1983 Melbourne Cup

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1983 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date1 Nov 1983
Distance3200 Meters
Winning horse Kiwi
Winning time3:19.9
Final odds9/1
Jockey Jim Cassidy
Trainer Ewen S. Lupton
SurfaceTurf
  1982
1984  

250 metres left to go, Chaiamare, being tackled by Mr. Jazz and Noble Comment, Mr. Jazz on the outside, Noble Comment the centre, Chaiamare, No Peer running on. Noble Comment on the inside and Mr. Jazz, Noble Comment takes the lead, Kiwi! Kiwi will beat them all it's coming from last! Kiwi! Kiwi has won the Melbourne Cup, a blistering performance.

Commentator John Russel describes the climax of the race

The 1983 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1983. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), at Flemington Racecourse.

The race was won by Kiwi who came from a seemingly unwinnable position at the 400 meter mark to hit the front with 50 meters to go and beating Noble Comment by a length and three quarters [1] Earlier in the same year he won the Wellington Cup becoming the first and only horse to win the Melbourne and Wellington Cup in the same year. [2] [3]

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1983 Melbourne Cup. [4]

PlaceHorseTrainerJockey
1st Kiwi Ewen S. Lupton Jim Cassidy
2ndNoble Comment George Hanlon Robert Heffernan
3rdMr. Jazz Bart Cummings John Marshall
4thNo Peer Bart Cummings J Miller
5thVelosoM G Harnes Peter Cook
6thChiamare Tommy Smith Mick Dittman
7thFountaincourtC Pfefferie Noel Harris
8thHussar's CommandE B MurraryW Treloar
9thChagemarGeoff Murphy Darren Gauci
10thNostradamus Graeme Rogerson B Clements
11thTriumphal MarchPeter Hayes Brent Thomson
12thToujours MioJ P CourtneyR Dawkins
13thChez Nous Colin Hayes Michael Clarke
14thMachtvogelE W LaingP Jarman
15thHayaiJ R LeeN Voigt
16th Just a Dash Tommy Smith Harry White
17thNoble HeightsN BeggRon Quinton
18thHome MaidPaul PerryBrian Andrews
19thMervon BoyR Armstrong Bob Skelton
20thBianco Lady Colin Hayes Greg Hall
21stLa CocotteTony LopesP Alderman
22ndEnglish WonderJohn HawkinsP Shepherd
23rdCombat Tommy Smith C Dinn
24thAmarant George Hanlon John Letts

References

  1. O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "Kiwi (1993)". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. p. 119. ISBN   9781742579054.
  2. "1981 to 1990 Melbourne Cup Winners". www.races.com.au/. 1 November 2021.
  3. Teixeira, Kelvin (10 November 2017). "Flashback: Kiwi flies to legendary Melbourne Cup win in 1983". Stuff.
  4. "1983 Melbourne Cup". millersguide.identika.com.au. 1 November 2021.