What better time than Cup Day to mark a little piece of racing history?
A century ago, in 1921, a rank outsider, chestnut filly Sister Olive, stormed home to snatch the Melbourne Cup in a thrilling finish from The Rover and Amazonia.
Sister Olive, being a filly, is the history-making bit. Only three fillies in the 160 years since the first Cup was run have won the race.
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