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Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...

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's major Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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. Each year internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race. Since 1882 New Zealand

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bred horses have won 40 Melbourne Cups, British bred horses have won five cups, US bred horses four, Irish horses two and Japan

Japan

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ese bred horses one Melbourne Cup in 2006.

This is a list of the winners of the Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup

, a Thoroughbred horse race

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at Flemington Racecourse

Flemington Racecourse

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Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011 2011 Melbourne Cup The 2011 Emirates Melbourne Cup, the 151st running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, was held on Tuesday, 1 November 2011 at 3:00 pm , at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse...	Dunaden Dunaden Dunaden is a French-trained thoroughbred racehorse. He won the 2011 Melbourne Cup, ridden by Christophe Lemaire, trained by Mikel Delzangles.The horse was purchased for €1,500 as a foal at the Arqana mixed December sale in France in 2006....	Christophe Lemaire Christophe Lemaire Christophe Patrice Lemaire is a French-born jockey. He takes his middle name from his father, who made a name for himself in the world of French handicap racing.In 1999 he obtained the licence required for a French jockey, and began racing...	Mikel Delzangles	Pearl Bloodstock Pty (Mgr. R Levitt)	3.20.84
2010 2010 Melbourne Cup The 2010 Melbourne Cup, the 150th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, was held on Tuesday, 2 November 2010 at 3:00 PM. local time ....	Americain Americain Americain is an American-bred French trained thoroughbred racehorse. The six-year-old stayer won the 150th Melbourne Cup in 2010, ridden by Gérald Mossé, trained by Alain De Royer-Dupre and owned by Melbourne businessmen Gerry Ryan and Kevin Bamford....	Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé is a jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in April 1983 and his success during his apprenticeship under Patrick-Louis Biancone led to an offer to ride for renowned trainer François Boutin and his stable of horses belonging to Jean-Luc Lagardère...	Alain de Royer-Dupre Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré is a leading French thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He grew up at the Haras de Saint Lô, a national stud farm in Normandy of which his father was Assistant Director and later Director, responsible for government-owned stallions based at farms in the local...	Gerry Ryan, K. C Bamford	3.26.87
2009 2009 Melbourne Cup The 2009 Melbourne Cup, the 149th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race was run on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, starting at 3:00 PM local time .The race was won by Shocking....	Shocking Shocking Shocking is an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse, trained by Mark Kavanagh, who won the 149th Melbourne Cup on 3 November 2009 by three-quarters of a length.-Pedigree:...	Corey Brown Corey Brown Corey Allen Brown is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Washington Nationals. He is 6'1" tall and he weighs 205 pounds....	Mark Kavanagh	Eales Racing Pty Ltd	3.23.87
2008 2008 Melbourne Cup The 2008 Melbourne Cup, the 148th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, starting at 3:00 pm local time ....	Viewed Viewed Viewed was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 148th Melbourne Cup on 4 November 2008. Prior to the Cup, Viewed won the AJC JRA Plate and qualified by winning the Brisbane Cup on 9 June 2008....	Blake Shinn	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	Tan Chin Nam, et al.	3.20.40
2007 2007 Melbourne Cup The 2007 Melbourne Cup, the 147th running of Australia's most prestigious thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, November 6, 2007, going at 3:00 pm local time . The race was sponsored by Emirates Airline...	Efficient Efficient (horse) Efficient is a grey Thoroughbred racehorse gelding, bred in New Zealand, who won the 2007 Melbourne Cup, ridden by Michael Rodd, and the 2006 Victoria Derby....	Michael Rodd	Graeme Rogerson	Lloyd Williams et al	3.23.34
