In Series 2, Episode 35 – 'The Sport of Kings', Skippy and Sonny are at the racetrack to watch Mark Hammond compete.

This clip shows the crowd at what is probably the Melbourne Cup during the Spring Carnival of 1896.

This late 1940s cinema advertisement touts the versatility of Pimms – a gin-based, fruit cup liqueur – for any occasion. 

This is the complete radio broadcast of the 1941 Melbourne Cup, as called by commentator Ken Howard.

Summary by Martin Ford

This clip shows the end of the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race through the onlooking crowd. Newhaven wins.

Summary by Elizabeth Taggart-Speers

Part-owner and trainer HR Telford stoically mourns the loss of the great Phar Lap saying he had a 'heart as big as a lion' in this newsreel entitled Phar Lap: Idol of the Australian Turf

This clip shows a group of men posing for the camera at the 1896 Melbourne Cup. Unfamiliar with moving image, the men remain still as if posing for a photograph.

This clip shows the end of the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race through the onlooking crowd. Newhaven wins.

Summary by Elizabeth Taggart-Speers

Phar Lap's incredible win at the Melbourne Cup in 1930 made him an Australian icon.

This newsreel, His Last Post, made the year of Phar Lap's death, was probably made to give people a chance to grieve 'Australia's greatest horse'. Unemployment was at a