{{Short description|Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Piping Lane | image_name = | caption = | sire = Lanesborough | grandsire = Tamerlane | dam = Londonderry Air | damsire = Piping Time | sex = Gelding | foaled = {{birth date|1966|08|01|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1996|02|05|1966|08|01|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racenet.com.au/news/unbelievable-story-of-fairytale-melbourne-cup-winner-piping-lane-20221026 |title= Unbelievable story of fairy-tale Melbourne Cup winner Piping Lane |publisher=racenet.com.au |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> | country = Australia | colour = Bay | breeder = | owner = R. W. Trinder | trainer = George Hanlon | record = 59: 15-8-11 | earnings = | race = Hobart Cup (1972)<br>Melbourne Cup (1972)<br>C B Cox Stakes (1972) | awards = | updated = }}

'''Piping Lane''' (foaled 1966, died 1996) was a brown Australian Thoroughbred racehorse gelding by Lanesborough out of the mare Londonderry Air by Piping Time. Piping Lane came to prominence by winning the 1972 Melbourne Cup over 3,200 metres at odds of 40/1.

Piping Lane was owned by R.E. Prevost of Epping Forest, Tasmania and his racing had been confined to Tasmania, where he had won $12,638, prior to April 1972.<ref name="Cavanough"/> He was then purchased for $6,000 by Ray W. Trinder, then 69, and a licensed amateur jockey and also an owner-trainer. Trinder had purchased the horse with the specific aim of winning the Melbourne Cup.<ref name="Cavanough"/> Piping Lane was sent to be trained by George Hanlon of Melbourne. He was allotted 48&nbsp;kg in the cup and with many top jockeys unable to ride at this weight John Letts of Adelaide South Australia was given the ride. John Letts had not ridden on the Flemington course before and had stated "We're only here to make up the numbers" regarding his chances of winning. Thus Piping Lane became only the third Tasmanian bred horse to win the Melbourne Cup after Malua and Sheet Anchor.<ref name="Cavanough">Cavanough, Maurice, “The Melbourne Cup”, Jack Pollard P/L, North Sydney, 1976</ref> The very good racehorse Gunsynd ran third.

Piping Lane's other significant wins included the 1972 C B Cox Stakes and the 1972 Hobart Cup.

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Category:1966 racehorse births Category:1996 racehorse deaths Category:Racehorses bred in Australia Category:Racehorses trained in Australia Category:Melbourne Cup winners Category:Thoroughbred family 3-j

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