Melbourne Cup robbery? Photo that went wrong

The grounds books amusement Rimfire won the 1948 Melbourne Cup arsenic a fertile outsider, paying 80/1 and with 15-year-old jockey Ray Neville successful the saddle.

Experienced hoop Billy Smith had been primitively booked to thrust Rimfire, but chose to springiness up the equine arsenic helium thought the equine was small accidental of winning the large race.

It was a shootout astatine the decorativeness enactment arsenic Dark Marne charged up the wrong and looked to person pipped Rimfire astatine the post, with jockey Jack Thompson celebrating earlier the numbers had travel up.

The Victoria Racing Club was capable to utilise photograph reappraisal exertion for the archetypal time. The photograph indicated Rimfire had won connected the outside.

But it was aboriginal alleged the camera had been placed incorrectly, which mistakenly favoured the extracurricular runners, indicating Dark Marne whitethorn person really beaten Rimfire to the line.

Beaten jockey Thompson said afterwards, "I thought I had conscionable got up, but the photograph showed otherwise".

Teenage jockey Ray Neville brings Rimfire backmost to standard aft winning the 1948 Melbourne Cup. Neville was 15 years aged astatine the clip of the race, becoming the youngest hoop to ever triumph the prestigious Cup. Neville's celebrated triumph was commemorated successful 1995 by a plaque successful the Victorian municipality of Birchip.

Rimfire was calved successful 1942, by Enfield retired of Menar. He was not a fashionable equine arsenic a youngster, and was leased to a pistillate successful Sydney who raced him successful immoderate handicap events, but past turned down an connection to bargain him for 2000 pounds, and sent him backmost to trainer Stan Boyden astatine Flemington.

His six-year-old play was hampered by wounded arsenic helium was injured successful July of 1948, and past pulled up lame from The Hotham not agelong earlier the Melbourne Cup. Still, his trainer entered him successful the two-mile contention and hoped for the best.

Rimfire, paying 80/1, ran what was astatine that clip a Melbourne Cup grounds clip to bushed Dark Marne successful a arguable photograph decorativeness - the archetypal photograph ever utilized to determine the large race.

Punters and contention connections had an agonising hold successful 2011 arsenic stewards frantically examined the closest photograph decorativeness successful Melbourne Cup history.

European raiders Dunaden and Red Cadeaux came from backmost successful the battalion to deed the pb unneurotic with 150m to go, past went stride for stride arsenic the monolithic Flemington assemblage roared.

They deed the enactment astatine the aforesaid clip and nary 1 could archer which equine had bobbed astatine the close time, but Dunaden was awarded the triumph connected photo.

Dunaden was calved successful France, by Nicobar retired of La Marlia. He was purchased for the measly terms of 1500 euro (currently $2348 AUD) by Dutch owner-breeder Jetty van der Hulst but past sold aft winning successful France. He was aboriginal owned by Sheikh Fahad al Thani.

Dunaden went connected to triumph much than $10 cardinal successful a stellar racing career. Much of that purse came successful 2011 erstwhile helium won the Prix de Barbeville, past came to Australia for the archetypal clip and won the Geelong Cup and the Melbourne Cup, past travelled to Asia wherever helium won the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase.

Dunaden returned to Australia successful 2012 and won the Caulfield Cup nether jockey Craig Williams, carrying a grounds value and from a wide barrier. Overall helium won 10 of his 46 races, and placed successful an astonishing 19 more.

He was retired to stud successful 2014 successful England and sired a fig of foals, the archetypal of which began racing successful 2018. Dunaden died astatine 13 years aged successful 2019 pursuing a paddock mishap astatine Overbury Stud.

Race favourite Might And Power looked location and hosed erstwhile the mighty gelding streaked wide of the tract successful the location consecutive astatine Flemington successful 1997.

But carrying 56kg - a value ne'er carried by a winning four-year-old successful the Cup earlier - the equine began to slice precocious successful the race.

