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The first Melbourne Cup was run in 1861, and was won by horse named...
Archer
Average weight of a jockey?
around 50kgs
First race of Melbourne Cup was in...
1861
How many horses participated in the smallest recorded field in 1863?
7
The youngest jockey to ever win the race was Peter St Albans, how old was he?
He was eight days short of his 12th birthday
The first female jockey won the Melbourne Cup in 2015, what was the name of her horse
Prince of Penzance
Which group had a hit song "A horse with no name"
America
Who is known as the “Cups King”?
Bart Cummings
How many horses participated in the race in 1890, with a record of the most horses in history of a race
39
In what year was the largest attendance at the Flemington racecourse for the Melbourne Cup, that being 122,736 people - 2000, 2003 or 2006?
2003
How can you tell the age of a horse
Who rode Makybe Diva to victory 3 times?
Glen Boss
The prize money for the first Melbourne Cup was consisted of what?
710 gold sovereigns (and a hand beaten gold watch)
When was Melbourne Cup declared a public holiday, in 1877 or 1987
1877
In what year was the first official “Fashions on the Field” introduced to the Melbourne Cup carnival – 1952, 1962 or 1972?
1962
When is international horses birthday?
1st of August
How many Melbourne Cup wins Bobbie Lewis & Harry White have during their careers?
4
Which barrier has been the most successful?
5
What is the distance of Melbourne Cup race?
3200m
What year did "Horses" from Daryl Braithwaite made number 1?
1991
What is the breed of horses used for the racing?
Thoroughbred
Name the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup which happened in 2015
Michelle Payne
On what day of the week was the first Melbourne Cup run in 1861?
Thursday
Trainer Bart Cummings holds the record for the most Melbourne Cup wins and his horses have won a record of how many wins?
12
On average how many Olympic swimming pools of alcohol is consumed by Australians on Mel Cup day?
25