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1871 Melbourne Cup
Annual horse race in Victoria, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1871 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Thursday, 9 November 1871.[1]
This year was the eleventh running of the Melbourne Cup. It was the third Melbourne Cup win for owner and trainer John Tait.[2]
The Pearl was one of four horses to win the Melbourne Cup at 100/1. Wotan (1936), Old Rowley (1940) and Prince of Penzance (2015) being the other three.
This is the list of placegetters for the 1871 Melbourne Cup.[3]
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