Doriemus steamed down the extracurricular and looked to person pipped Might And Power astatine the post, with jockey Greg Hall celebrating arsenic helium passed the decorativeness line.

But a photograph showed Jim Cassidy had managed to get Might And Power's caput down astatine the close clip to people connected the inside.

Might And Power is inactive contiguous 1 of the astir celebrated and favourite names successful equine racing successful Australia, a subordinate of the hallway of fame and victor of the 1998 and 1999 Australian Horse of the Year award. He was besides the World Champion Stayer successful 1997, the twelvemonth helium won the Melbourne Cup.

In lone 33 vocation starts the superb gelding produced an astonishing 15 victories, including 7 Group 1 wins. While his Melbourne Cup triumph was 1 of the closest finishes successful history, Might And Power scored ascendant victories by 7 lengths oregon much successful different large races, including the Caulfield Cup and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He was the 2nd equine ever to triumph the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and the Cox Plate.

He was bred successful New Zealand, by champion stallion Zabeel retired of Benediction. Might And Power died successful 2020 pursuing exigency country for colic, astatine the property of 26. There is present a Group 1 contention called Might And Power Stakes tally astatine Caulfield connected Caulfield Cup day.

Gurner's Lane (inside) beats Kingston Town to the Melbourne Cup enactment successful 1982.

Kingston Town is remembered arsenic 1 of the champion horses to ever grace the Australian turf and not triumph a Melbourne oregon Caulfield Cup. In 1982 helium won his 3rd successive Cox Plate, and was heavy backed to triumph the Melbourne Cup contempt 59kg connected his back.

He looked similar winning erstwhile jockey 'Miracle' Malcolm Johnston took Kingston Town to the pb with 600m to go, but past the value began to archer and that's erstwhile jockey Mick Dittman rode Gurner's Lane done the tract and managed to nab the person conscionable earlier the enactment to triumph by a abbreviated neck.

Many punters enactment the blasted connected Johnston for pressing the accelerator excessively aboriginal connected Kingston Town, who would lone triumph 1 much contention that twelvemonth - present dubbed the Kingston Town Classic - and past retire.

Gurner's Lane was foaled successful New Zealand successful 1978, by Sir Tristram retired of Taiona. Sir Tristram would yet sire 3 Melbourne Cup winners - Gurner's Lane was followed by Empire Rose successful 1988, and past Brew successful 2000.

Gurner's Lane had an outstanding 3 and four-year-old play successful 1982, winning 2 Group 2 races earlier doing the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup Group 1 double. He besides won the Group 2 Newcastle Gold Cup that year, and successful 1983 was named Australia's champion equine of the year.

It was that aforesaid twelvemonth erstwhile Gurner's Lane broke down, and ne'er recaptured his stunning 1982 earlier being retired. The gelding died successful 2000.

Delta Blues (inside) bushed a adjacent 2nd Pop Rock to the enactment successful the 2006 Melbourne Cup successful beforehand of a immense Flemington crowd.

Australian punters didn't rather cognize what to marque of these 2 contenders, trained by Katsuhiko Sumii successful Japan and with nary signifier connected tracks Down Under to justice by.

But it turned retired to beryllium a ascendant showing from the Japanese horses, who deed the pb halfway up the consecutive and went stride for stride to the post. Visiting jockey Yasunari Iwata managed to bushed retired section favourite Damien Oliver, arsenic Delta Blues bushed Pop Rock by a nose.

Delta Blues was foaled successful 2001, by Dance In The Dark retired of Dixie Splash. His archetypal large triumph came successful the 2004 Kikuka Sho. Later that twelvemonth helium ran 3rd successful the Japan Cup.

Australians archetypal laid eyes connected the stallion erstwhile helium ran 3rd successful the 2006 Caulfield Cup, a fortnight earlier winning Australia's astir cherished race, the Melbourne Cup.

He won six of 29 starts, earlier being retired and taking up residence successful Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Horse Park. Delta Blues is these days utilized to bid riders and different horses, and helium often competes successful showjumping competitions.

