1921 Melbourne Cup

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1921 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date1 November 1921
Distance2 miles
Winning horse Sister Olive
Winning time3:27.75
Final odds16/1
Jockey Edward O'Sullivan
Trainer Jack Williams
SurfaceTurf
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The 1921 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1921. [1]

This year's Melbourne Cup saw chaos when the favourite Eurythmic got its head above the strand tape and when it was raised mayhem ensued. When the race was run it was won by Sister Olive who became the third and most recent filly to win the Melbourne Cup. [2] The third place Amazonia was partly owned by Essendon Football Club champion Albert Thurgood. [3]

Trainer of the winner, Jack Williams was a former jockey who rode Grace Darling to a close second-placed finish in the 1885 Melbourne Cup behind Sheet Anchor.

This is the list of placegetters for the 1921 Melbourne Cup. [4]

PlaceNameJockeyTrainer
1 Sister Olive Edward O'SullivanJack Williams
2The RoverV. SleighC. Moore
3AmazoniaL. FranklinW. Leyshon

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1921 Melbourne Cup MillersGuide". millersgudie.identika.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. ↑ O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "Winning Barriers since 1924". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. pp. 58–59. ISBN   9781742579054.
  3. ↑ Pennings, M. and Lowther, A., “Albert Thurgood,” [Biographical sketch], Tablet to Scoreboard, Vol 1, no. 1:, [Premiere Edition - Australian Rules Football], 2013, p. 1918; ”Albert Thurgood: The Champion of Champions,” AFL Record, 17 September, 2010, p. 42
  4. ↑ "1921 to 1930 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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