he Trump and Rivette are rated among the weakest of the horses that have won the famed Cups double. Both did little outside of their Cups winning season, although Rivette was the salvation of her owner Harry Bamber who had suffered badly through the Depression to see Rivette restore his fortunes. The first horse to ever win the double was Poseidon in 1906, making it a long wait until The Trump repeated the dose. As it was only two years later that Rivette took the double, it is unsurprising that the two have been linked in history. Their records pale against that of Posiedon who had won the AJC and VRC Derbies and was to win the Caulfield Cup the following year. In all he was to win 16 stakes races and he went on to become a quality sire. In comparison, The Trump was noted as being a “funny little gelding,”
