the horse it beat, Pop Rock, was also a Japanese nag.
2004 - No one believed that Tony Santic and Glenn Boss could do it again, but they did. After a few light runs Makybe Diva clocked up her second Melbourne Cup in 2004.
2005 - A man streaked down the length of the Flemington straight and crossed the finish line being chased by guards.
Oldest thoroughbred horse race in Australia.
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major annual horse race, to most people it's a day off. On the day Flemington race track is filled with more than 100,000 people, some dressed to the nines others in a superhero costume.
Efficient became the first grey to win the Melbourne Cup since Subzero in 1992. It also paid one of the biggest dividends for a win, $22.70.
Brew's win in the 2000 Melbourn Cup was the horses last win ever.
