The 1967 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 7 November 1967. The race, run over , at Flemington Racecourse.
The race was won by the New Zealand bred stallion Red Handed, trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by Roy Higgins. The runner up was Red Crest and third place went to Floodbird. The winning margin was only a neck and a further neck to third place.
This was the third win in a row in the great race by Bart Cummings who went on to record twelve Melbourne Cup winners.https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/image-gallery/2d3ed522011c7441c02d4a5375cb339b
Purchased from Pirongia Stud in New Zealand, Red Handed was sired by the French stallion, Le Filou, and his dam Red Might (NZ) was by Red Mars (GB). His off foreleg was club-footed and the nerves on one side of his head were paralysed due to being kicked by another horse.
It was the second victory for Roy Higgins who had brought home Light Fingers for Bart in the 1965 Melbourne Cup.
Field
The following are the placegetters in the 1967 Melbourne Cup.Cummings, J.B. (2009). Bart: My life. Pan Macmillan, Australia.
PlaceHorseTrainerJockey1stRed Handed (NZ)Bart CummingsRoy Higgins2ndRed Crest (NZ)J W WinderRon Taylor3rdFloodbirdL M ArmfieldJ Stocker 4th Padtheway J Smith Frank Reys 5th Prince Camillo R Fisher P Gumbleton6th General Command W Wilson G Lane 7th Billiton (NZ) George Hanlon Harry White 8th Sunhaven L Burgess B Courtney9th Fulmen Bart Cummings M Goreham 10th Royal Coral R H Claarton D Miller 11th Taunton E J Jenkins P Alderman 12th Ziema Bart Cummings John Miller13th Coronation Cadet N Forbes J Wade 14thSwift Peter A Beauneville W Camer 15th Midlander N D Hoysted Pat Hyland16th Jay Ay (NZ) D S McCormick P Jarman17th Basin Street J J Moloney B Gilders18th Stella Belle (NZ) I Tucker Bob Skelton 19thSpecial Reward A E Elkington W A Smith20th Garcon Tommy J. Smith D Lake 21st Blue Special R Wallis R Durey22nd Tupaki H N Wiggins K Langby
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