Racing NSW

1976 - A MELBOURNE CUP TO REMEMBER

1976 - A MELBOURNE CUP TO REMEMBER

There were 78,500 people at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day 1976. Those still living, hold indelible memories of their visit to the historic course on the day mother nature threw a tantrum.

LOUIS MIHALYKA AND AUDREY JOAN CAN TAKE SOME OF THE CREDIT FOR THE CONQUEST OF KOSCIUSZKO

LOUIS MIHALYKA AND AUDREY JOAN CAN TAKE SOME OF THE CREDIT FOR THE CONQUEST OF KOSCIUSZKO

Had it not been for Louis Mihalyka’s fascination with thoroughbred line breeding, Australian racing would have been deprived of the touching scenes that followed Handle The Truth’s win in Saturday’s Kosciuszko.