1982 Melbourne Cup

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1982 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date2 Nov 1982
Distance3200 metres
Winning horse Gurner's Lane
Winning time3:21.1
Final odds8/1
Jockey Mick Dittman
Trainer Geoff Murphy
SurfaceTurf
  1981
1983  

Kingston Town in front at the 200 a length to Noble Comment, Gurner's Lane getting a split now! Kingston Town in front, Gurner's Lane flying on the inside he's coming home like a train! Kingston Town joined by Gurner's Lane and Gurner's Lane gets up to win the Cup! A neck to Kingston Town.

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Commentator Bill Collins describes the climax of the race

The 1982 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 2 November 1982 at Flemington Racecourse.

The race was won by Gurner's Lane trained by Geoff Murphy and ridden by Mick Dittman. He won by a neck from Kingston Town trained by Tommy Smith and 3rd was Noble Comment trained by George Hanlon.

Background

Fellow Tommy Smith trained Just A Dash was sent out the 11/2 favourite.

Gurner's Lane had won the 1982 AJC and the VRC St Leger Stakes, ran third in the Metropolitan Handicap and then won the Caulfield Cup and incurred a 3 kg penalty for the cup. His impressive run of race victories saw him awarded the Australian Horse of the Year for the 1982–1983 season. [1] Gurner's Lane broke down in early 1983 and although later returning to the track he never won another race. [2]

The race is remembered for the defeat of champion Kingston Town who had won his third Cox Plate the start before. His jockey, Malcolm Johnston, was later criticised for taking him to the lead too early. Kingston Town went to Perth and broke down after winning what would be his last race, now named the Kingston Town Classic.

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1982 Melbourne Cup. [3]

PlaceHorseTrainerJockey
1st Gurner's Lane Geoff Murphy Mick Dittman
2nd Kingston Town Tommy Smith Malcolm Johnston
3rdNoble Comment George Hanlon Robert Heffernan
4thMy Sir Avon Bart Cummings Harry White
5thBianco LadyR H ThomsenN Voigt
6thPort Carling Tommy Smith Ron Quinton
7thAllez BijouC J HoneychurchGary Willetts
8thWellington RoadP DawsonG Cook
9thAstrolinWayne WaltersP Alderman
10thAmarant George Hanlon Jim Cassidy
11thSilver BountyG M Carson Midge Didham
12thDealer's ChoiceR B MorganC Bromley
13thBarmaxL M ArmfieldD Coleman
14thToharRick Hore-LacyP Shepherd
15thTriumphal March Colin Hayes Brent Thomson
16thJust A Dash Tommy Smith Peter Cook
17thMagistrateIan SteffertBrian Andrews
18thDry WineJ V BurnsB McGinley
19thCarringbushRay Hutchins Pat Hyland
20thRose And ThistleErrol Skelton Bob Skelton
21stMr. DigbyTommy HughesG Murphy
22ndBrewery Boy Tommy Smith John Letts
23rdGala MascotGeoff MurphyB Clements

References

  1. "Past Winners - 1980 to 1989 Melbourne Cup Winners". www.races.com.au/.
  2. O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "Gurner's Lane (1982)". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. pp. 116–117. ISBN   9781742579054.
  3. "1982 Melbourne Cup". millersguide.identika.com.au. 29 September 2021.