1986 Melbourne Cup

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1986 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date4 Nov 1986
Distance3200 Meters
Winning horse At Talaq
Winning time3:21.7
Final odds10/1
Jockey Michael Clarke
Trainer Colin Hayes
SurfaceTurf
  1985
1987  

At Talaq at the 300's burst away from Rising Fear, two lengths to Sea Legend further back Joal, Mr. Lomondy, Kiwi with a late run. At Talaq in front from Rising Fear, Kiwi running on with Sea legend, Clarke's got it won I think. At Talaq's a length and a half in front of Rising Fear, Colin Hayes wins his second Cup!

Commentator Bruce McAvaney describes the climax of the race

The 1986 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1986. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), at Flemington Racecourse.

The 1986 Melbourne Cup was won by At Talaq, who was bought by Sheik Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum for $800,000, and was sent to England to be trained by Harry Thomson Jones. He raced successfully and won the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp Racecourse before going to Australia to be trained by Colin Hayes. In his six-year-old season he won the Mackinnon Stakes before his victory in the Melbourne Cup; both times the son of Roberto was ridden by Michael Clarke. 1983 winner Kiwi was fourth, 1988 winner Empire Rose was fifth, and the 1984 winner Black Knight finished down the order. [1]

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1986 Melbourne Cup. [2]

PlaceHorseTrainerJockey
1st At Talaq Colin Hayes Michael Clarke
2ndRising FearL D Pickering Bob Skelton
3rdSea LegendColin Alderson Shane Dye
4th Kiwi Snow Lupton Noel Harris
5th Empire Rose Bart Cummings D Murphy
6thMy Tristram's BelleA JonesC Dinn
7thReckless TraditionD AtkinsR Thompson
8thMr. LomondyNoel Eales David Walsh
9thJoalW C WinderR McKay
10thBorn To Be QueenN BeggRon Quinton
11thMint Mister George Hanlon Harry White
12thFil De RoiI MacDonaldM Pay
13thOur Sophia George Hanlon Gary Willets
14thEnchanteurK RogersonP Jarman
15th Black Knight George Hanlon Greg Hall
16thIndian RajBrian Mayfield-Smith Jim Cassidy
17thJust NowJ Atkins Darren Gauci
18thSamasaanG Jackson Chris Johnson
19thFordyceG W SymonsG Doughty
20thFinal AdvanceG Sanders Larry Cassidy
21stWaratah Bay George Hanlon K Forrester
22ndDark IntruderJim Moloney Pat Hyland

References

  1. O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "At Talaq (1986)". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. p. 121. ISBN   9781742579054.
  2. "1986 Melbourne Cup". millersguide.identika.com.au. 23 January 2023.