1941 Melbourne Cup
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| Melbourne Cup | |
| Location | Flemington Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 Nov 1941 |
| Distance | 2 miles |
| Winning horse | Skipton |
| Winning time | 3:23.75 |
| Final odds | 8/1 |
| Jockey | Billy Cook |
| Trainer | Jack Fryer |
| Surface | Turf |
And with about a furlong and a half to go, there are many with a show in the cup, where the first to get to the front is Son of Aurous on the outside of Laureate and there fighting it out with Skipton coming from the clouds now and Skipton has got to the front inside the final furlong and he's holding Son Of Aurous with Beau Vite coming home hard, but it looks like Skipton's Melbourne Cup, as they get close to the post and Skipton wins the Melbourne Cup of 1941 from Son Of Aurous, third Beau Vite, followed by Laureate.
Commentator Ken Howard describes the climax of the race[1]
The 1941 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 4 November 1941.
