Our Boyfriend two in front of Butternut, then Koiro Corrie May, What a Nuisance, Fil De Roi under the whip, Tristarc went to the fence, from Tripsacum, Imaprince coming with a great run.
Koiro Corrie May has got to this one Our Boyfriend with Butternut, What a Nuisance, Imaprice and Fil De Roi.
The 1985 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1985.
The 1985 Melbourne Cup was won by What A Nuisance a horse who had just recovered from a damaged suspensory ligament.
This running of the race was notably for many reasons as it was the first horse race in Australia to have a prize pool of $AU1,000,000 and it was also the first time the Melbourne Cup was sponsored as it was sponsored by Foster's.