1991 Melbourne Cup

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1991 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Date5 November 1991
Distance2 miles
Winning horse Let's Elope
Winning time3:18.9
Final odds3/1
Jockey Steven King
Trainer Bart Cummings
SurfaceTurf
  1990
1992  

Let's Elope hit the front in the Cup 300 metres to run, Ivory Way battling back then Super Impose and Sheva's Revenge late. But Let's Elope has burst away and the Foster's Melbourne Cup belongs to the mare! Let's Elope bolts the cup in wins by three lengths and it's a Cummings quinella! Sheva's Revenge got second close up on the inside Magnolia Hall.

Commentator Dan Mielicki describes the climax of the race

The 1991 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1991. The race was run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), at Flemington Racecourse.

The Cup was won by the New Zealand bred mare Let's Elope and was the ninth of Bart Cummings' twelve victories in the event. It was the only win by Steven King in the Melbourne Cup. [1]

Let's Elope had previously won the Turnbull Stakes, Caulfield Cup and Mackinnon Stakes in a row and went into the race as the 3/1 favourite on a fast track. She won by 2.5 lengths from the fast finishing Shiva's Revenge who was also trained by Bart Cummings, with Magnolia Hall third. [2]

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1991 Melbourne Cup. [3]

PlaceHorseWeightTrainerJockey
1st Let's Elope (NZ)51kg Bart Cummings Steven King
2ndShiva's Revenge (NZ)53.5 Bart Cummings Shane Dye
3rdMagnolia Hall (NZ)52.5Helen PageBrian York
4th Super Impose (NZ)60 Lee Freedman Darren Beadman
5thIvory Way (USA)49.5 David A. Hayes Michael Clarke
6thRasheek (USA)51.5 David A. Hayes Peter Hutchinson
7thAl Maheb (USA)56.5 David Hayes Darren Gauci
8thJust A Dancer (NZ)56.5 Graeme Rogerson Jim Cassidy
9th Castletown (NZ)57Paddy Busuttin Noel Harris
10thGrooming51.5 Lee Freedman Damien Oliver
11thMaharajah (NZ)49.5 T J Smith Malcolm Johnston
12thMoods49.5A J MarshallBruce Compton
13thLord Revenir (NZ)54 Bart Cummings Grant Cooksley
14thSydeston57.5 Bob Hoysted Mick Dittman
15thCool Credit50.5 George Hanlon Kevin Forrester
16thAlphabel53 David A. Hayes Glen Darrington
17thDiego (NZ)52.5 Dave O'Sullivan Lance O'Sullivan
18thTe Akau Pearl (NZ)50 Roger James Jim Collett
19thNayrizi (IRE)54 Pat Hyland Greg Hall
20thDr Grace (NZ)56Dr G ChapmanKevin Moses
21stPontiac Lass (NZ)49.5 Murray Baker Tony Allan
22ndWeekend Delight (NZ)50.5 Bart Cummings Greg Childs
23rdRural Prince (NZ)49.5Graeme Sanders Larry Cassidy
24thSunshine Sally48 George Hanlon Patrick Payne

References

  1. "Past Winners - 1991 to 2000 Melbourne Cup Winners". www.races.com.audate=28 October 2021.
  2. "RSTV Video - 1991 Melbourne Cup - Let's Elope". www.racingandsports.tv.
  3. Cummings, J.B. (2009). Bart: My life. Pan Macmillan, Australia. ISBN   9781405040150