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1922 Melbourne Cup

Edition of the Melbourne Cup

1922 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location	Flemington Racecourse
Date	7 Nov 1922
Distance	2 miles
Winning horse	King Ingoda
Winning time	3:28.25
Final odds	8/1
Jockey	A. Wilson
Trainer	J. Scobie
Surface	Turf
Attendance	115,000
← 1921 1923 →

The 1922 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 7 November 1922.

A then record crowd of 115,000 watched a chaotic edition of the Melbourne Cup. The race had 32 starters, 13 of which were winners of major races, including 1921 race winner Sister Olive as well as the 1922 Caulfield Cup and VRC Derby winner Whittier. On race day The Cypher was backed from 12/1 to 6/1 favourite. With five furlongs left in the race, Stare fell and brought down Polynesian, while further on, Double Bezique broke a fetlock. The race was fought out with a neck-and-neck battle up the Flemington straight between The Cypher and the well-backed James Scobie trained King Ingoda who won the Hotham Handicap on Derby Day. King Ingoda edged out The Cypher for the win with Mufli finished two lengths back in third.^[1]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1922 Melbourne Cup.^[2]

Place	Name	Jockey	Trainer
1	King Ingoda	A. Wilson	J. Scobie
2	The Cypher	E. O'Sullivan	P. Guinane
3	Mufti	F. Straker	J. Mulcahy

References

^ "1922". Australian Sport Though Time. Milsons Point: Random House Australia. 2000. p. 165. ISBN 9781740514019.
^ "1921 to 1930 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 7 November 2023.