1862 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Date13 Nov 1862
Distance2 miles
Winning horseArcher
Winning time3:47
Final odds2/1
JockeyJohn Cutts
TrainerEtienne L. de Mestre
OwnerEtienne L. de Mestre
SurfaceTurf

The 1862 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Thursday, 13 November 1862.[1]

This year was the second running of the Melbourne Cup and Archer's back-to-back wins would not be repeated again for over one hundred years, until Rain Lover's wins.[1]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1862 Melbourne Cup.[1][2][3]

Place Name Jockey Trainer Owner Weight Starting price Gap
1 Archer John Cutts Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre 10 st 2 lb (64.4 kg) 2/1 (3.00)
2 Mormon W. Simpson Mr P. Keighran 9 st 12 lb (62.6 kg) 4/1 (5.00) 8 lengths
3 Camden J. Morrison Mr J. Henderson 8 st 7 lb (54.0 kg) 4/1 (5.00) 2 lengths

The remaining runners were as follows (given in approximate finishing order where not known).[3]

Place Name Jockey Weight Starting price
4 Talleyrand J. Ashworth 9 st 12 lb (62.6 kg) 4/1 (5.00)
5 Cedric S. Davis 7 st 7 lb (47.6 kg) 100/1 (101.00)
6 Toryboy W. Trainor 7 st 13 lb (50.3 kg) 100/1 (101.00)
7 Attila Gill 7 st 12 lb (49.9 kg) 25/1 (26.00)
8 O.K. Redman 6 st 2 lb (39.0 kg) 50/1 (51.00)
9 Ithuriel H. Howard 5 st 8 lb (35.4 kg) 50/1 (51.00)
 ? Musidora Greenwood 6 st 3 lb (39.5 kg) 10/1 (11.00)
 ? Ebor Bates 8 st 1 lb (51.3 kg) 16/1 (17.00)
 ? Dun Dolo Waterman 7 st 0 lb (44.5 kg) 25/1 (26.00)
 ? The Colonel S. Waldock 9 st 0 lb (57.2 kg) 16/1 (17.00)
 ? Susan Robinson 8 st 0 lb (50.8 kg) 100/1 (101.00)
 ? Paul Pry Cousins 7 st 13 lb (50.3 kg) 16/1 (17.00)
 ? Flatcatcher J. Carter 9 st 4 lb (59.0 kg) 100/1 (101.00)
 ? Moscow Monaghan 8 st 4 lb (52.6 kg) 100/1 (101.00)
 ? Dauntless J. Henderson 8 st 2 lb (51.7 kg) 50/1 (51.00)
 ? Bray Solloway 7 st 12 lb (49.9 kg) 25/1 (26.00)
 ? Lady Constance Perkins 7 st 11 lb (49.4 kg) 100/1 (101.00)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Echo of Archer's Melbourne Cup". The Land. No. 1292. New South Wales, Australia. 20 March 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 29 October 2020 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "1861 to 1870 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 Cavanough, Maurice (1978). The Melbourne Cup (8 ed.). p. 445. ISBN 0727004859.
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