Black Knight got to the lead with Chagemar at the 300, from Rocky Rullah, they're clear of Rose And Thistle at the head of the others and then Mapperley Heights running on.
The 1984 Melbourne Cup was a handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 6 November 1984 over 3200m, at Flemington Racecourse.
The race was won by the Western Australian bred gelding Black Knight, trained by George Hanlon and ridden by Peter Cook.
This was despite Kiwi's trainer Snow Lupton and Jim Cassidy, the jockey who rode him to the prior year's sensational victory, protesting to his soundness.
[3][4] Black Knight owned by Robert Holmes à Court[5] was sired by Silver Knight, a New Zealand-bred stallion who won the 1971 Melbourne Cup.