2006 2006 Melbourne Cup The 2006 Melbourne Cup was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, in Melbourne, Australia.The winner of the 2006 Melbourne Cup was Delta Blues, ridden by Yasunari Iwata, which won by a nose ahead of Pop Rock, with Maybe Better coming in third place....	Delta Blues Delta Blues (horse) Delta Blues is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2006 Melbourne Cup. He was the first Japanese horse to win the Cup. In doing so he defeated Pop Rock, another Japanese horse, also trained by Katsuhiko Sumii....	Yasunari Iwata Yasunari Iwata is a Japanese jockey who rode the winner of the 2006 Melbourne Cup, Delta Blues. It was Iwata's first race outside of Japan.In 2005, Iwata won the 19th World Super Jockey Series .-Major wins: Australia...	Katsuhiko Sumii Katsuhiko Sumii is a Japanese horse trainer.He trained the first and second placing horses in the 2006 Melbourne Cup, Delta Blues and Pop Rock.- Famous Horses :* Delta Blues - Won Melbourne Cup , Kikuka Sho (born March 28, 1964, Kanazawa, Ishikawa) is a Japanese horse trainer.He trained the first and second...	Sunday Racing Co Ltd	3.21.47
2005 2005 Melbourne Cup The 2005 Melbourne Cup was held on Tuesday, 1 November 2005. It was won by Makybe Diva for the third time in a row, the first time this has happened in the history of the cup. The Melbourne Cup is the most popular horse race in Australia, and is televised around the world...	Makybe Diva Makybe Diva Makybe Diva is a British-bred, Australian-trained Thoroughbred who became the first racehorse to win the famed Melbourne Cup on three occasions: 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, she also won the Cox Plate. Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse racing history, with winnings...	Glen Boss Glen Boss Glen Boss is an Australian jockey, considered a champion, who is best known for riding Makybe Diva to victory in three consecutive Melbourne Cups - 2003, 2004, and 2005.-External links:***...	Lee Freedman Lee Freedman David Lee Freedman is a prominent Australian racehorse trainer. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 20 years, with four Golden Slippers, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates, and five Melbourne Cups,...	Emily Krstina Syndicate Tony Santic Tony Šantić Tony Šantić Tony Šantić (born 17 October 1952, Lastovo, Croatia, is a noted Australian thoroughbred owner and tuna farmer. He came to Australia with his family in 1958, aged six. His parents settled in Geelong, Victoria for the next 8 years before Tony and his mother moved to Port...	3.19.17
2004 2004 Melbourne Cup This is a list of horses which ran in the 2004 Melbourne Cup....	Makybe Diva Makybe Diva Makybe Diva is a British-bred, Australian-trained Thoroughbred who became the first racehorse to win the famed Melbourne Cup on three occasions: 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, she also won the Cox Plate. Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse racing history, with winnings...	Glen Boss Glen Boss Glen Boss is an Australian jockey, considered a champion, who is best known for riding Makybe Diva to victory in three consecutive Melbourne Cups - 2003, 2004, and 2005.-External links:***...	Lee Freedman Lee Freedman David Lee Freedman is a prominent Australian racehorse trainer. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 20 years, with four Golden Slippers, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates, and five Melbourne Cups,...	Emily Krstina Syndicate Tony Santic Tony Šantić Tony Šantić Tony Šantić (born 17 October 1952, Lastovo, Croatia, is a noted Australian thoroughbred owner and tuna farmer. He came to Australia with his family in 1958, aged six. His parents settled in Geelong, Victoria for the next 8 years before Tony and his mother moved to Port...	3.28.55
2003 2003 Melbourne Cup This is a list of horses which ran in the 2003 Melbourne Cup....	Makybe Diva Makybe Diva Makybe Diva is a British-bred, Australian-trained Thoroughbred who became the first racehorse to win the famed Melbourne Cup on three occasions: 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, she also won the Cox Plate. Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse racing history, with winnings...	Glen Boss Glen Boss Glen Boss is an Australian jockey, considered a champion, who is best known for riding Makybe Diva to victory in three consecutive Melbourne Cups - 2003, 2004, and 2005.-External links:***...	David Hall	Emily Krstina Syndicate Tony Santic Tony Šantić Tony Šantić Tony Šantić (born 17 October 1952, Lastovo, Croatia, is a noted Australian thoroughbred owner and tuna farmer. He came to Australia with his family in 1958, aged six. His parents settled in Geelong, Victoria for the next 8 years before Tony and his mother moved to Port...	3.19.90
2002 2002 Melbourne Cup This is a list of horses which ran in the 2002 Melbourne Cup....	Media Puzzle Media Puzzle Media Puzzle , foaled in the United States was an Irish horse bred by Walter Haefner's Moyglare Stud Farm and owned by Dr. M. W. Smurfit. He was sired by Theatrical, the 1987 U.S. Champion Male Turf Horse, and out of the mare Market Slide by Gulch, the 1988 U.S. Champion Sprint Horse...	Damien Oliver	Dermot K. Weld	Dr M. W. Smurfit Michael Smurfit Sir Michael Smurfit, KBE , is a businessman holding Irish citizenship. In the 2010 Irish Independent Rich List, he was listed at 25th, with a €368 million personal fortune.-Early life:... , et al.	3.16.97
