1888 Melbourne Cup

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1888 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date6 November 1888
Distance2 miles
Winning horse Mentor
Winning time3:30.75
Final odds7/1
Jockey Mick O'Brien
Trainer Walter Hickenbotham
Owner Donald Smith Wallace
SurfaceTurf
Attendance100,000
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The 1888 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 6 November 1888. [1]

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This year was the twenty-eighth running of the Melbourne Cup. This year the VRC lifted the sweepstakes for the Melbourne Cup making the Cup the most valuable race in the world at the time. [2] This was the first of four Melbourne Cup wins for trainor Walter Hickenbotham. [2]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1888 Melbourne Cup. [2] [3]

PlaceNameJockeyTrainerOwner
1 Mentor Mick O'Brien Walter Hickenbotham Donald Smith Wallace
2TraditionT. Aspinall
3The Yeoman Robert Ramage

Prizemoney

First prize £3,984, second prize £600, third prize £300. [4]


See also

References

  1. ↑ "1888 Melbourne Cup MillersGuide". millersgudie.identika.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "1881 to 1890 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "WINNERS AND PLACED HORSES IN MELBOURNE CUP. 1861-1913". Winner. Melbourne, Victoria. 28 October 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Melbourne Cup". National Advocate. Bathurst, New South Wales. 6 November 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 10 December 2025.


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