The 1966 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1966.
[1] The race was won by the gelding Galilee, trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by John Miller.
The runner up was Light Fingers also trained by Bart who had won the 1965 Melbourne Cup.
This race was the second of a record twelve Melbourne Cup winners for Bart and also the second of the five times he trained the quinella.
[3][4] Galilee (Alcimedes-Galston, by Balloch) was bred by Trelawney Stud in Cambridge, New Zealand.