1929 Melbourne Cup

1929 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Date5 Nov 1929
Distance2 miles
Winning horseNightmarch
Winning time3:26.5
Final odds6/1
JockeyR. Reed
TrainerA. McAulay
SurfaceTurf
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The 1929 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1929.[1]

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]

Place Name Jockey Trainer
1 Nightmarch R. Reed A. McAulay
2 Paquito M. McCarten F. D. Jones
3 Phar Lap Bobby Lewis Harry R. Telford
  1. ^ a b "1929 Melbourne Cup". millersguide.identika.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. ^ O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "Nightmarch (1929)". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. pp. 62–63. ISBN 9781742579054.
  3. ^ "1921 to 1930 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 2 November 2021.