1966 Melbourne Cup

Edition of the Melbourne Cup November 2023 November 2023 1966 Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup Flemington Racecourse 1 Nov 1966 2 miles Galilee 3:21.9 11/2 John Miller Bart Cummings Max & Venice Miller Slow Turf 1965 1967 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 25% 1 right The 1966 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1966. The race, run over 2 mi m 1, at Flemington Racecourse.https://www.racingandsports.tv/1966-melbourne-cup-galilee-v-LDM RSTV Video - 1966 Melbourne Cup- Galilee www.racingandsports.tv 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.https://www.races.com.au/melbourne-cup/melbourne-cup-history/past-winners/1961-to-1970-melbourne-cup/ Past Winners - 1961 to 1970 Melbourne Cup Winners - Races.com.au 22 September 2009 www.races.com.au 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.https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/image-gallery/2d3ed522011c7441c02d4a5375cb339bhttps://www.vrc.com.au/latest-news/bart-cummings-twelve-melbourne-cups-thirteen-australian-cups/ Bart Cummings – Twelve Melbourne Cups. Thirteen Australian Cups www.vrc.com.au 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.http://www.racerate.com/Galilee.htm Galilee racehorse Melbourne Cup winner 1966 www.racerate.com 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.Cummings, J.B. (2009). Bart: My life. Pan Macmillan, Australia. 9781405040150 PlaceHorseTrainerJockey1stGalileeBart CummingsJohn Miller2ndLight FingersBart CummingsRoy Higgins3rdDuoR A DickersonGeorge Podmore4thAveniamJ MorganB McClune5thGala CrestR J HutchinsP Gumbleton6thTea BiscuitP J MurrayH Cope7thGatum GatumH G HeagneyFrank Reys8thRoyal CoralR H ClaartonP Jarman9thAlaskaV P BernardPat Hyland10thTerrificM E RitchieG Hughes11thBore HeadD JuddB Gilders12thPrince Grant T J SmithGeorge Moore13thDignifyV MaloneyW Smith14thTrevorsMrs A ShepherdA Mulley15thClipjointM E RichieJ Stocker16thCoppeliusB CourtneyM Moore17thBeau RoyalN D HoystedR Durey18thTobin BronzeH G HeagneyJim Johnson19thEl GordoL J O'SullivanN Campton20thRed BrassH G HeagneyR Selkrig 21stMystic GlenF G HoodK Langby22ndWinfreuxC A WilsonA Lister References 1966 Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup Category:1960s in sport in Melbourne