| Melbourne Cup | |
| Location | Flemington Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 Nov 1985 |
| Distance | 3200 Meters |
| Winning horse | What A Nuisance |
| Winning time | 3:23.0 |
| Final odds | 15/1 |
| Jockey | Pat Hyland |
| Trainer | John F. Meagher |
| Surface | Turf |
Our Boyfriend two in front of Butternut, then Koiro Corrie May, What a Nuisance, Fil De Roi under the whip, Tristarc went to the fence, from Tripsacum, Imaprince coming with a great run. Koiro Corrie May has got to this one Our Boyfriend with Butternut, What a Nuisance, Imaprice and Fil De Roi. What a Nuisance goes to Koiro Corrie May, Korio Corrie May and What a Nuisance, What a Nuisance wins the Foster's Melbourne Cup! A nose to Korio Corrie May.
Commentator Bruce McAvaney describes the climax of the race
The 1985 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1985. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), at Flemington Racecourse.
The 1985 Melbourne Cup was won by What A Nuisance a horse who had just recovered from a damaged suspensory ligament. This running of the race was notably for many reasons as it was the first horse race in Australia to have a prize pool of $AU1,000,000 and it was also the first time the Melbourne Cup was sponsored as it was sponsored by Foster's.[1] Legendary commentator Bruce McAvaney called his first Melbourne Cup for Network 10, he would go on to call three more.