1983 Melbourne Cup


The 1983 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1983. The race, run over, at Flemington Racecourse.
The race was won by Kiwi who came from a seemingly unwinnable position at the 400 meter mark to hit the front with 50 meters to go and beating Noble Comment by a length and three quarters Earlier in the same year he won the Wellington Cup becoming the only horse to win the Melbourne and Wellington Cup in the same year.

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1983 Melbourne Cup.
PlaceHorseTrainerJockey
1stKiwiEwen S. LuptonJim Cassidy
2ndNoble CommentGeorge HanlonRobert Heffernan
3rdMr. JazzBart CummingsJohn Marshall
4thNo PeerBart CummingsJ Miller
5thVelosoM G HarnesPeter Cook
6thChiamareTommy SmithMick Dittman
7thFountaincourtC PfefferieNoel Harris
8thHussar's CommandE B MurraryW Treloar
9thChagemarGeoff MurphyDarren Gauci
10thNostradamusGraeme RogersonB Clements
11thTriumphal MarchPeter HayesBrent Thomson
12thToujours MioJ P CourtneyR Dawkins
13thChez NousColin HayesMichael Clarke
14thMachtvogelE W LaingP Jarman
15thHayaiJ R LeeN Voigt
16thJust a DashTommy SmithHarry White
17thNoble HeightsN BeggRon Quinton
18thHome MaidPaul PerryBrian Andrews
19thMervon BoyR ArmstrongBob Skelton
20thBianco LadyColin HayesGreg Hall
21stLa CocotteTony LopesP Alderman
22ndEnglish WonderJohn HawkinsP Shepherd
23rdCombatTommy SmithC Dinn
24thAmarantGeorge HanlonJohn Letts