1985 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Date5 Nov 1985
Distance3200 Meters
Winning horseWhat A Nuisance
Winning time3:23.0
Final odds15/1
JockeyPat Hyland
TrainerJohn F. Meagher
SurfaceTurf

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.

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1985 Melbourne Cup.[2]

Place Horse Trainer Jockey
1st What A Nuisance John F. Meagher Pat Hyland
2nd Koiro Corrie May Dave O'Sullivan Lance O'Sullivan
3rd Tripsacum J P Gaffney Robert Hefferman
4th Fil De Roi I A MacDonald Ron Quinton
5th Butternut Doug Baertschigar M Riley
6th Our Boyfriend Sir Mark Todd Mark Barnsley
7th Imaprince B Preston Brent Thomson
8th Tristarc R S McDonald W Trealor
9th Black Knight George Hanlon Peter Cook
10th Our Sophia George Hanlon Harry White
11th Kiwi Snow Lupton Noel Harris
12th Dusky Legend S A Mackinnon P Alderman
13th Duanette's Girl J A Gibbs David Peake
14th Mapperley Heights Colin Hayes Darren Gauci
15th Silver Award R W Guy Mick Dittman
16th Sir Zephyr B J Smith John Duggan
17th Hayai J Lee J Letts
18th Late Show B Mayfield-Smith Jim Cassidy
19th Lacka Reason M K Bull Gary Willetts
20th Under Oath Colin Hayes Michael Clarke
21st Spritely Native M G Lees W Harris
22nd Rising Prince Deidre Stein K Langby
23rd Foxseal Rick Hore-Lacy P D Johnson

References

  1. ↑ "1981 to 1990 Melbourne Cup Winners". races.com.au. 14 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "1985 Melbourne Cup". millersguide.identika.com.au. 14 November 2022.
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