1929 Melbourne Cup Explained

1929 Melbourne Cup
Horse Race:Melbourne Cup
Location:Flemington Racecourse
Date:5 Nov 1929
Distance:2 miles
Winning Horse:Nightmarch
Winning Time:3:26.5
Final Odds:6/1
Winning Jockey:R. Reed
Winning Trainer:A. McAulay
Surface:Turf
Previous:1928
Next:1930

The 1929 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1929.

This race saw a 14-horse field compete.[1] This year's Melbourne Cup was best remembered for Phar Lap who had won the Australian Derby and Victoria Derby carrying 47 kg. The three-year-old refused to settle under Bobby Lewis and only ran third behind fellow Night Raid-sired horse, Nightmarch, which also won the Epsom Handicap. Nightmarch became the first horse to win the Cup and the W. S. Cox Plate in the same year.[2]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1929 Melbourne Cup.[3]

PlaceNameJockeyTrainer
1NightmarchR. ReedA. McAulay
2PaquitoM. McCartenF. D. Jones
3Phar LapBobby LewisHarry R. Telford

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1929 Melbourne Cup . millersguide.identika.com.au . 2 November 2021.
  2. Book: O'Reilly , Paddy . Nightmarch (1929). Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. 2016. New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. Melbourne. 62–63. 9781742579054.
  3. Web site: 1921 to 1930 Melbourne Cup Winners . races com au . 2 November 2021.