title: Patron (horse)
text: # Patron (horse)
  
  Patron (foaled 1890) was an Australian bred thoroughbred racehorse that is most notable for winning the 1894 Melbourne Cup.
  
  ## 1894 Melbourne Cup
  
  Patron started at odds of 33/1 in the 1894 Melbourne Cup, with his full brother, Ruenalf, also in the race as the 3/1 favourite. Patron would win the race by three-quarters of a length with his older brother finishing unplaced.
  
  There was no trophy awarded to the winner of the race in 1894 as the country was suffering an economic depression.
  
  ## Later life
  
  In 1897 Patron was sold to an English client of the International Horse Agency in London.
  
  ## Pedigree
  
  Pedigree of Patron (AUS) 1890 :
  
  | Sire Grand Flaneur (AUS) 1877 | Yattendon (AUS) 1861 | Sir Hercules | Cap-A-Pie |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Sire Grand Flaneur (AUS) 1877 | Yattendon (AUS) 1861 | Sir Hercules | Paraguay |
  | Sire Grand Flaneur (AUS) 1877 | Yattendon (AUS) 1861 | Cassandra | Tros |
  | Sire Grand Flaneur (AUS) 1877 | Yattendon (AUS) 1861 | Cassandra | Alice Grey |
  | Sire Grand Flaneur (AUS) 1877 | First Lady (GB) 1865 | St. Albans | Stockwell |
  | Sire Grand Flaneur (AUS) 1877 | First Lady (GB) 1865 | St. Albans | Bribery |
  | Sire Grand Flaneur (AUS) 1877 | First Lady (GB) 1865 | Lady Patroness | Orlando |
  | Sire Grand Flaneur (AUS) 1877 | First Lady (GB) 1865 | Lady Patroness | Lady Palmerston |
  | Dam Olga (AUS) 1880 | Piscator (AUS) 1872 | The Marquis | Stockwell |
  | Dam Olga (AUS) 1880 | Piscator (AUS) 1872 | The Marquis | Cinzinelli |
  | Dam Olga (AUS) 1880 | Piscator (AUS) 1872 | Rose de Florence | The Flying Dutchman |
  | Dam Olga (AUS) 1880 | Piscator (AUS) 1872 | Rose de Florence | Boarding School Miss |
  | Dam Olga (AUS) 1880 | Beatrice (AUS) 1866 | Stockowner | Stockwell |
  | Dam Olga (AUS) 1880 | Beatrice (AUS) 1866 | Stockowner | Ennui |
  | Dam Olga (AUS) 1880 | Beatrice (AUS) 1866 | Lady Heron | Fisherman |
  | Dam Olga (AUS) 1880 | Beatrice (AUS) 1866 | Lady Heron | Omen |
  