Archer | |
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![]() Photograph c 1861 | |
Sire | William Tell (GB) |
Grandsire | Touchstone |
Dam | Maid Of The Oaks |
Damsire | Vagabond (GB) |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1856 Exeter Farm Jembaicumbene near Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia |
Country | Australia |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Thomas John Roberts & Rowland H. Hassall |
Owner | Thomas John Roberts (1831-1899), Rowland H. Hassall (1820-1904), & the Estate of Thomas Molyneux Royds (1824-1852) whose beneficiaries were Edmund Molyneux Royds (1847-1912), & William Edward Royds (1849-1910) Lessee for racing purposes Etienne de Mestre (1832-1916) |
Trainer | Etienne de Mestre |
Record | 17-12-0-3 |
Major wins | |
Randwick Plate (1860 & 1861) Stewards Purse (1860) Australian Plate (1861) Maitland Town Plate (1861) Melbourne Cup (1861 & 1862) Melbourne Town Plate (1861) AJC Queens Plate (1862) All-Aged Stakes (1862) | |
Honours | |
Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2017) |
Archer (1856–1872) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first and the second Melbourne Cups in 1861 and 1862. He won both Cups easily, and is one of only five horses to win the Melbourne Cup twice or more and is one of only four horses to win successive Cups. In 2017 Archer was inducted to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.[1]