1880 Melbourne Cup

Edition of the Melbourne Cup April 2022 September 2021 1880 Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup 'Grand Flaneur' from The Powerhouse Museum Collection.jpg Image of Grand Flaneur Flemington Racecourse 2 November 1880 2 miles Grand Flaneur 3:34.75 4/1 Tom Hales Tom Brown William Long Turf ≈100,000 1879 1881 The 1880 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 2 November 1880. This year was the twentieth running of the Melbourne Cup. The winner Grand Flaneur holds the distinction of being the only horse to win the Melbourne Cup and finish its career undefeated. Grand Flaneur won nine times including five times against the James Wilson trained Progress. Ridden by Peter St Albans, Progress started 3/1 favourite but Grand Flaneur at 4/1 won by a length despite carrying an extra stone in weight. Grand Flaneur would go on to sire future cup winners Bravo and Patron. Grand Flaneur (1880) Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup O'Reilly Paddy 2016 New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd Melbourne 29 9781742579054 The race In perfect weather conditions, 22 runners started the race, the fewest since 1875. Progress and Grand Flaneur were the two standout horses before the race, with the pair having battled it out in the Victoria Derby on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup, with Grand Flaneur winning by a length. The other favoured runner was Lord Burghley who was to be ridden by Paddy Piggott. Previous winners Chester ((1877) and Darriwell (1879) were both expected to feature prominently again in the running. New Zealand import Mata was also expected to run well. Following a slight delay to the start due to the notoriously "wicked" Lothair kicking out and potentially injuring Darriwell, Elastic led the field for a short while, but it would be Lothair to lead at the first turn, with Richmond and Secundus at the rear of the field. Down the riverside, Totalisator and Riverton held the advantage ahead of Chester, with the three favourites well placed. It would be Lord Burghley in front at the final turn entering the Flemington straight, but Progress shot past to take what looked to be a winning lead. That was until Tom Hales on board Grand Flaneur came hard on the outside for the unbeaten horse to kick home to win by a length. Progress again finished second behind Grand Flaneur, with Lord Burghley taking third place ahead of Lothair and Richmond. It was Hales' first Melbourne Cup victory for the popular jockey with reporters stating that he "never rode a better race in his life." Grand Flaneur was owned by William A. Long, a representative in the New South Wales parliament. Long had purchased the horse as a yearling and left Grand Flaneur with trainer Tom Brown when the horse was in Sydney and sometimes in the care of Melbourne trainer A. Davis when stabled for racing in Victoria. The horse won its first start in the Normanby Stakes at Flemington on New Year's Day in 1880, but injury forced the horse to be spelled at Hawkesbury through the 1880 Autumn racing season. Grand Flaneur returned to racing in September 1880, winning the AJC Derby after starting as 2/1 favourite, beating home Trevallyn and Lord Lisgar in a tight finish. After winning another race at Randwick Racecourse, Grand Flaneur was taken to Melbourne for the VRC Spring Meeting. In heavy rain, Grand Flaneur won the Victoria Derby on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup, beating Progress by a length, with the two horses well clear of the rest of the field. By becoming the third horse to win the Victoria Derby/Melbourne Cup double, following Lantern (1864) and Chester (1877), Grand Flaneur had won Long almost £20,000 in betting on the races.Ibbett Ian 1880 – William Long and the Unbeaten Grand Flaneur! https://www.kingsoftheturf.com/1880-william-long-and-the-unbeaten-grand-flaneur/ Kings of the Turf 22 January 2026 24 December 2017 This edition of the race was held during the Melbourne International Exhibition, the eighth World's fair and the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. The influx of visitors lead to an even greater attendance than previous editions of the race, with estimates of over 100,000 spectators at the