Edition of the Melbourne Cup
Horse race
Where Duo momentarily had gone to the lead, tackled now by Light Fingers then Aveniam, forcing up John the rail and on the outside the South Australian stayer Galilee rapidly setting sail after them, look at Galilee go! Galilee has gone to the front, half way down the straight, holding Light Fingers, Duo and Aveniam at bay and it's all Galilee! Galilee a big winner over Light Fingers, third home Duo.
Commentator Joe Brown describes the climax of the race
The 1966 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1966. The race, run over 2 miles (3,218.7 m), at Flemington Racecourse.[1]
The race was won by the gelding Galilee, trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by John Miller. The runner up was Light Fingers also trained by Bart who had won the 1965 Melbourne Cup. Third place went to Duo.[2] The winning margin was 2 lengths and a 1/2 head to third place.
This race was the second of a record twelve Melbourne Cup winners for Bart and also the second of the five times he trained the quinella.[3][4]
Galilee (Alcimedes-Galston, by Balloch) was bred by Trelawney Stud in Cambridge, New Zealand. He had previously won the Caulfield Cup and went on to win the 1967 Sydney Cup.[5] He was ridden by Miller in all three Cups. Galilee and Miller are the only horse and jockey to have won all three.
Field
This is a list of horses which ran in the 1966 Melbourne Cup.[6]
| Place
|
Horse
|
Trainer
|
Jockey
|
| 1st
|
Galilee
|
Bart Cummings
|
John Miller
|
| 2nd
|
Light Fingers
|
Bart Cummings
|
Roy Higgins
|
| 3rd
|
Duo
|
R A Dickerson
|
George Podmore
|
| 4th
|
Aveniam
|
J Morgan
|
B McClune
|
| 5th
|
Gala Crest
|
R J Hutchins
|
P Gumbleton
|
| 6th
|
Tea Biscuit
|
P J Murray
|
H Cope
|
| 7th
|
Gatum Gatum
|
H G Heagney
|
Frank Reys
|
| 8th
|
Royal Coral
|
R H Claarton
|
P Jarman
|
| 9th
|
Alaska
|
V P Bernard
|
Pat Hyland
|
| 10th
|
Terrific
|
M E Ritchie
|
G Hughes
|
| 11th
|
Bore Head
|
D Judd
|
B Gilders
|
| 12th
|
Prince Grant
|
T J Smith
|
George Moore
|
| 13th
|
Dignify
|
V Maloney
|
W Smith
|
| 14th
|
Trevors
|
Mrs A Shepherd
|
A Mulley
|
| 15th
|
Clipjoint
|
M E Richie
|
J Stocker
|
| 16th
|
Coppelius
|
B Courtney
|
M Moore
|
| 17th
|
Beau Royal
|
N D Hoysted
|
R Durey
|
| 18th
|
Tobin Bronze
|
H G Heagney
|
Jim Johnson
|
| 19th
|
El Gordo
|
L J O'Sullivan
|
N Campton
|
| 20th
|
Red Brass
|
H G Heagney
|
R Selkrig
|
| 21st
|
Mystic Glen
|
F G Hood
|
K Langby
|
| 22nd
|
Winfreux
|
C A Wilson
|
A Lister
|
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