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Annual horse race in Victoria, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1899 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 7 November 1899.[1]
Melbourne Cup | |
Location | Flemington Racecourse |
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Date | 7 November 1899 |
Distance | 2 miles |
Winning horse | Merriwee |
Winning time | 3:36.25 |
Final odds | 7/1 |
Jockey | Vivian Turner |
Trainer | James Wilson Jnr |
Owner | Herbert Power |
Surface | Turf |
Attendance | 60,000 |
This year was the thirty-ninth running of the Melbourne Cup.
This is the list of placegetters for the 1899 Melbourne Cup.[2]
Place | Name | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
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1 | Merriwee | Vivian Turner | James Wilson Jnr | Herbert Power |
2 | Voyou | F. Kuhn | J. Allsop | |
3 | Dewey | L. Kuhn | T. Payten |
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