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1921 Melbourne Cup

Edition of the Melbourne Cup

1921 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location	Flemington Racecourse
Date	1 Nov 1921
Distance	2 miles
Winning horse	Sister Olive
Winning time	3:27.75
Final odds	16/1
Jockey	E. O'Sullivan
Trainer	John Willams
Surface	Turf
← 1920 1922 →

The 1921 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1921.^[1]

This year's Melbourne Cup saw chaos when the favourite Eurythmic got its head above the strand tape and when it was raised mayhem ensued. When the race was run it was won by Sister Olive who became the third and most recent filly to win the Melbourne Cup.^[2] The third place Amazonia was partly owned by Essendon Football Club champion Albert Thurgood.^[3]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1921 Melbourne Cup.^[4]

Place	Name	Jockey	Trainer
1	Sister Olive	E. O'Sullivan	John Williams
2	The Rover	V. Sleigh	C. Moore
3	Amazonia	L. Franklin	W. Leyshon

References

^ "1921 Melbourne Cup MillersGuide". millersgudie.identika.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
^ O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "Winning Barriers since 1924". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. pp. 58–59. ISBN 9781742579054.
^ Pennings, M. and Lowther, A., “Albert Thurgood,” [Biographical sketch], Tablet to Scoreboard, Vol 1, no. 1:, [Premiere Edition - Australian Rules Football], 2013, p. 1918; ”Albert Thurgood: The Champion of Champions,” AFL Record, 17 September, 2010, p. 42
^ "1921 to 1930 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 2 November 2021.