1878 Melbourne Cup

Annual horse race in Melbourne, Victoria

1878 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location	Flemington Racecourse
Date	5 Nov 1878
Distance	2 miles
Winning horse	Calamia
Winning time	3:35.75
Final odds	10/1
Jockey	T. Brown
Trainer	Etienne L. de Mestre
Owner	Etienne L. de Mestre
Surface	Turf
← 1877 1879 →

The 1878 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1878.^[1]

This year was the eighteenth running of the Melbourne Cup. It was the fifth time a horse trained by Etienne L. de Mestre won.^[2] The race was won by Calamia and the 1877 cup winner Chester fell during the race.^[3]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1878 Melbourne Cup.^[3]

Place	Name	Jockey	Trainer
1	Calamia	T. Brown	Etienne L. de Mestre
2	Tom Kirk	W. Murphy
3	Waxy	Braithwaite

References

^ "1878 Melbourne Cup MillersGuide". millersgudie.identika.com.au. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "The Cup Day". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 10, 106. Victoria, Australia. 6 November 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 5 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b "1871 to 1880 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 4 November 2021.