1904 Melbourne Cup

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1904 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date1 November 1904
Distance2 miles
Winning horse Acrasia
Winning time3:28.25
Final odds10/1
Jockey Tom Clayton
Trainer A. E. Wills
OwnerHumphrey Oxenham
SurfaceTurf
Attendance85,000
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The 1904 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile Group One handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1904. [1] [2]

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Franklyn Barrett filmed the Melbourne Cup. [3] This was the first time the Melbourne Cup had been filmed from start to finish. [4]

The placegetters were: [2] [5]

PlaceNameJockeyTrainer
1 Acrasia Tom Clayton A E Willis
2Lord CardiganJ. BardenA E Cornwell
3BlinkerR. BrennanJames Wilson

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References

  1. ↑ "The Melbourne Cup". The Advertiser . Vol. XLVII, no. 14, 366. South Australia. 2 November 1904. p. 10. Retrieved 9 February 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 "1901 to 1910 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "A Maker of Films". The Barrier Miner . Broken Hill, NSW. 20 March 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 10 December 2014– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Rutledge, Martha (1979). "Barrett, Walter Franklyn". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 7. Australian National University. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "1904 Melbourne Cup MillersGuide". millersgudie.identika.com.au. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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