1965 Melbourne Cup

Edition of the Melbourne Cup April 2022 September 2021 1965 Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup Flemington Racecourse 2 Nov 1965 2 miles Light Fingers 3:21.1 15/1 Roy Higgins Bart Cummings W J (Wally) Broderick Fast Turf 1964 1966 A furlong and a half to go and Ziema's hit the front, Light Fingers under the whip trying to run him down from Yangtze, Midlander and then Tobin Bronze and Prince Grant. It's Ziema in front, Light Fingers throwing in a desperate challenge. Ziema about a neck in front, Light Fingers pegging him back. Light Fingers goes to Ziema hit the line locked together. Dead heat! A dead heat in the Melbourne Cup! Commentator Bill Collins describes the climax of the race 25% 1 right The 1965 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 2 November 1965. The race, run over 2 mi m 1, at Flemington Racecourse. The race won by Light Fingers, trained by Bart Cummings who won the first of what would end up being a record 12 Melbourne Cups. Ziema ran second also trained by Cummings making it the first of five times he trained the quinella. Light Fingers (1965) Facts, Stats & Trivia of The Melbourne Cup O'Reilly Paddy 2016 New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd Melbourne 98–99 9781742579054 Field This is a list of horses which ran in the 1965 Melbourne Cup.http://millersguide.identika.com.au/1965-melbourne-cup/ 1965 Melbourne Cup millersguide.identika.com.au 21 September 2021 21 September 2021 21 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210921061317/http://millersguide.identika.com.au/1965-melbourne-cup/ dead PlaceHorseTrainerJockey1stLight FingersBart CummingsRoy Higgins2ndZiemaBart CummingsJohn Miller3rdMidlanderBob HoystedN Pyatt4thYangtzeR DiniH White5thPrince GrantTommy J. SmithG Podmore6thPrince CamilloR FisherG Gumblestone7thRed WillamOwen LynchR Mallyon8thTobin BronzeH G HeagneyJ Stocker9thCraftsmanAndy WhiteP Hyland10thTasman LadH H RileyD Cameron11thMissionJ F QuigleyN Eastwood12thRosicombeG AlessioF Blackburn13thSir WynyardA G SmithA Lister14thPleasantonGeorge HanlonW A Smith15thJovial KnightH G HeagneyN Miffin16thStraussJ GreenD Lake17thSail AwayS A BrownBill Skelton18thThe DipBart CummingsF Reys19thHunting HornL J PetersonA May20thDalentoJack BesankoI Saunders 21stZinga LeeW J McNabbB Gilders22ndPiper's SonM F AndersonG Moore23rdAlagonGeorge HanlonR SelkrigFellBore HeadR DillonF ClarkeFellMatlockGeorge HanlonJ JohnsonFellRiver SeineR PrendergastR Hawkins Attendance Jean Shrimpton and her then boyfriend Terence Stamp made a highly publicised visit to the Cup at a time when foreign celebrities were not common in Australia.Filmink Stephen Vagg 16 August 2025 16 August 2025 https://www.filmink.com.au/ten-connections-between-terence-stamp-and-australia/ Ten Connections between Terence Stamp and Australia References 1965 Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup Category:1960s in sport in Melbourne