| Melbourne Cup | |
| Location | Flemington Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 Nov 1985 |
| Distance | 3200 Meters |
| Winning horse | What A Nuisance |
| Winning time | 3:23.0 |
| Final odds | 15/1 |
| Jockey | Pat Hyland |
| Trainer | John F. Meagher |
| Surface | Turf |
Our Boyfriend two in front of Butternut, then Koiro Corrie May, What a Nuisance, Fil De Roi under the whip, Tristarc went to the fence, from Tripsacum, Imaprince coming with a great run. Koiro Corrie May has got to this one Our Boyfriend with Butternut, What a Nuisance, Imaprice and Fil De Roi. What a Nuisance goes to Koiro Corrie May, Korio Corrie May and What a Nuisance, What a Nuisance wins the Foster's Melbourne Cup! A nose to Korio Corrie May.
The 1985 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1985. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), at Flemington Racecourse.
The 1985 Melbourne Cup was won by What A Nuisance a horse who had just recovered from a damaged suspensory ligament. This running of the race was notably for many reasons as it was the first horse race in Australia to have a prize pool of $AU1,000,000 and it was also the first time the Melbourne Cup was sponsored as it was sponsored by Foster's. [1] Legendary commentator Bruce McAvaney called his first Melbourne Cup for Network 10, he would go on to call three more.
This is a list of horses which ran in the 1985 Melbourne Cup. [2]
| Place | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | What A Nuisance | John F. Meagher | Pat Hyland |
| 2nd | Koiro Corrie May | Dave O'Sullivan | Lance O'Sullivan |
| 3rd | Tripsacum | J P Gaffney | Robert Hefferman |
| 4th | Fil De Roi | I A MacDonald | Ron Quinton |
| 5th | Butternut | Doug Baertschigar | M Riley |
| 6th | Our Boyfriend | Sir Mark Todd | Mark Barnsley |
| 7th | Imaprince | B Preston | Brent Thomson |
| 8th | Tristarc | R S McDonald | W Trealor |
| 9th | Black Knight | George Hanlon | Peter Cook |
| 10th | Our Sophia | George Hanlon | Harry White |
| 11th | Kiwi | Snow Lupton | Noel Harris |
| 12th | Dusky Legend | S A Mackinnon | P Alderman |
| 13th | Duanette's Girl | J A Gibbs | David Peake |
| 14th | Mapperley Heights | Colin Hayes | Darren Gauci |
| 15th | Silver Award | R W Guy | Mick Dittman |
| 16th | Sir Zephyr | B J Smith | John Duggan |
| 17th | Hayai | J Lee | John Letts |
| 18th | Late Show | Brian Mayfield-Smith | Jim Cassidy |
| 19th | Lacka Reason | M K Bull | Gary Willetts |
| 20th | Under Oath | Colin Hayes | Michael Clarke |
| 21st | Spritely Native | M G Lees | W Harris |
| 22nd | Rising Prince | Deidre Stein | K Langby |
| 23rd | Foxseal | Rick Hore-Lacy | P D Johnson |