And with about a furlong and a half to go, there are many with a show in the cup, where the first to get to the front is Son of Aurous on the outside of Laureate and there fighting it out with Skipton coming from the clouds now and Skipton has got to the front inside the final furlong and he's holding Son Of Aurous with Beau Vite coming home hard, but it looks like Skipton's Melbourne Cup, as they get close to the post and Skipton wins the Melbourne Cup of 1941 from Son Of Aurous, third Beau Vite, followed by Laureate.
The 1941 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 4 November 1941.
Therefore, Sydney jockey Billy Cook, rode Skipton who carried 7st 7lb (47.5kg) to victory.
His son Peter Cook, also won two Melbourne Cups, aboard Just a Dash in 1981 and Black Knight in 1984.
Son of Aurous ran second and two-time Cox Plate and Mackinnon Stakes winner Beau Vite finished third after running fourth in the 1940 Cup.