Our History | Braidwood horse raced to history in first Melbourne Cup

By Peter Smith
Updated November 6 2017 - 2:44pm, first published 2:29pm

The first and second Melbourne Cup (1861-2) was won by Braidwood’s Archer. Archer was born in 1856, sired by William Tell out of Maid of Oaks, both horses owned by Thomas Royds of Ballalaba, before his untimely early death aged 27 in 1852.

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