Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted October 31, 2021 Journalists Share Posted October 31, 2021 While some 154 different horses have won the Melbourne Cup, none have captured the imagination quite like Phar Lap did. But how many times did Australia’s most famous racehorse actually win the race that stops a nation? Phar Lap ran in the Melbourne Cup three times between 1929 and 1931. However, his only win in the race came during his incredible 1930 season, when he also won the Cox Plate and 14 other weight-for-age races. He paid 8/11 odds for his Melbourne Cup victory that year – still the shortest winning price in history. Although he won the race only once, Phar Lap’s Melbourne Cup legacy goes deeper than that. The great gelding finished third in 1929, going down to Nightmarch in the first instalment of a riveting rivalry with his half-brother. In 1931, he managed eighth place while carrying one of the top weights on record in the race’s history – a whopping 10st 10lb (68kg). 2021 Melbourne Cup Field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Odds 1 Twilight Payment Joseph O’Brien Jye McNeil 2 58kg $11 2 Incentivise Peter Moody Brett Prebble 16 57kg $2.50 3 Spanish Mission Andrew Balding Craig Williams 14 57kg $9 4 Verry Elleegant Chris Waller James McDonald 19 57kg $15 5 Explosive Jack C Maher & D Eustace John Allen 4 54kg $51 6 The Chosen One M Baker & A Forsman Damian Lane 5 54kg $61 7 Delphi A & S Freedman Damien Oliver 3 53.5kg $41 8 Ocean Billy Chris Waller Damian Thornton 13 53.5kg $101 9 Selino Chris Waller Ron Stewart 24 53.5kg $151 10 Johnny Get Angry Denis Pagan Lachlan King 22 53kg $101 11 Knights Order G Waterhouse & A Bott Daniel Stackhouse 9 53kg $201 12 Persan C Maher & D Eustace Luke Currie 11 53kg $31 13 Carif P & P Snowden Blaike McDougall 8 52.5kg $201 14 Master Of Wine Team Hawkes Fred Kersley 6 52.5kg $101 15 Pondus Robert Hickmott Rachel King 1 52.5kg $41 16 Grand Promenade C Maher & D Eustace Kerrin McEvoy 21 52kg $21 17 Miami Bound Danny O’Brien Patrick Moloney 17 52kg $151 18 Port Guillaume Ben & JD Hayes Harry Coffey 23 52kg $151 19 She’s Ideel Bjorn Baker Craig Newitt 20 52kg $101 20 Future Score Matt Cumani Dean Yendall 15 51.5kg $301 21 Tralee Rose Symon Wilde Dean Holland 12 51kg $17 22 Floating Artist C Maher & D Eustace Teo Nugent 10 50kg $18 23 Great House Chris Waller Michael Dee 7 50kg $31 24 Sir Lucan G Waterhouse & A Bott Glen Boss 18 50kg $26 2021 Melbourne Cup Odds Flemington – Race 7 Lexus Melbourne Cup Status: Open Track Rating: Good4 Weather: TBA AUS 3200m03:00pm – Tue 2nd Nov PlaceWin 1. Delphi A & S Freedman ᐅ Best odds atLadbrokes 2. Miami Bound D T O’brien ᐅ Best odds atBet365 3. Port Guillaume Ben & J D Hayes ᐅ Best odds atNeds 4. Spanish Mission Andrew Balding ᐅ Best odds atBet365 5. Tralee Rose Symon Wilde ᐅ Best odds atBet365 6. Grand Promenade C Maher & D Eustace ᐅ Best odds atNeds 7. Floating Artist C Maher & D Eustace ᐅ Best odds atBet365 8. Knights Order G Waterhouse & A Bott ᐅ Best odds atNeds 9. Twilight Payment Joseph O’brien ᐅ Best odds atBetStar 10. Great House C J Waller ᐅ Best odds atBet365 11. She’s Ideel Bjorn Baker ᐅ Best odds atBet365 12. Future Score Matthew Cumani ᐅ Best odds atBookmaker 13. The Chosen One M Baker & A Forsman ᐅ Best odds atBet365 14. Carif P & P Snowden ᐅ Best odds atBetStar 15. Ocean Billy C J Waller ᐅ Best odds atBet365 16. Incentivise P G Moody ᐅ Best odds atBet365 17. Master Of Wine M, W & J Hawkes ᐅ Best odds atLadbrokes 18. Pondus Robert Hickmott ᐅ Best odds atBetStar 19. Verry Elleegant C J Waller ᐅ Best odds atBet365 20. Persan C Maher & D Eustace ᐅ Best odds atBet365 21. Sir Lucan G Waterhouse & A Bott ᐅ Best odds atBet365 22. Johnny Get Angry Denis Pagan ᐅ Best odds atBetStar 23. Selino C J Waller ᐅ Best odds atBetStar 24. Explosive Jack C Maher & D Eustace ᐅ Best odds atLadbrokes View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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