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1965 Melbourne Cup

Column 1
Melbourne Cup
Flemington Racecourse
2 Nov 1965
2 miles
Light Fingers
3:21.1
15/1
Roy Higgins
Bart Cummings
W J (Wally) Broderick
Fast
Turf

The 1965 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 2 November 1965. The race, run over 2 miles (3,218.7 m), at Flemington Racecourse.

The race won by Light Fingers, trained by Bart Cummings who won the first of what would end up being a record 12 Melbourne Cups. Ziema ran second also trained by Cummings making it the first of five times he trained the quinella.

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1965 Melbourne Cup.

Place	Horse	Trainer	Jockey
1st	Light Fingers	Bart Cummings	Roy Higgins
2nd	Ziema	Bart Cummings	John Miller
3rd	Midlander	Bob Hoysted	N Pyatt
4th	Yangtze	R Dini	H White
5th	Prince Grant	Tommy J. Smith	G Podmore
6th	Prince Camillo	R Fisher	G Gumblestone
7th	Red Willam	Owen Lynch	R Mallyon
8th	Tobin Bronze	H G Heagney	J Stocker
9th	Craftsman	Andy White	P Hyland
10th	Tasman Lad	H H Riley	D Cameron
11th	Mission	J F Quigley	N Eastwood
12th	Rosicombe	G Alessio	F Blackburn
13th	Sir Wynyard	A G Smith	A Lister
14th	Pleasanton	George Hanlon	W A Smith
15th	Jovial Knight	H G Heagney	N Miffin
16th	Strauss	J Green	D Lake
17th	Sail Away	S A Brown	Bill Skelton
18th	The Dip	Bart Cummings	F Reys
19th	Hunting Horn	L J Peterson	A May
20th	Dalento	Jack Besanko	I Saunders
21st	Zinga Lee	W J McNabb	B Gilders
22nd	Piper's Son	M F Anderson	G Moore
23rd	Alagon	George Hanlon	R Selkrig
Fell	Bore Head	R Dillon	F Clarke
Fell	Matlock	George Hanlon	J Johnson
Fell	River Seine	R Prendergast	R Hawkins

Jean Shrimpton and her then boyfriend Terence Stamp made a highly publicised visit to the Cup at a time when foreign celebrities were not common in Australia.

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