Glenloths 1892 Melbourne Cup at auction
Published October 31st, 2007
THE trophy won by 1892 Melbourne Cup champ Glenloth is expected to sell for more than $100,000 at auction this month.
The 45cm-high sterling silver trophy is one of the few from the 3200m classic to be put up for sale.
Glenloth, ridden by G Robson, was a 50-1 outsider who won on a wet Flemington track. A milkman, J Urquhart, bought the five-year-old stallion from the winnings from backing the Caulfield-Melbourne Cups double in 1890.
Giles Moon, national head of collectables at Bonhams and Goodman, said it was hard to predict what price the trophy would bring.
The 1890 Melbourne Cup, won by the legendary Carbine, was sold for $272,500 in 2000.
However he believed Cup fever would attract interest among collectors and racegoers alike.
The silver trophy, which is owned privately, will go under the hammer at Bonhams and Goodman in Melbourne on November 11.
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