Talk:Peter Pan (Australian horse)

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 * THE 1934 MELBOURNE CUP

1934 was the year Peter Pan carved his name in the impossible slush of Flemington and became one of the greatest Melbourne Cup winners ever. As the rain fell in torrents on the roofs of the city, each drumming drop seemed like another nail in Peter Pans Melbourne Cup coffin. It was the centenary Year and despite the appalling flood throughout the morning, a staggering 94,512 people thronged to Flemington. Peter Pan, winner of the Melbourne Cup as a three year old in 1932 had to miss it the following year because of a muscular rheumatism, but still retained his rating as Australia’s best stayer. The VRC handicapper allotted him 9st 10lb in the weights for the Melbourne Cup of 1934. That huge weight was what bothered Cup fans most as the rain rattled down. That plus the fact that no horse since Archer in 1861 and 1862 had ever been able to win two Melbourne Cups. Peter Pan’s lead up form in Sydney plus his dogged defeat of Hallmark (1933 Melbourne Cup winner) in the weight for age Melbourne Stakes two days earlier had ensured him of Cup favouritism. The track was a morass. Bookmakers blew Peter Pans odds to 14 to 1 and the punters reluctance to accept the price proved that they too believed the task ahead would be too much for even Peter Pan. Understandably, the race was run at a very slow pace, and though he must have been tempted to use Peter Pans class to take a better running place, Darby kept Peter Pan running wide. At 800 metres, Monroe had the satisfaction of watching the tiring horses falling backwards through the field and out where he was, Peter Pan didn’t have to content with dodging them. He was having a clear run with the powerful Peter Pan underneath him. Peter Pan shot forward to sixth place near the home turn and when their faces turned toward the winning post, Darby knew it was all or nothing. Intrepidly, Peter Pan continued his run and without apparent effort he surged past them all 300 metres out. Peter Pan romped away to win the Melbourne Cup by three lengths.

- Cuddy Wifter 03:59, 20 August 2007 (UTC)