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Piping Lane (foaled 1966) 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 3200 metres at odds of 40/1.Piping Lane was owned by Mr. R.E. Prevost of Epping Forest Tasmania and his racing had been confined to Tasmania where he had won $12638 prior to April 1972. He was then purchased for $6000 by Ray W.