The 1985 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1985. The race, run over , at Flemington Racecourse.
The 1985 Melbourne Cup was won by What A Nuisance a horse who had just recovered from a damaged suspensory ligament. This running of the race was notably for many reasons as it was the first horse race in Australia to have a prize pool of $AU1,000,000 and it was also the first time the Melbourne Cup was sponsored as it was sponsored by Foster's. Legendary commentator Bruce McAvaney called his first Melbourne Cup for Network 10, he would go on to call three more.
Field
This is a list of horses which ran in the 1985 Melbourne Cup.
PlaceHorseTrainerJockey1stWhat A NuisanceJohn F. MeagherPat Hyland2ndKoiro Corrie MayDave O'SullivanLance O'Sullivan3rdTripsacumJ P GaffneyRobert Hefferman4thFil De RoiI A MacDonaldRon Quinton5thButternutDoug BaertschigarM Riley6thOur BoyfriendSir Mark ToddMark Barnsley7thImaprinceB PrestonBrent Thomson8thTristarcR S McDonaldW Trealor9thBlack KnightGeorge Hanlon Peter Cook10thOur SophiaGeorge HanlonHarry White11thKiwiSnow LuptonNoel Harris12thDusky Legend S A MackinnonP Alderman13thDuanette's GirlJ A GibbsDavid Peake 14thMapperley HeightsColin HayesDarren Gauci15thSilver AwardR W GuyMick Dittman16thSir ZephyrB J SmithJohn Duggan17thHayaiJ LeeJohn Letts18thLate Show Brian Mayfield-SmithJim Cassidy 19thLacka ReasonM K BullGary Willetts20thUnder OathColin HayesMichael Clarke21stSpritely Native M G LeesW Harris22ndRising PrinceDeidre SteinK Langby23rdFoxsealRick Hore-LacyP D Johnson
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