1989 Melbourne Cup

Super Impose in front, Kudz fighting back and Tawriffic coming at them on the outside.

The 1989 Melbourne Cup was a handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 7 November 1989 over 3200m, at Flemington Racecourse.

The race was won by the New Zealand bred stallion Tawriffic, trained by Lee Freedman and ridden by Shane Dye.

[1] The winning margin was two and a quarter lengths with a further short half head to third place.

Lee went on to record five Melbourne Cup victories with Tawriffic, Subzero (1992), Doriemus (1995) and Makybe Diva (2004 and 2005).