1921 Melbourne Cup

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1921 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date1 Nov 1921
Distance2 miles
Winning horse Sister Olive
Winning time3:27.75
Final odds16/1
Jockey E. O'Sullivan
Trainer John Willams
SurfaceTurf
  1920
1922  

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]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1921 Melbourne Cup. [3]

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

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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. "1921 to 1930 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 2 November 2021.