1985 Melbourne Cup


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.
PlaceHorseTrainerJockey
1stWhat A NuisanceJohn F. MeagherPat Hyland
2ndKoiro Corrie MayDave O'SullivanLance O'Sullivan
3rdTripsacumJ P GaffneyRobert Hefferman
4thFil De RoiI A MacDonaldRon Quinton
5thButternutDoug BaertschigarM Riley
6thOur BoyfriendSir Mark ToddMark Barnsley
7thImaprinceB PrestonBrent Thomson
8thTristarcR S McDonaldW Trealor
9thBlack KnightGeorge HanlonPeter Cook
10thOur SophiaGeorge HanlonHarry White
11thKiwiSnow LuptonNoel Harris
12thDusky LegendS A MackinnonP Alderman
13thDuanette's GirlJ A GibbsDavid Peake
14thMapperley HeightsColin HayesDarren Gauci
15thSilver AwardR W GuyMick Dittman
16thSir ZephyrB J SmithJohn Duggan
17thHayaiJ LeeJohn Letts
18thLate ShowBrian Mayfield-SmithJim Cassidy
19thLacka ReasonM K BullGary Willetts
20thUnder OathColin HayesMichael Clarke
21stSpritely NativeM G LeesW Harris
22ndRising PrinceDeidre SteinK Langby
23rdFoxsealRick Hore-LacyP D Johnson