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Melbourne Cup begins
The melbourne cup has been going since 1861, It is the richest race in the world!
Held at flamington in victorria. -
First winner
The winner was Archer, The Jockey was John cutts and the one who trained the fabulouse horse was Etienne de Mestre.
Archer walked 500 miles from a town in NSW to race. -
From thursday - Tuesday
On this date the Melbourne Cup changed from thursday to tuesday. -
Public holiday
Since 1877, Melbourne has been having public holidays. -
Phar lap wins
Phar lap won -
far lap was poisened
Phar lap was a winning machine till he was taken to San Fransisco, the idea was for him to rest. There was some talk that Phar lap was not doing so well. The news paper says it was from a heart attack but it was suspicious -
Jason Oliver dies
Jason was in a dangerous horse accident with a huge amount of head injueries, while training for the melborne cup he fell and was trampled over.
Un fortunently for the Oliver family the father died of the same incident.
This image is from the movie "The Cup' -
Period: to
Makybe Diva
The horse "Makybe Diva" Won Three times in a row from
2003 - 2005 -
Movie "The Cup"
"The Cup" is a movie is about the 2002 Melbourne Cup covering the amazing and tragic story of Damien Oliver. -
2014 two horse died
Admire Rakti dies of a fatal heart attack in its stabe after the Melburne Cup in 2014.
Admire Rakti was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, He was a beautiful Stallion. Araldo was spooked by a child waving a flag. The horse tried to leap over the fence and sadly broke it's leg. -
History in the making
History in the making!!
