1910 Melbourne Cup

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1910 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date1 Nov 1910
Distance2 miles
Winning horse Comedy King
Winning time3:27.75
Final odds10/1
Jockey William McLachlan
Trainer James Lynch
SurfaceTurf
  1909
1911  

The 1910 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1910. [1]

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It was the 50th running of the race, and featured the only silver cup ever presented, which is now in the National Sports Museum. The race was won by Comedy King. He and his mother, Tragedy Queen, were imported to Australia in 1908 by Sol Green. Comedy King was sired by Persimmon, the Epsom Derby winner, which was owned by King Edward VII. Comedy King, which did not race as a two-year-old, won the Futurity Stakes at its second start, before being aimed at 1910 Melbourne Cup

In his last start before the 1910 Cup, he won the Spring Stakes at Randwick on 1 October, starting at 10/1. He defeated Trafalgar, which won 23 races in Australia but, in eight attempts, never beat Comedy King. For the second consecutive year, the winning jockey was William McLachlan, who won the 1909 race aboard Prince Foote. Comedy King went on to sire 1919 Melbourne Cup winner Artillerymen, and the 1922 Melbourne Cup winner King Ingoda, as well as Shadown King, which was placed four times in the race from 1930 to 1933. [2]

This is the list of place-getters in the 1910 Melbourne Cup. [3]

PlaceNameJockeyTrainer
1Comedy KingWilliam McLachlanJames Lynch
2TrafalgarR. CameronWalter Hickenbottom
3Apple PieP. FoleyT. Payten

See also

References

  1. "Melbourne Cup Day 1900, 1901 and onwards". calendar-australia.com. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "Comedy King (1910)". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. p. 53. ISBN   9781742579054.
  3. "1901 to 1910 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 6 November 2023.