| Melbourne Cup | |
| Location | Flemington Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 Nov 1965 |
| Distance | 2 miles |
| Winning horse | Light Fingers |
| Winning time | 3:21.1 |
| Final odds | 15/1 |
| Jockey | Roy Higgins |
| Trainer | Bart Cummings |
| Owner | W J (Wally) Broderick |
| Conditions | Fast |
| Surface | Turf |
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]