1. What distance is the Melbourne cup raced over?
2. What is the prize pool for the Melbourne Cup?
3. What race number is the Melbourne Cup?
4. What horse was the 2023 Melbourne Cup winner?
5. Who is the main sponsor of the Melbourne Cup?
6. Who is the VRC Chairman?
7. What horse won the Melbourne Cup is 1861?
8. What horse has won the Melbourne Cup three times?
Answers:
1. 3200m. The race was originally held over two miles (about 3,218 metres), but following Australia’s adoption of the Metric system in the 1970s the current distance of 3,200 metres was adopted in 1972. This reduced the distance by 61 ft 6 in (18.75 m), and Rain Lover’s 1968 race record of 3min.19.1sec was accordingly adjusted to 3min.17.9sec . The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3 min and 16.3 sec.
2. $8,560,000. The 2024 Melbourne Cup is the world’s richest handicap horse race. The famous 18ct solid gold Hardy Brothers trophy is worth $250,000.
The winner of the Cup gets $4.4m of that pool, second place $1.1
and sixth to 12th $160,000.
3. Race 7 at 3.00pm
4. Without a Fight – Damian Zahra
5. Lexus
6. Neil Wilson, Kylie Rogers is the CEO.
7. Archer
8. Makybe Diva 2003, 2004, 2005.
The shortest-priced favourite in Cup history was Phar Lap when he won in 1930 at 8-11 ($1.72).
Sergeant's Session
presented by Sgt Julie Avery
1. All West Brighton Club Members fined
who were all at the meeting to support Ian Armstrong
2. Speaker Ian Armstrong for supporting Brighton Classic Car Show
3. All members who were here early for Happy Hour drinks
4. PP Pat Kearns - off cruising next week
5. Stuart McMillan - for looking fit and healthy
6. All those who attended a race meeting during the Spring Carnival
7. Stuart McIntyre for his birthday last Wednesday
8. Rob Pinchbeck for the opening joke although it was better
than David Finneys
9. Anne Holland- for doing a good job on the venue
10. Maria Hicks - thanks for coming and best wishes to Brendan
11. PP David Grodski - for reminding Julie to water
the flowers in her hair
12. Tony Rouse - lovely to see you looking well at the meeting
13. Keiran Cromie has the newest and smartest fence in the street
14. Wendy Davis & The Stacys seen walking their dogs
in Church Street
15. PDG Dale Hoy - seen on social Media at a very exclusive
Cocktail Party
16. PP Arthur Hubbard - welcomed back and looking rested
17. John McKell - Doing a great job as Foundation Chair
18. Stuart McIntyre, Geoff Cunningham, Anthony Langley & Keiran Cromie - up to their ears with Swim meetings
Last Week's Raffle Results:
The raffle was presented by David Frauman with help from Stuart McMillan. The winners were:
Geoff Cunningham, Vicki Pinchbeck and Ian Armstrong
