The 1906 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 6 November 1906.

1906 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
LocationFlemington Racecourse
Date6 Nov 1906
Distance2 miles
Winning horsePoseidon
Winning time3:31.5
Final odds4/1
JockeyTom Clayton
TrainerIsaac Earnshaw
OwnerHugh Denison
SurfaceTurf
Attendance82,388
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1907 →

This race saw a 21-horse field compete.[1] Three year old Poseidon beat fellow three year old Antonius by three lengths to cap off a magical run as earlier in the spring he had won Australian Derby, Eclipse Stakes, Caulfield Cup and Victoria Derby. Jimmy Ah Poon was growing vegetables near Canterbury Park Racecourse and supplied them to trainer Ike Earnshaw and through that became friends with Poseidon. Starting in September he began betting on Poseidon. The only time he did not back the colt was in The Metropolitan where he was beaten. Ah Poon had turned his original stakes of £10 to £35,500.[2]

This is the list of placegetters for the 1906 Melbourne Cup.[3]

Place Name Jockey Trainer Owner
1 Poseidon Tom Clayton Isaac Earnshaw Hugh Denison
2 Antonius E. Turner J. Suna
3 Proceed W. McLachlan J. Brown

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References

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  1. ^ "1906 Melbourne Cup". millersgudie.identika.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ "1906". Australian Sport Though Time. Milsons Point: Random House Australia. 2000. p. 125. ISBN 9781740514019.
  3. ^ "1901 to 1910 Melbourne Cup Winners". races com au. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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