1929 Melbourne Cup

1929 Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup
Location	Flemington Racecourse
Date	5 Nov 1929
Distance	2 miles
Winning horse	Nightmarch
Winning time	3:26.5
Final odds	6/1
Jockey	R. Reed
Trainer	A. McAulay
Surface	Turf

The 1929 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1929.[1]

This race saw a 14-horse field compete.[1] This year's Melbourne Cup was best remembered for Phar Lap who had won the Australian Derby and Victoria Derby carrying 47 kg. The three-year-old refused to settle under Bobby Lewis and only ran third behind fellow Night Raid-sired horse, Nightmarch, which also won the Epsom Handicap. Nightmarch became the first horse to win the Cup and the W. S. Cox Plate in the same year.[2]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1929 Melbourne Cup.[3]

Place	Name	Jockey	Trainer
1	Nightmarch	R. Reed	A. McAulay
2	Paquito	M. McCarten	F. D. Jones
3	Phar Lap	Bobby Lewis	Harry R. Telford

See also

• Melbourne Cup
• List of Melbourne Cup winners
• Victoria Racing Club

References

1. "1929 Melbourne Cup". millersguide.identika.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
2. O'Reilly, Paddy (2016). "Nightmarch (1929)". Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup. Melbourne: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd. pp. 62–63. ISBN 9781742579054.
3. "1921 to 1930 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

External links

• 1929 Melbourne Cup Field footyjumpers.com