Tackled by Red Nose, Slamander and on the outside is Hyperno, here's Cupacade with a powerful run from Warri Symbol.
The 1979 Melbourne Cup was a handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1979 over 3200m, at Flemington Racecourse.
The race was won by the New Zealand bred gelding Hyperno, trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by Harry White.
Hyperno had placed third in the 1977 Melbourne Cup when trained by Geoff Murphy and ridden by Brian Andrews.
[4][5] Harry White's winning ride was his fourth Melbourne Cup victory, the others being on Think Big in 1974 and 1975 and Arwon for George Hanlon in 1978.