1967 Melbourne Cup

The 1967 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 7 November 1967. The race, run over 2 mi, at Flemington Racecourse.

The race was won by the New Zealand bred stallion Red Handed, trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by Roy Higgins. The runner up was Red Crest and third place went to Floodbird. The winning margin was only a neck and a further neck to third place.

This was the third win in a row in the great race by Bart Cummings who went on to record twelve Melbourne Cup winners.

Purchased from Pirongia Stud in New Zealand, Red Handed was sired by the French stallion, Le Filou, and his dam Red Might (NZ) was by Red Mars (GB). His off foreleg was club-footed and the nerves on one side of his head were paralysed due to being kicked by another horse.

It was the second victory for Roy Higgins who had brought home Light Fingers for Bart in the 1965 Melbourne Cup.

Field
The following are the placegetters in the 1967 Melbourne Cup.