1965 Melbourne Cup

Edition of the Melbourne Cup

1965 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Date2 Nov 1965
Distance2 miles
Winning horseLight Fingers
Winning time3:21.1
Final odds15/1
JockeyRoy Higgins
TrainerBart Cummings
OwnerW J (Wally) Broderick
ConditionsFast
SurfaceTurf
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A furlong and a half to go and Ziema's hit the front, Light Fingers under the whip trying to run him down from Yangtze, Midlander and then Tobin Bronze and Prince Grant. It's Ziema in front, Light Fingers throwing in a desperate challenge. Ziema about a neck in front, Light Fingers pegging him back. Light Fingers goes to Ziema hit the line locked together. Dead heat! A dead heat in the Melbourne Cup!

Commentator Bill Collins describes the climax of the race

The 1965 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 2 November 1965. The race, run over 2 miles (3,218.7 m), at Flemington Racecourse.

The race won by Light Fingers, trained by Bart Cummings who won the first of what would end up being a record 12 Melbourne Cups. Ziema ran second also trained by Cummings making it the first of five times he trained the quinella.[1]

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1965 Melbourne Cup.[2]

Place Horse Trainer Jockey
1st Light Fingers Bart Cummings Roy Higgins
2nd Ziema Bart Cummings John Miller
3rd Midlander Bob Hoysted N Pyatt
4th Yangtze R Dini H White
5th Prince Grant Tommy J. Smith G Podmore
6th Prince Camillo R Fisher G Gumblestone
7th Red Willam Owen Lynch R Mallyon
8th Tobin Bronze H G Heagney J Stocker
9th Craftsman Andy White P Hyland
10th Tasman Lad H H Riley D Cameron
11th Mission J F Quigley N Eastwood
12th Rosicombe G Alessio F Blackburn
13th Sir Wynyard A G Smith A Lister
14th Pleasanton George Hanlon W A Smith
15th Jovial Knight H G Heagney N Miffin
16th Strauss J Green D Lake
17th Sail Away S A Brown Bill Skelton
18th The Dip Bart Cummings F Reys
19th Hunting Horn L J Peterson A May
20th Dalento Jack Besanko I Saunders
21st Zinga Lee W J McNabb B Gilders
22nd Piper's Son M F Anderson G Moore
23rd Alagon George Hanlon R Selkrig
Fell Bore Head R Dillon F Clarke
Fell Matlock George Hanlon J Johnson
Fell River Seine R Prendergast R Hawkins

References

  1. ^ O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "Light Fingers (1965)". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. pp. 98–99. ISBN 9781742579054.
  2. ^ "1965 Melbourne Cup". millersguide.identika.com.au. 21 September 2021.
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