1977 Melbourne Cup

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1977 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date1 Nov 1977
Distance3200m
Winning horse Gold and Black
Winning time3:18.4
Final odds7/2
Jockey John Duggan
Trainer Bart Cummings
OwnerMr Jack & Mrs Mary Harris, Mr Hugh & Mrs Gloria Gage
Conditions Fast
SurfaceTurf
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Reckless is trying to follow him but Gold and Black swept to the lead with 300 to go in the Cup, Reckless is going to be the challenger. Gold and Black in front from Reckless out after him from Hyperno and Unaware. Reckless tackling Gold and Black, Gold and Black a neck in front, Reckless is pegging him back but Gold and Black hanging onto the lead and it's the favourite's Cup! Gold and Black won it a half length to Reckless.

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Commentator Bill Collins describes the climax of the race

The 1977 Melbourne Cup was a handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1977 over 3200m, at Flemington Racecourse.

Background

The race was won by the New Zealand bred gelding Gold and Black, trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by John Duggan. The runner up was Reckless trained by Tommy Woodcock, and third place went to Hyperno trained by Geoff Murphy. [1] The winning margin was a length with a further two and a half lengths to third place.

Bart bought the horse in New Zealand for $4,000 for Jack and Mary Harris from Adelaide and brought in Hugh and Gloria Gage from Sydney as partners. Gold and Black was sired by In The Purple (France) and his dam was Gem (by Talismano). Gold and Black had won the 1976 Mackinnon Stakes and placed second to Van der Hum in the 1976 Melbourne Cup. In 1977 he was second to Reckless in the Sydney Cup and second in the Mackinnon Stakes behind Sir Silver Lad. [2]

This win gave Bart Cummings his sixth Melbourne Cup win. Bart went on to record twelve Melbourne Cup training victories. [3] [4]

It was third time lucky for jockey John Duggan who had been runner up in the 1975 and 1976 Cups on Holiday Waggon and Gold and Black respectively.

Field

The following are the placegetters in the 1977 Melbourne Cup. [5]

PlaceHorseWeight (kg)TrainerJockey
1st Gold and Black 57 Bart Cummings John Duggan
2ndReckless [6] 56.5 Tommy Woodcock Pat Trotter [7]
3rd Hyperno 52Geoff MurphyBrian Andrews

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References

  1. ↑ "Past Winners - 1971 to 1980 Melbourne Cup Winners - Races.com.au". www.races.com.au. 22 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Gold And Black racehorse Melbourne Cup Winner 1977". www.racerate.com.
  3. ↑ "Bart's Melbourne Cup winners". Herald Sun. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bart Cummings – Twelve Melbourne Cups. Thirteen Australian Cups". www.vrc.com.au.
  5. ↑ Cummings, J.B. (2009). Bart: My life. Pan Macmillan, Australia. ISBN   9781405040150
  6. ↑ "TOMMY WOODCOCK & JOCKEY PAT TROTTER WITH RECKLESS". JOHN TAPP RACING. 12 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Timms, Daryl (20 December 2016). "Trotter hoping to finish up a winner". heraldsun. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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