| Melbourne Cup | |
| Location | Flemington Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Date | 13 Nov 1862 |
| Distance | 2 miles |
| Winning horse | Archer |
| Winning time | 3:47 |
| Final odds | 2/1 |
| Jockey | John Cutts |
| Trainer | Etienne L. de Mestre |
| Owner | Etienne L. de Mestre |
| Surface | Turf |
The 1862 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Thursday, 13 November 1862. [1]
This year was the second running of the Melbourne Cup and Archer's back-to-back wins would not be repeated again for over one hundred years, until Rain Lover's wins. [1]
This is the list of placegetters for the 1862 Melbourne Cup. [1] [2] [3]
| Place | Name | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Weight | Starting price | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archer | John Cutts | Etienne L. de Mestre | Etienne L. de Mestre | 10 st 2 lb (64.4 kg) | 2/1 (3.00) | |
| 2 | Mormon | W. Simpson | Mr P. Keighran | 9 st 12 lb (62.6 kg) | 4/1 (5.00) | 8 lengths | |
| 3 | Camden | J. Morrison | Mr J. Henderson | 8 st 7 lb (54.0 kg) | 4/1 (5.00) | 2 lengths |
The remaining runners were as follows (given in approximate finishing order where not known). [3]
| Place | Name | Jockey | Weight | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Talleyrand | J. Ashworth | 9 st 12 lb (62.6 kg) | 4/1 (5.00) |
| 5 | Cedric | S. Davis | 7 st 7 lb (47.6 kg) | 100/1 (101.00) |
| 6 | Toryboy | W. Trainor | 7 st 13 lb (50.3 kg) | 100/1 (101.00) |
| 7 | Attila | Gill | 7 st 12 lb (49.9 kg) | 25/1 (26.00) |
| 8 | O.K. | Redman | 6 st 2 lb (39.0 kg) | 50/1 (51.00) |
| 9 | Ithuriel | H. Howard | 5 st 8 lb (35.4 kg) | 50/1 (51.00) |
| ? | Musidora | Greenwood | 6 st 3 lb (39.5 kg) | 10/1 (11.00) |
| ? | Ebor | Bates | 8 st 1 lb (51.3 kg) | 16/1 (17.00) |
| ? | Dun Dolo | Waterman | 7 st 0 lb (44.5 kg) | 25/1 (26.00) |
| ? | The Colonel | S. Waldock | 9 st 0 lb (57.2 kg) | 16/1 (17.00) |
| ? | Susan | Robinson | 8 st 0 lb (50.8 kg) | 100/1 (101.00) |
| ? | Paul Pry | Cousins | 7 st 13 lb (50.3 kg) | 16/1 (17.00) |
| ? | Flatcatcher | J. Carter | 9 st 4 lb (59.0 kg) | 100/1 (101.00) |
| ? | Moscow | Monaghan | 8 st 4 lb (52.6 kg) | 100/1 (101.00) |
| ? | Dauntless | J. Henderson | 8 st 2 lb (51.7 kg) | 50/1 (51.00) |
| ? | Bray | Solloway | 7 st 12 lb (49.9 kg) | 25/1 (26.00) |
| ? | Lady Constance | Perkins | 7 st 11 lb (49.4 kg) | 100/1 (101.00) |
The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club that forms 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".
Archer (1856–1872) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first and the second Melbourne Cups in 1861 and 1862. He won both Cups easily, and is one of only five horses to win the Melbourne Cup twice or more and is one of only four horses to win successive Cups. In 2017 Archer was inducted to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
Big Philou was a notable New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse. He was by the good sire Le Filou from Pink Lady by Contact and he was trained by Bart Cummings.
Etienne Livingston de Mestre, was a 19th-century Australian breeder and jockey of Thoroughbred racehorses, De Mestre, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer and racing identity. In his 30-year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.
John Cutts was an Australian jockey who at the age of 32 rode Archer, the winner of the first Melbourne Cup in 1861. The next day John rode Archer to win another long distance race, the Melbourne Town Plate. In May 1862 he rode Archer to win the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC), and returned to Melbourne later that year to win his second Melbourne Cup. Due to a technical error which stopped Archer from being entered in the third (1863) Melbourne Cup, Cutts was not able to attempt to win the hat-trick.c
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