1973 Melbourne Cup

Edition of the Melbourne Cup January 2025 January 2025 1973 Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup Flemington Racecourse 6 Nov 1973 2 miles Gala Supreme 3:19.50 9/1 Frank Reys Ray Hutchins J. P. Curtain Turf 103,170Hourigan John 7 November 1973 Fate has a hand in Gala Supreme's game win http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131690627 8 February 2025 The Canberra Times Australian Capital Territory, Australia 32 National Library of Australia 48 13,585 1972 1974 The 1973 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 6 November 1973 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. This was the 113th edition of the race. The race was won by Gala Supreme, a Victorian-bred thoroughbred trained by Ray Hutchins and ridden by Frank Reys.Lemon Andrew 30 October 2023 Magical Milestones: Gala Supreme https://www.vrc.com.au/latest-news/magical-milestones-gala-supreme/ 2025-02-08 Victoria Racing Club en Gala Supreme was the first Victorian-bred horse to win the Melbourne Cup since Wodalla in the 1953 Melbourne Cup.2009-09-22 Past Winners - 1971 to 1980 Melbourne Cup Winners - Races.com.au https://www.races.com.au/melbourne-cup/melbourne-cup-history/past-winners/1971-to-1980-melbourne-cup/#1973 2025-02-08 www.races.com.au en-US The jockey Frank Reys was the first, and currently only Indigenous Australian jockey to win the prestigious Melbourne Cup.Maynard John Frank Reys (c. 1931–1984) Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/reys-frank-31762 2025-02-08 Canberra National Centre of Biography, Australian National University en Kerin SitaraniTolhurst Isabella 2023-11-05 Reining Supreme https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-05/frank-reys-50-year-anniversary-win-melbourne-cup-gala-supreme/103057472 2025-02-08 ABC News en-AURolfe, C. (2008). Winners of the Melbourne Cup. Red Dog 9781742035093, p. 275 Frank Reys upon winning was presented a miniature Melbourne Cup trophy, this was the first year the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) presented a trophy to the winning jockey. Field This is the full field that contested the 1973 Melbourne Cup. PlaceHorseTrainerJockeySP1stGala SupremeRay Hutchinshttps://www.racing.com/news/2023-04-25/news-trainers-hutchins-remembers-lost-unclesFrank Reys9/12ndGlengowanJ. W. HarrisNoel Harris5/2 fav3rdDanesonF. PenfoldBrian Gilders16/14thGolden SamArthur DidhamMidge Didham16/15thMon VinPat Trotter250/16thGala RedStan Aitken250/17thMagnifiqueEric TempertonBrian Andrews8/18thAustralasiaC L BeechleyR. Mallyon9/19thSwell TimeW C (Bill) WinderGary Willets10/110thAir VoyagerS A BrownR. McLeish500/111thNarthanyaTom Torpy125/112thDayanaBart CummingsSteve Burridge7/113thBruganT. Finger200/114thLord BenDr Geoff ChapmanR. Bradley100/115thMr ExpensiveE C StantonJ. Duggan16/116thPeg's PrideW J BrombyDavid Peake20/117thRed HopeA F HoneychurchG. Duyrca16/118thCampanelloT W HillH. White33/119thTavelE W JuddM. Goreham66/120thMcdawayR. B. Martin50/121stAudaciterGary LeeHerb Rauhihi100/122ndLand LoverR. Setches125/123rdDisaR. Durcy350/124thStrike AgainW C (Bill) WinderN. Riordan25/1 See also Horses Sports Australia Melbourne Cup List of Melbourne Cup winners Victoria Racing Club References 1973 Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup Category:1970s in sport in Melbourne