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Manuka was sent to contest the Melbourne Cup in 1870 but did not start.

Darriwell and Le Toup contested in 1879 with Le Toup being pulled up and Darriwell winning.
 
Bill James said:
Manuka was sent to contest the Melbourne Cup in 1870 but did not start.

Darriwell and Le Toup contested in 1879 with Le Toup being pulled up and Darriwell winning.
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Incorrect BJ, it was before 1879
 
I have the same information as Calamity James:

"In 1870 Redwood sent Manuka (The Peer – Waimea) over to Melbourne in charge of Edward Cutts to be prepared for the Melbourne Cup. Peeress went too, and won the Royal Park Stakes at Flemington. But Manuka failed to run as he did not stand training. He went to the stud in Australia. In 1879 Lancelot Walker and G. G. Stead sent Le Toup over for the Melbourne Cup. He was heavily backed but was pulled up in the race after his saddle slipped. The winner was a stablemate, Darriwell, the acknowledged inferior of Le Toup. Later at the meeting Le Toup won the Victorian Racing Club Handicap, but in weight-for-age races he was beaten by Chester."

http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/R/RacingHorse/SuccessesInAustralia/en
 
Ready said:
I have the same information as Calamity James:

"In 1870 Redwood sent Manuka (The Peer – Waimea) over to Melbourne in charge of Edward Cutts to be prepared for the Melbourne Cup. Peeress went too, and won the Royal Park Stakes at Flemington. But Manuka failed to run as he did not stand training. He went to the stud in Australia. In 1879 Lancelot Walker and G. G. Stead sent Le Toup over for the Melbourne Cup. He was heavily backed but was pulled up in the race after his saddle slipped. The winner was a stablemate, Darriwell, the acknowledged inferior of Le Toup. Later at the meeting Le Toup won the Victorian Racing Club Handicap, but in weight-for-age races he was beaten by Chester."

http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/R/RacingHorse/SuccessesInAustralia/en
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My info was from the complete history of the melbourne cup dvd, and Bill Collins said that in the 1874 cup Ler Lion was the first New Zealander to contest the Melb cup and came 13th. I'll give the next question to BJ since there seems to be no history of this online.
 
Sorry been away for easter and didn't think I had the correct answer anyway.

Gillespie is, I believe, the third nightwatchman to make a century. Who first achieved this feat?
 
After Aaron Badderley's win on the weekend, who is the leading Q-School graduate in terms of money won on the US tour this year?
 
Tiger44 said:
After Aaron Badderley's win on the weekend, who is the leading Q-School graduate in terms of money won on the US tour this year?
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Tripp Isenhour
(Ace Name)
 
No JB, hope I haven't been misleading with my question. Perhaps I should have asked which graduate from the 2005 Q-School to be more specific.
 
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