1966 Melbourne Cup

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1966 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date1 Nov 1966
Distance2 miles
Winning horse Galilee
Winning time3:21.9
Final odds11/2
Jockey John Miller
Trainer Bart Cummings
OwnerMax & Venice Miller
Conditions Slow
SurfaceTurf
  1965
1967  

Where Duo momentarily had gone to the lead, tackled now by Light Fingers then Aveniam, forcing up John the rail and on the outside the South Australian stayer Galilee rapidly setting sail after them, look at Galilee go! Galilee has gone to the front, half way down the straight, holding Light Fingers, Duo and Aveniam at bay and it's all Galilee! Galilee a big winner over Light Fingers, third home Duo.

Commentator Joe Brown describes the climax of the race

The 1966 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1966. The race, run over 2 miles (3,218.7 m), at Flemington Racecourse. [1]

The race was won by the gelding Galilee, trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by John Miller. The runner up was Light Fingers also trained by Bart who had won the 1965 Melbourne Cup. Third place went to Duo. [2] The winning margin was 2 lengths and a 1/2 head to third place.

This race was the second of a record twelve Melbourne Cup winners for Bart and also the second of the five times he trained the quinella. [3] [4]

Galilee (Alcimedes-Galston, by Balloch) was bred by Trelawney Stud in Cambridge, New Zealand. He had previously won the Caulfield Cup and went on to win the 1967 Sydney Cup. [5] He was ridden by Miller in all three Cups. Galilee and Miller are the only horse and jockey to have won all three.

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1966 Melbourne Cup. [6]

PlaceHorseTrainerJockey
1st Galilee Bart Cummings John Miller
2nd Light Fingers Bart Cummings Roy Higgins
3rdDuoR A Dickerson George Podmore
4thAveniamJ MorganB McClune
5thGala CrestR J HutchinsP Gumbleton
6thTea BiscuitP J MurrayH Cope
7thGatum GatumH G Heagney Frank Reys
8thRoyal CoralR H ClaartonP Jarman
9thAlaskaV P Bernard Pat Hyland
10thTerrificM E RitchieG Hughes
11thBore HeadD JuddB Gilders
12thPrince Grant T J Smith George Moore
13thDignifyV MaloneyW Smith
14thTrevorsMrs A ShepherdA Mulley
15thClipjointM E RichieJ Stocker
16thCoppeliusB CourtneyM Moore
17thBeau RoyalN D HoystedR Durey
18th Tobin Bronze H G Heagney Jim Johnson
19thEl GordoL J O'SullivanN Campton
20thRed BrassH G HeagneyR Selkrig
21stMystic GlenF G HoodK Langby
22ndWinfreuxC A WilsonA Lister

References

  1. "RSTV Video - 1966 Melbourne Cup- Galilee". www.racingandsports.tv.
  2. "Past Winners - 1961 to 1970 Melbourne Cup Winners - Races.com.au". www.races.com.au. 22 September 2009.
  3. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/image-gallery/2d3ed522011c7441c02d4a5375cb339b
  4. "Bart Cummings – Twelve Melbourne Cups. Thirteen Australian Cups". www.vrc.com.au.
  5. "Galilee racehorse Melbourne Cup winner 1966". www.racerate.com.
  6. Cummings, J.B. (2009). Bart: My life. Pan Macmillan, Australia. ISBN   9781405040150