Revenue racehorse Melbourne Cup winner
Racehorse
Revenue was foaled in 1896 and was by Trenton out of the mare Water
Lily (by Rapid Bay)
Main
wins:
1899 VRC
Sires Produce Stakes
1901
Melbourne
Cup
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Trenton |
Musket |
Toxophilite |
| West
Australian mare |
| Frailty |
Goldsborough |
| Flora
McIvor |
| Water
Lily |
Rapid
Bay |
Talk
O The Hill |
| Miss
Giraffe |
| White
And Blue |
Monseigneur |
| Blue
Garter |
Career highlights:
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At
2 |
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1-Nov-98 |
Won |
Nursery Hcp |
Flemington |
17
ran |
5-4
f |
H
J Morrison |
7.10
cd 7.11 |
5
fur |
1:02.7 |
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3-Nov-98 |
Won |
Nursery Hcp |
Flemington |
12 ran |
4-5 f |
H J Morrison |
9.0 |
5 fur |
1:05.2 |
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4-Mar-99 |
Won |
Sires' Produce |
Flemington |
4 ran |
6-4 f |
H J Morrison |
8.10 |
6 fur |
1:17.7 |
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At
3 |
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30-Sep-99 |
5th |
Narre Warren Stakes |
Melb. H C |
7 ran |
10-1 |
F J Dunn |
7.9 |
10 fur |
2:12.5 |
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At
4 |
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6-Nov-00 |
Unp |
Melbourne Cup |
Flemington |
29 ran |
20-1 |
Kuhn |
7.10 |
16 fur |
3:29.0 |
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At
5 |
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5-Nov-01 |
Won |
Melbourne Cup |
Flemington |
19 ran |
7-4 f |
F Kuhn |
7.10 |
16 fur |
3:30.5 |
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22-Feb-02 |
Won |
St. Heliers Stakes |
Caulfield |
7 ran |
2-7 f |
F Kuhn |
9.4 |
9 fur |
1:56.7 |
Part of a report from The
West Australian newspaper November 7, 1901:
"There were no
withdrawals from the Melbourne Cup, leaving nineteen runners.
When the course was
reached Revenue. was at his overnight's closing price, 5 to 2 against,
but the public came so strongly for him, that the ring was forced
to shorten the odds against him, and he actually touched 6 to 4, leaving
off at 7 to 4, when the gong sounded, announcing the start.
As was only to be expected,
Wakeful received good support, though Mr. Macdonald stoutly stuck
to his previously expressed opinion, that she could not beat Revenue,
and that it was only in deference to the fact that she had been so
heavily befriended by the general public, that he had decided to run
her.
Had he consulted his
own wishes she would have been scratched, and reserved for weight-for-age
races. She at one period of the afternoon hardened to 8 to 1, but
with the run on Revenue she eased again to 10 to 1.
San Fran, carrying the
colours of his new owner, a Wagga bookmaker, who paid £2,500
for him, after he won the Metropolitan, retained his position of second
favourite at 4 to 1 but Australian Colors was easier and so was Hymettus.
Grasspan on the other
hand, was in better request hardening from 25 to 1 to 15 to 1. None
of the others came in for very much Gunga Din having gone out of favour
after his indifferent display in the Melbourne Stakes."
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