| ugural function of first Melbourne Cup is an eventful | | | | On November 1876, Melbourne Cup raced on the first |
| occasion because one of the seventeen horses have | | | | Tuesday of November month and in this race, the |
| bolted before the race and three fell while running the | | | | three-year-old filly, Briseis, won the race. And after that, |
| race and died. Archer again won the second | | | | in 1877, the Australian government was officially |
| Melbourne cup which held in 1862 and won £810 | | | | declared a full public holiday for this race and it also |
| cash and a gold watch in front of 7,000 people. | | | | decided to conduct the race only on first Tuesday in |
| Peter Pan was the second horse to win two | | | | November. In this race, Chester won the race which |
| continuous Melbourne race conducted in 1932 and | | | | was trained by Etienne de Mestre. This cup was |
| 1934, and this record was not repeated till 1967, then | | | | Etienne de Mestre’s fourth Melbourne cup. The |
| Rain Lover was the horse which won two continuous | | | | first prize of this race was £1,790 which was |
| Melbourne cup in 1968 and1969. This record happened | | | | completed by 30 starters in front of 80,000 people. |
| only after 100 years. | | | | |