The coveted People’s Cup has visited Skipton as part of the annual Melbourne Cup Tour.
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The trophy made its way to Mooramong Homestead, formerly owned by the MacKinnon family, which had a long-standing connection to the Victoria Racing Club.
The G1 MacKinnon Stakes was named in honour of Lauchlan Kenneth Scobie MacKinnon, a former chairman of the club.
Skipton Primary School pupils joined local councillors, community members and volunteers at the special event, with two-time Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mick Robins and G1-winning jockey Katelyn Mallyon.
The cup also toured inside the property, which remains in its original art deco condition.
On display were the original jockey silks of 1914 Melbourne Cup winner Kingsburgh, who was owned by LKS MacKinnon.
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) chief executive officer Simon Ambrose said it was fantastic to host the iconic trophy at the historic property.
“In the 80th anniversary of Mooramong’s Art Deco transformation it thrilled us to be celebrating the MacKinnon family’s legacy with a visit from the People’s Cup,” he said.
The Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour commenced its journey in the United Kingdom and Ireland in July and will travel to a record 37 destinations across the globe, before returning to Flemington for ‘the race that stops a nation’ on Tuesday, November 1.
Since its inaugural year in 2003, the tour has travelled more than half a million kilometres and visited more than 400 regional, rural and metropolitan destinations.