2001 2001 Melbourne Cup This is the finishing order of horses which ran in the 2001 Melbourne Cup....	Ethereal Ethereal (horse) Ethereal is a New Zealand Thoroughbred mare who was a very successful racehorse. She was owned and bred by brothers, Peter and Phillip Vela who own Pencarrow Stud and New Zealand Bloodstock. Ethereal was sired by the 1989 U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner, Rhythm . Her...	Scott Seamer Scott Seamer -External links:*http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Scott_Seamer/summary.html...	Sheila Laxon Sheila Laxon Sheila Laxon was the first female thoroughbred horse trainer to win the Australian cups double, the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup, with her mare Ethereal in 2001...	P. J. & P. M. Vela	3.21.08
2000 2000 Melbourne Cup This is a list of horses which ran in the 2000 Melbourne Cup....	Brew Brew (horse) Brew is a small, plain bay Thoroughbred gelding who won the 2000 Melbourne Cup for trainer Mike Moroney and jockey Kerrin McEvoy. Brew carried the lightweight of 49.5 kilos, and defeated the veteran Yippyio and the stablemate Second Coming...	Kerrin McEvoy	Mike Moroney	Gurner's Bloodstock Co.	3.18.68
1999 1999 Melbourne Cup This is a list of horses which ran in the 1999 Melbourne Cup.-References:*...	Rogan Josh Rogan Josh (horse) Rogan Josh is an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, who won the 1999 Melbourne Cup when ridden by John Marshall for the trainer Bart Cummings.Rogan Josh was purchased for $13,000 by owner Wendy Green and began his racing career in Western Australia...	John Marshall	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	Mrs W. L. Green, et al.	3.19.64
1998	Jezabeel Jezabeel Jezabeel was a top New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse. She is the only horse to have won both the Melbourne Cup and the Auckland Cup, winning both in 1998. Jezabeel and Champagne delivered sweet revenge when fighting out the finish of the Cup...	Chris Munce Chris Munce Chris Munce is a highly successful Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was convicted in Hong Kong on 1 March 2007 of taking bribes in exchange for racing tips.- Overview :...	Brian Jenkins	A. K. Burr, et al.	3.18.59
1997	Might and Power Might and Power Might and Power was a New Zealand bred, Australian owned and trained Thoroughbred racehorse who was named Australian Horse of the Year in 1998 and 1999. As a four-year-old, Might And Power won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and returned at five to become only the second horse in the history of...	Jim Cassidy Jim Cassidy (jockey) Jim Cassidy is a New Zealand jockey who famously rode Kiwi from last into the straight to win the 1983 Melbourne Cup. He won his second Melbourne Cup in 1997 aboard Might and Power whom he also rode to victory in the following year's Cox Plate.Cassidy has won the Australian Derby three times; in...	Jsck Denham	Mr N. Moraitis	3.18.33
1996	Saintly Saintly Saintly was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was named Australia's champion racehorse in 1997. A giant chestnut gelding by Sky Chase out of All Grace , he was bred by his trainer, Bart Cummings, who owned him in partnership with a Malaysian businessman, Dato Tan Chin Nam.Saintly gained...	Darren Beadman	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	Dato Tan Chin Nam Dato Tan Chin Nam Dato' Tan Chin Nam is an entrepreneur and developer in Malaysia and an owner of Australian-based Thoroughbred racehorses. His family is the majority shareholder of IGB Corporation Berhad.... , et al.	3.18.80
1995	Doriemus Doriemus Doriemus is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse who began his career in New Zealand and rose to prominence in Australia by winning the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in 1995. He became just the ninth of eleven horses to complete the double....	Damien Oliver	Lee Freedman Lee Freedman David Lee Freedman is a prominent Australian racehorse trainer. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 20 years, with four Golden Slippers, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates, and five Melbourne Cups,...	Pacers Australia Syndicate	3.27.60
1994	Jeune Jeune Jeune was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in England and Australia and is best known for winning the prestigious Melbourne Cup in 1994. He was an attractive, muscular, chestnut stallion, who sometimes raced in pacifiers...	Wayne Harris	David Hayes	Shadwell Racing Shadwell Racing Shadwell Racing is the Thoroughbred horse racing operations of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai.Introduced to Thoroughbred flat racing while a student in the United Kingdom, Sheikh Hamdan established his first racing stable there in 1981...	3.19.80