course.Sporting News https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60094490/5731111 16 January 2026 Illustrated Australian News 6 November 1880 Melbourne, Victoria 199 Full results This is the list of placegetters for the 1880 Melbourne Cup.1871 to 1880 Melbourne Cup Winners https://www.races.com.au/melbourne-cup/melbourne-cup-history/past-winners/1871-to-1880-melbourne-cup/#1880 races com au 20 September 2021Cavanough Maurice The Melbourne Cup 1978 0727004859 445 81880 Melbourne Cup MillersGuide http://millersguide.identika.com.au/1880-melbourne-cup/ millersguide.identika.com.au 16 January 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20220314095856/http://millersguide.identika.com.au/1880-melbourne-cup/ 14 March 2022Melbourne Cup Winners - 1861-1880 https://www.vrc.com.au/racing/melbourne-cup-winners-honour-roll/1861-1880/ Victoria Racing Club 5 November 2025The Victoria Racing Club https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5960513/257357 16 January 2026 The Argus 2 November 1880 Melbourne, Victoria 7Reubertstein The History of the Melbourne Cup from 1861 to 1894 James J. Miller Melbourne, Australia 32-34 1895Rolfe Costa Winners of the Melbourne Cup 2008 Red Dog Fitzroy, Australia 9781742035093 48–49Second Day - Tuesday Nov. 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/15062216 22 January 2026 The Australasian 6 November 1880 Melbourne, Victoria 10-11The Cup Day https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5963298/257369 22 January 2026 The Argus 3 November 1880 Melbourne, Victoria 5-6 PlaceHorseAgeGenderJockeyWeightTrainerOwnerOddsMargin1Grand Flaneur3y cTom Hales 6 st 10 lb kg 1 onTom BrownWilliam Alexander Long4/1 1 length2Progress3y cPeter St Albans 5 st 10 lb kg 1 on James Wilson William Branch3/1 fav. Favourite½ head3Lord Burghley5y hPaddy Piggott 7 st 5 lb kg 1 on Thomas Ivory Francis Robert Lewis RossiRossi Sometimes known as Captain Rossi4/13 lengths4Lothair3y cSam Cracknell 6 st 0 lb kg 1 on Robert Howie Robert Howie20/15Richmond8y hBarlow 7 st 12 lb kg 1 on Eli Jellett16/16Chester6y hHuxley 9 st 6 lb kg 1 on James White20/17Martindale6y hConner 8 st 7 lb kg 1 on James White33/18Auckland (later Maori)6y hDonald Nicholson 6 st 8 lb kg 1 onAuckland Was supposed to carry 6st 5lb Mr R. Warn12/19Riverton5y hBurton 7 st 0 lb kg 1 on John Whittingham100/110The Wandering Jew4y hJohn KilduffKilduff Also known as Jack Kilduff 7 st 0 lb kg 1 on Tom Jordan John Eden Savill100/111Mata NZL6y gClifford 8 st 2 lb kg 1 on Mr R.H. Vallance7/112Rivalry4y mWilliam Murphy 7 st 8 lb kg 1 onRivalry Was supposed to carry 7st 3lbTom JordanTom Jordan50/113Totalisator3y cBowes 5 st 9 lb kg 1 on Mr J.H. Hill25/114First Water4y hCampbell 8 st 1 lb kg 1 onTom JordanWilliam Pile20/115Napper Tandy5y hWilliamson 7 st 1 lb kg 1 on Mr W.H. Kent12/116Secundus5y hRoarty 7 st 10 lb kg 1 onSecundus Was supposed to carry 7st 7lb John Mayo25/117Rothschild (later The Assyrian)3y cQuinn 6 st 4 lb kg 1 onTom JordanWilliam Pile100/118Elastic4y hEmsworth 6 st 13 lb kg 1 on John Mayo33/119Woodlands6y gJ. King 8 st 10 lb kg 1 on Mr T. Jones33/120Banter9y gJ. Geoghegen 7 st 13 lb kg 1 on Mr C.L. Macdonald100/121Bosworth5y hWalker 8 st 8 lb kg 1 on Eli Jellett25/1LastDarriwell6y hM. O'Brien 8 st 7 lb kg 1 onWilliam E. DakinThomas Elder12/1SCR ScratchedSouth Hamilton 4y h 8 st 1 lb kg 1 on James WilsonWilliam BranchSCR ScratchedImperial 11y g 7 st 6 lb kg 1 onWilliam Samuel CoxSCR ScratchedTrevallyn 3y c 6 st 10 lb kg 1 onMr S. MartinSCR ScratchedGeraldine 3y f 6 st 8 lb kg 1 onTom BrownWilliam Alexander LongSCR ScratchedPawnbroker 4y h 6 st 8 lb kg 1 onMr R.T. MooreSCR ScratchedRespite 3y c 6 st 7 lb kg 1 on James Wilson James WilsonSCR ScratchedLord Lisgar 3y c 5 st 10 lb kg 1 on Francis Robert Lewis RossiRossi Sometimes known as Captain RossiSCR ScratchedStockbridge9y h7 st 6 lb kg 1 on James Bathe Prizemoney First prize £1485, second prize £200, third prize £100. See also Horses Sports Australia Melbourne Cup List of Melbourne Cup winners Victoria Racing Club Notes References External links 1880 Melbourne Cup footyjumpers.com 1880 Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup Category:19th century in Melbourne Category:1880s in Melbourne Category:Long stubs with short prose