1990 Melbourne Cup

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1990 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date6 Nov 1990
Distance3200 Metres
Winning horse Kingston Rule
Winning time3:16.4
Final odds7/1
Jockey Darren Beadman
Trainer Bart Cummings
SurfaceTurf
  1989
1991  

At the 300, Savage Toss in front Our Magicman tries to get him and Kingston Rule coming home very stoutly! Kingston Rule has hit the front heres Na Botto and Mr. Brooker. Kingston Rule in front from The Phatom diving up on the inside. Kingston Rule and The Phatom from Na Botto. It's Kingston Rule he'll give Bart his eighth! Kingston Rule from The Phatom, third is Mr. Brooker!

Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race

The 1990 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 6 November 1990. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), at Flemington Racecourse.

The race was won by Kingston Rule who was sired by 1973 American Triple Crown winner Secretariat and was out of Rose of Kingston who won VRC Oaks and Australian Derby in 1982. Kingston Rule lost his first race in Australia by 35 lengths when he was trained by Tommy Smith. He was transferred to the stable of Bart Cummings who trained him as a stayer. In 1990 Kingston Rule won Moonee Valley Gold Cup and Lexus Stakes before the Cup. Starting a 7/1 equal favourite with The Phantom and ridden by Darren Beadman Kingston Rule beat The Phantom and finished the 3200 meters in a record time of 3:16.30 which still stands. [1]

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1990 Melbourne Cup. [2]

PlaceHorseTrainerJockey
1stKingston Rule Bart Cummings Darren Beadman
2nd The Phantom M P ParkerGrant Cooksley
3rdMr. BrookerPeter HurdleGreg Childs
4thNa BottoP Hollinshead Larry Cassidy
5thMount Olympus David A. Hayes M Carson
6thAquidityD Walsh David Walsh
7thSavage Toss Lee Freedman Brian Hibberd
8thFlying Luskin Trevor McKee Peter Johnson
9thLa TristiaBart Cummings Steven King
10thOur Magic ManJ LeeKevin Moses
11thSydeston Bob Hoysted Mick Dittman
12thJust A Dancer Graeme Rogerson Jim Cassidy
13thChaleyerF Lewis Shane Dye
14thAli BoyM Phillips Harry White
15thShuzohraErrol Skelton Larry Olsen
16th Tawriffic D McNabbAlf Matthews
17thRainbow MythRalph Manning Michael Clarke
18thDalraffinE MurrayKevin Forrester
19thWater BoatmanDavid HayesPeter Hutchinson
20thFrontier Boy Lee Freedman Damien Oliver
21stBetootaWayne WaltersR Heffernan
22ndRising FearL PickeringC Browell
23rdSelwyn's Mate Michael Moroney B Werner
24thDonegal MistG Maynes J Marshall

References

  1. O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "Kingston Rule (1990)". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. p. 128. ISBN   9781742579054.
  2. "1990 Melbourne Cup". millersguide.identika.com.au. 13 November 2022.