1993	Vintage Crop Vintage Crop Vintage Crop was a popular Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in flat racing in Ireland, England, and Australia from 1992 to 1995. He won 16 races in Ireland and England, and one of his greatest achievements was winning over two miles and two furlongs in the 1992 Cesarewitch Handicap at...	Michael Kinane Michael Kinane Michael J. Kinane is a former flat racing jockey. He had a 34-year career, retiring on 8 December 2009....	Dermot K. Weld	Dr M. W. Smurfit Michael Smurfit Sir Michael Smurfit, KBE , is a businessman holding Irish citizenship. In the 2010 Irish Independent Rich List, he was listed at 25th, with a €368 million personal fortune.-Early life:...	3.23.40
1992	Subzero Subzero (horse) Subzero was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1992 Melbourne Cup. Trained by Lee Freedman and ridden by veteran jockey Greg Hall, the four-year-old revelled in the rain-affected going to defeat the favourite Veandercross and the two-miler Castletown...	Greg Hall	Lee Freedman Lee Freedman David Lee Freedman is a prominent Australian racehorse trainer. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 20 years, with four Golden Slippers, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates, and five Melbourne Cups,...	D H K Investments	3.24.70
1991	Let's Elope Let's Elope Let's Elope is a Champion Thoroughbred racehorse in Australia.Bred by Highview Stud in Hamilton, New Zealand, Let's Elope was a giant chestnut mare who in 1991 became the first mare in more than 50 years to complete Australia's famed Caulfield Cup - Melbourne Cup double...	Steven King	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	Shoreham Park Syndicate	3.18.90
1990	Kingston Rule Kingston Rule Kingston Rule is an American-bred racehorse who raced in Australia where he won the 1990 Melbourne Cup in a record time of 3:16:3. This time still stands as the record today....	Darren Beadman	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	Mr & Mrs D. H. Hains	3.16.30
1989	Tawrrific	Shane Dye Shane Dye Raymond Shane Dye, born , in the township of Matamata New Zealand and established himself as a champion apprentice jockey in New Zealand, and, moving to Australia in the late-1980s, he quickly established himself as one of the country's best riders...	Lee Freedman Lee Freedman David Lee Freedman is a prominent Australian racehorse trainer. In partnership with brothers Anthony, Michael, and Richard, he has been a prolific winner of Australia's major races in past 20 years, with four Golden Slippers, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates, and five Melbourne Cups,...	B. F. Avery, et al.	3.17.10
1988	Empire Rose Empire Rose Empire Rose was one of the most popular Thoroughbred mares to race in New Zealand and Australia. She was a gigantic chestnut, only just fitting into the barrier stalls in Melbourne....	Tony Allan	Laurie Laxon	Mr & Mrs F. R. Bodle	3.18.90
1987	Kensei	Larry Olsen	Les J. Bridge	K. M. Mitchell, et al.	3.22.00
1986	At Talaq At Talaq At Talaq was a bay Thoroughbred racehorse stallion by Roberto out of the mare My Nord .Trained by Colin Hayes and owned by Shadwell Racing his best win came in the 1986 VRC Melbourne Cup....	Michael Clarke	C S Hayes Colin Hayes Colin Sidney Hayes was a champion trainer of thoroughbred racehorses based in Adelaide, Australia.During his career he trained 5,333 winners including 524 individual Group or Listed winners. He won 28 Adelaide and 13 Melbourne Trainers' Premierships.-Early days:Colin was born in Semaphore, South...	Shadwell Racing Shadwell Racing Shadwell Racing is the Thoroughbred horse racing operations of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai.Introduced to Thoroughbred flat racing while a student in the United Kingdom, Sheikh Hamdan established his first racing stable there in 1981...	3.21.70
1985	What A Nuisance	Pat Hyland	John Meagher	Lloyd & Suzy Williams	3.23.00
1984	Black Knight	Pete Cook	George Hanlon George Hanlon George Hanlon was an Australian race horse trainer. Inducted in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2002, Hanlon trained three Melbourne Cup winners; Piping Lane in 1972, Arwon in 1978 and Black Knight in 1984....	Robert Holmes a Court Robert Holmes à Court Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court was an entrepreneur who became Australia's first businessman worth over a billion dollars before dying suddenly of a heart attack in 1990.Holmes à Court was one of the world's most feared corporate raiders through the 1980s, having built his empire...	3.18.90
1983	Kiwi Kiwi (horse) Kiwi was a Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1983 won the Wellington Cup in New Zealand and won the Melbourne Cup in Australia. Kiwi, who raced from 1980 to 1987, remains the only horse ever to win both cups....	Jim Cassidy Jim Cassidy (jockey) Jim Cassidy is a New Zealand jockey who famously rode Kiwi from last into the straight to win the 1983 Melbourne Cup. He won his second Melbourne Cup in 1997 aboard Might and Power whom he also rode to victory in the following year's Cox Plate.Cassidy has won the Australian Derby three times; in...	Ewen S. Lupton	Mr & Mrs E. S. Lupton	3.18.90
