1896 Melbourne Cup

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1896 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date3 November 1896
Distance2 miles
Winning horse Newhaven
Winning time3:28.50
Final odds4/1
Jockey H. J. Gardiner
Trainer Walter Hickenbotham
OwnerW T Jones
William Cooper
SurfaceTurf
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The 1896 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 3 November 1896. [1]

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Marius Sestier filmed the Melbourne Cup. [2] The feature, which consisted of 10 one-minute films shown in chronological order, was premiered at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne on 19 November 1896. [2]

The placegetters were: [1] [3]

PlaceNameJockey
1 Newhaven H. J. Gardiner
2BloodshotE. Power
3The SkipperW. Delaney

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References

  1. 1 2 "Melbourne Cup". Delegate Argus and Border Post . Vol. 2, no. 56. New South Wales, Australia. 5 November 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 14 October 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 Jackson, Sally (1 November 2013). "Melbourne Cup fashion, 1896". Australia: National Film and Sound Archive . Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "1891 to 1900 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 23 October 2020.


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