The authoritative photograph decorativeness of the 1965 Melbourne Cup from which the judges placed Light Fingers (outside) archetypal by a abbreviated half-head from stablemate Ziema.

Ziema deed the pb astatine the apical of the consecutive and looked definite to triumph the race, earlier stablemate Light Fingers jumped retired of the battalion and ran down Ziema successful the last 200m to score.

The contention caller mistakenly called "dead heat!" arsenic the horses passed the post, earlier a photograph decorativeness confirmed the extracurricular runner got the bob of the head.

It was a one-two for trainer Bart Cummings, and his archetypal of what would beryllium 12 Melbourne Cup victories.

Light Fingers was foaled successful 1961 successful New Zealand, by Le Filou - a champion sire of large staying horses - and by Cuddlesome. The equine was named Close Embrace originally, but erstwhile she was moved to Australia racing officials refused to registry him nether that name.

She had an outstanding three-year-old season, but erstwhile Cummings began to hole her for a Melbourne Cup tilt a batch of things went wrong. Light Fingers was sick with a virus, and past suffered a enarthrosis injury, ruling her retired of the Caulfield Cup. Many thought she would not marque it to the Melbourne Cup barriers, and jockey Roy Higgins astir abandoned the ride, but chose to instrumentality solid.

Light Fingers returned to the Melbourne Cup successful 1966 and ran 2nd to stablemate Galilee. Overall she won 15 of her 33 starts earlier being retired to stud, wherever she failed to nutrient immoderate champion horses.

Light Fingers died successful 1988 and was inducted into the Australian racing hallway of fame successful 2017. She has a contention successful Sydney named successful her honour, the Light Fingers Stakes for three-year-old fillies.

Viewed (inside) ridden by Blake Shinn wins the 2008 Melbourne Cup from Bauer ridden by Corey Brown.

Legendary trainer and the "Cups King" Bart Cummings claimed his 12th and last Melbourne Cup successful the astir thrilling fashion, erstwhile Viewed - paying $41 -managed to clasp disconnected a charging Bauer to the enactment hardly a chemoreceptor successful front.

Viewed changeable retired to pb the tract with 400m inactive to go, and looked similar helium was going to bash it easy. That was until Corey Brown brought Bauer down the outside, who loomed up to Viewed successful the last 100m and looked definite to swamp the Cummings horse, but jockey Blake Shinn managed to get his horse's caput down astatine the close time.

"Bauer dives... Viewed a chemoreceptor to Bauer, I think!" contention caller Greg Miles proclaimed.

Despite the photograph showing Viewed won the race, the physics timing devices - wrong the saddle cloth - really claimed Bauer ran the way one-hundredth of a 2nd quicker.

Viewed was foaled successful 2003, by Scenic retired of Lovers Knot. He was owned by Malaysian developer Dato Tan Chin Nam, who had a fig of horses trained by Bart Cummings.

His champion twelvemonth was 2008, erstwhile helium won the JRA Plater successful Japan and past the Brisbane Cup starring into his victorious Melbourne Cup run. He won the Caulfield Cup successful 2009 carrying apical weight, and past ran seventh successful that year's Melbourne Cup.

Sadly, Viewed had to beryllium euthanised successful 2010 owed to a twisted bowel. He was a stallion, but ne'er made it to stud.

The sheer size of elephantine mare Empire Rose is showcased successful this photograph decorativeness to the 1988 Melbourne Cup, wherever some her rump and her chemoreceptor tin beryllium seen poking retired from either broadside of second-placed Natski. It's besides a recognition to winning jockey Tony Allan, who evidently got the implicit astir retired of his equine connected the finishing post.

The 2 horses jumped arsenic adjacent favourites to triumph the race, and it was Empire Rose who recovered the pb aboriginal successful the straight. But Natski flew location and astir nabbed the rival runner, but the photograph showed Allan had got Empire Rose's chemoreceptor down astatine the close time.

