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| B72 and X32 depart Ballarat with the 8121 pass with the usual N set and a spare set of wooden bodied cars (BCE-AE-BW-BWL) for patrons to the Melbourne Cup. |
For patrons to the Melbourne Cup, the morning 8121 pass was run with a double set, the usual N set and a spare set of wooden bodied cars (BCE-AE-BW-BWL). The train was double-headed by B72 and X32. This was the first use of a set of wooden bodied passenger cars to Ballarat for some months with all services to Ballarat currently formed by N sets.
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| B72 and X32 snake their way through Ballarat yard with the 8121 pass on Melbourne Cup Day. Y150 shunts the yard. |
For the record the race was won in 1984 by the Western Australian bred gelding Black Knight, trained by George Hanlon and ridden by Peter Cook. The runner up was Chagemar with the winning margin of two and a half lengths. In the family sweep I had 4th placegetter Rose and Thistle.
Black Knight got to the lead with Chagemar at the 300, from Rocky Rullah, they're clear of Rose And Thistle at the head of the others and then Mapperley Heights running on. But it's Black Knight in front at the 200, from Chagemar, Mapperley Heights running home well but it's Black Knight's Melbourne Cup! He's drawing away to win by two and a half lengths! Chagemar will run second from Mapperley Heights, Rose and Thistle. Commentator Bill Collins describes the climax of the race.
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