1864 Melbourne Cup

1864 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location	Flemington Racecourse
Date	3 Nov 1864
Distance	2 miles
Winning horse	Lantern
Winning time	3:52.0
Final odds	15/1
Jockey	S. Davis
Trainer	S. Mahon
Owner	H. Fisher
Surface	Turf
Attendance	6,000
← 1863 1865 →

The 1864 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Thursday, 3 November 1864.

This year was the fourth running of the Melbourne Cup. Lantern, jockeyed by Samuel Pope Davis, carried just 6st 3 lb (39.5 kg) to defeat Poet and Rose of Denmark finished third. The race was run in heavy going and Lantern's time of 3 minutes and 52 seconds equaled the 1861 Melbourne Cup for the slowest winning time. Lantern then became the first horse to win the Cup and the VRC Derby in the same year though unlike today the Derby was run after the Cup. The Derby was run a day after the Cup and after winning there he returned to win over a mile the next day to win three races in three straight days. Lantern was put down after he broke down in the Ballarat Cup days later.^[1]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1864 Melbourne Cup.^[2]

Place	Name	Jockey	Trainer
1	Lantern	S. Davis	S. Mahon
2	Poet	W. Perkins
3	Rose of Denmark	H. Howard

References

^ O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "Lantern (1864)". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. pp. 10–11. ISBN 9781742579054.
^ "1861 to 1870 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 20 August 2021.