The imaginativeness is besides remembered for the telephone by Bruce McAvaney - "Natski's flying retired wide! Empire Rose successful front, Natski's gonna situation late. Empire Rose a magnitude successful front, Natski trying to get to her. Empire Rose a fractional successful front, Natski won't marque it and the large mare wins!"

Empire Rose was foaled successful New Zealand successful 1982, by the champion sire Sir Tristram and retired of Summer Fleur. She was the 2nd of 3 Sir Tristram progeny to triumph the Melbourne Cup.

She was elephantine successful size, and trainer Laurie Laxon was determined to triumph Australia's biggest contention with her. She ran 5th successful her archetypal effort successful 1986, past finished a adjacent 2nd successful 1987 to chap Kiwi equine Kensei. Eleven days aft that contention she won the New Zealand Cup implicit 2 miles.

In 1989 she jumped arsenic favourite to support her Melbourne Cup crown, but finished 15th and was subsequently retired to stud.

She died successful 2002, having battled an incurable ft problem.

Jezabeel (inside) ridden by Chris Munce sneaks to the winner's station conscionable up of Champagne (rug 21) with rider Glen Boss connected board.

Jezabeel had been backed into a $7 Melbourne Cup favourite, and was retired to marque amends for a disappointing Caulfield Cup a fortnight earlier - arsenic was chap New Zealand merchandise Champagne.

Jezabeel led with astir 400m to spell earlier Boss brought Champagne astir the extracurricular and changeable up to articulation Munce astatine the lead. Champagne looked the apt victor for each money, and poked her chemoreceptor successful front, but Jezabeel someway pulled backmost to deed the pb successful the last 50m and clasp on.

Jezabeel was foaled successful 1992, by Zabeel our of Passefleur successful New Zealand. She spent her racing vocation moving betwixt New Zealand and Australia, uncovering occurrence successful both.

She is the lone equine to person won some the Melbourne Cup and the Auckland Cup, the second which she achieved connected New Years Day of 1998, 10 months earlier her celebrated triumph astatine Flemington. She was trained by Brian Jenkins, who lone ever won 1 Melbourne Cup.

Jezabeel is present the oldest and the earliest winning Melbourne Cup victor inactive alive.

Vow And Declare (far inside) wins a photograph decorativeness up of Master Of Reality (middle) and Prince Of Arran (outside) successful the 2019 Melbourne Cup. What you can't spot successful this photograph is Il Paradiso wedged successful betwixt Vow And Declare and Master Of Reality, making it a four-way finish.

Australian-trained equine Vow And Declare took connected the satellite arsenic a fig of apical planetary stayers travelled Down Under to tackle the Cup. The section favourite took the rails tally and deed the pb up the straight, lone to beryllium tally down by the 3 different horses. It looked similar Vow And Declare had faded badly, but it managed to assistance successful the last 50m and deed the station first.

"Prince Of Arran is lifting precocious with Il Paradiso, Master Of Reality conscionable successful front, Vow And Declare kicks, Vow And Declare's won it, for Australia, determination connected apical of the world!" caller Matt Hill proclaimed.

The decorativeness was truthful frantic that stewards upheld a protestation against Master Of Reality, which forced it from second-place backmost to fourth, arsenic Prince Of Arran took 2nd and Il Paradiso went to third.

Vow And Declare is the lone equine successful this assemblage to inactive beryllium racing, and helium volition contention the 2022 Melbourne Cup aft moving successful the apical 8 of the Caulfield Cup. He is hoping to go the sixth equine successful past to triumph aggregate Melbourne Cups.

Vow And Declare was foaled successful 2015, by Declaration Of War retired of Geblitzt. He was bred by Paul Lanskey - who owned the parent - and helium retained ownership aft the $70,000 reserve terms was not met astatine the 2017 Inglis Classic Sales.

Lanskey supposedly named the gelding in honour of his father, who would travel location from the pub and say, "I vow and state I've lone had a fewer beers".

To day Vow And Declare has won conscionable shy of $6 cardinal successful prizemoney.