1862 Melbourne Cup | |
Horse Race: | Melbourne Cup |
Location: | Flemington Racecourse |
Date: | 13 Nov 1862 |
Distance: | 2 miles |
Winning Horse: | Archer |
Winning Time: | 3:47 |
Final Odds: | 2/1 |
Winning Jockey: | John Cutts |
Winning Trainer: | Etienne L. de Mestre |
Winning Owner: | Etienne L. de Mestre |
Surface: | Turf |
Previous: | 1861 |
Next: | 1863 |
The 1862 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Thursday, 13 November 1862.
This year was the second running of the Melbourne Cup and Archer's back-to-back wins would not be repeated again for over one hundred years, until Rain Lover's wins.[1]
This is the list of placegetters for the 1862 Melbourne Cup.[1] [2] [3]
Place | Name | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Weight | Starting price | Gap | |
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1 | Archer | John Cutts | Etienne L. de Mestre | Etienne L. de Mestre | 2/1 (3.00) | |||
2 | Mormon | W. Simpson | Mr P. Keighran | 4/1 (5.00) | 8 lengths | |||
3 | Camden | J. Morrison | Mr J. Henderson | 4/1 (5.00) | 2 lengths |
The remaining runners were as follows (given in approximate finishing order where not known).
Place | Name | Jockey | Weight | Starting price | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Talleyrand | J. Ashworth | 4/1 (5.00) | ||
5 | Cedric | S. Davis | 100/1 (101.00) | ||
6 | Toryboy | W. Trainor | 100/1 (101.00) | ||
7 | Attila | Gill | 25/1 (26.00) | ||
8 | O.K. | Redman | 50/1 (51.00) | ||
9 | Ithuriel | H. Howard | 50/1 (51.00) | ||
? | Musidora | Greenwood | 10/1 (11.00) | ||
? | Ebor | Bates | 16/1 (17.00) | ||
? | Dun Dolo | Waterman | 25/1 (26.00) | ||
? | The Colonel | S. Waldock | 16/1 (17.00) | ||
? | Susan | Robinson | 100/1 (101.00) | ||
? | Paul Pry | Cousins | 16/1 (17.00) | ||
? | Flatcatcher | J. Carter | 100/1 (101.00) | ||
? | Moscow | Monaghan | 100/1 (101.00) | ||
? | Dauntless | J. Henderson | 50/1 (51.00) | ||
? | Bray | Solloway | 25/1 (26.00) | ||
? | Lady Constance | Perkins | 100/1 (101.00) |