1888 Melbourne Cup

1888 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Date6 November 1888
Distance2 miles
Winning horseMentor
Winning time3:30.75
Final odds7/1
JockeyMick O'Brien
TrainerWalter Hickenbotham
OwnerDonald Smith Wallace
SurfaceTurf
Attendance100,000
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The 1888 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 6 November 1888.[1]

This year was the twenty-eighth running of the Melbourne Cup. This year the VRC lifted the sweepstakes for the Melbourne Cup making the Cup the most valuable race in the world at the time.[2] This was the first of four Melbourne Cup wins for trainor Walter Hickenbotham.[2]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1888 Melbourne Cup.[2]

Place Name Jockey Trainer Owner
1 Mentor Mick O'Brien Walter Hickenbotham Donald Smith Wallace
2 Tradition T. Aspinall
3 The Yeoman Robert Ramage

See also

References

  1. ^ "1888 Melbourne Cup MillersGuide". millersgudie.identika.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "1881 to 1890 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 29 May 2022.


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