About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Melbourne Cup winners, Phar Lap, Archer, Makybe Diva, List of Melbourne Cup winners, Poseidon, Might and Power, Carbine, List of Melbourne Cup placings, Nightmarch, 2008 Melbourne Cup, Rising Fast, Chester, Comic Court, Let's Elope, Delta Blues, Jeune, 2006 Melbourne Cup, Efficient, Peter Pan III, 2005 Melbourne Cup, Rogan Josh, The Barb, Saintly, Kiwi, Malua, 2007 Melbourne Cup, Doriemus, Viewed, Shocking, Rain Lover, Gurner's Lane, Grand Flaneur, 2009 Melbourne Cup, 2010 Melbourne Cup, Ethereal, Empire Rose, Hi Jinx, Media Puzzle, Arwon, Glencoe II, Tawrrific, Subzero, Vintage Crop, Think Big, The Trump, Russia, Galilee, Americain, Kingston Rule, Light Fingers, Van der Hum, Hyperno, Piping Lane, Brew, 2001 Melbourne Cup, Silver Knight, 2002 Melbourne Cup, 1999 Melbourne Cup, 2004 Melbourne Cup, 2000 Melbourne Cup, Even Stevens, 2003 Melbourne Cup, Gold and Black, Hiraji, Red Handed, Jezabeel, Macdougal, Foxzami. Excerpt: The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Billed as The race that stops a nation, it is a race for three-year-olds and over, over a distance of 3,200 metres. It is the richest and most prestigious "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races in the world. The event is held at around ten to 3 pm on the first Tuesday in November by the Victoria Racing Club, on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. The race has been held since 1861 (see list of Melbourne Cup winners) and was originally held over two miles (about 3,218 metres) but following preparation for Australia's adoption of the metric system in the 1970s, the current race distance of 3,200 metres was established in 1972. This reduced the distance by 18.688 metres (61.31 ft), and Rain Lover's 1968 race record of 3min.19.1sec was accordingly adjusted to 3min.17.9sec. The present record holder is the 1...