1982	Gurner's Lane Gurner's Lane Gurner's Lane was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1983 champion. He is best remembered for winning the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups double in 1982...	Mick Dittman	Geoff T. Murphy	Williams St. Syndicate No 2	3.21.20
1981	Just A Dash	Pete Cook	T J Smith	Lloyd J. Williams, et al.	3.21.20
1980	Beldale Ball Beldale Ball Beldale Ball was a brown Thoroughbred racehorse stallion by Nashua out of the mare San Cat .Trained by Colin Hayes and owned by the Swettenham Stud Syndicate his best win came in the 1980 VRC Melbourne Cup....	John Letts John Letts (jockey) John Richard ‘Johnny’ Letts is a former Australian jockey whose career spanned almost 30 years, retiring from race riding in 1988....	C S Hayes Colin Hayes Colin Sidney Hayes was a champion trainer of thoroughbred racehorses based in Adelaide, Australia.During his career he trained 5,333 winners including 524 individual Group or Listed winners. He won 28 Adelaide and 13 Melbourne Trainers' Premierships.-Early days:Colin was born in Semaphore, South...	Swettenham Stud Syndicate	3.19.80
1979	Hyperno Hyperno Hyperno was a Thoroughbred racehorse foaled in New Zealand. He was a wayward but brilliant galloper that won the Melbourne Cup and other group and listed races....	Harry White Harry White (jockey) Harry White was a top Australian jockey in the late 70s. He usually rode for the "cups king" Bart Cummings. He rode the winners of four Melbourne Cups on Think Big and Hyperno for Bart Cummings and also on Arwon for George Hanlon....	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	Mr & Mrs T. L. North, et al.	3.21.80
1978	Arwon Arwon Arwon was a New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse, by Aritzo from Fair Flash, who won the 1978 Melbourne Cup at 5 years of age....	Harry White Harry White (jockey) Harry White was a top Australian jockey in the late 70s. He usually rode for the "cups king" Bart Cummings. He rode the winners of four Melbourne Cups on Think Big and Hyperno for Bart Cummings and also on Arwon for George Hanlon....	George Hanlon George Hanlon George Hanlon was an Australian race horse trainer. Inducted in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2002, Hanlon trained three Melbourne Cup winners; Piping Lane in 1972, Arwon in 1978 and Black Knight in 1984....	Doon Bros Syndicate	3.24.30
1977	Gold and Black Gold and Black Gold and Black was a New Zealand racehorse, ridden by Johnny Duggan who won the 1977 Melbourne Cup for the "Cups King" Bart Cummings....	John Duggan	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	Mr & Mrs J. Harris, et al.	3.18.40
1976	Van der Hum Van der Hum Van der Hum was a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, who won the 1976 Melbourne Cup when ridden by Bob Skelton.He was sired by the versatile stayer and sire of the winners of over $2m, Hermes , his dam Tip O'Dawn was by the good sire Count Rendered .Van Der Hum was a wet track specialist, and on...	Robert J. Skelton Bob Skelton Robert J. "Bob" Skelton was a top jockey in New Zealand and Australian Thoroughbred horse racing who competed from the 1950s through the 1980s. Among his many major race wins, Skelton rode Great Sensation to three victories in the Wellington Cup and won the Auckland Cup on Rose Mellay in 1974 and...	Len H. Robinson	L. H. & R. A. Robinson, et al.	3.34.10
1975	Think Big Think Big (horse) Think Big was a Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in Australia, winning the Melbourne Cup in both 1974 and 1975. Bred by the estate of the late L. A...	Harry White Harry White (jockey) Harry White was a top Australian jockey in the late 70s. He usually rode for the "cups king" Bart Cummings. He rode the winners of four Melbourne Cups on Think Big and Hyperno for Bart Cummings and also on Arwon for George Hanlon....	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	Tan Chin Nam, et al.	3.29.60
1974	Think Big Think Big (horse) Think Big was a Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in Australia, winning the Melbourne Cup in both 1974 and 1975. Bred by the estate of the late L. A...	Harry White Harry White (jockey) Harry White was a top Australian jockey in the late 70s. He usually rode for the "cups king" Bart Cummings. He rode the winners of four Melbourne Cups on Think Big and Hyperno for Bart Cummings and also on Arwon for George Hanlon....	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	Tan Chin Nam, et al.	3.23.10
1973	Gala Supreme	Frank Reys Frank Reys Frank Reys was the first, and to date, only Australian Aboriginal jockey to win the prestigious Melbourne Cup when, in 1973, he rode to victory on Gala Supreme....	Ray J. Hutchins	J. P. Curtain	3.19.50
1972	Piping Lane Piping Lane Piping Lane 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....	John Letts John Letts (jockey) John Richard ‘Johnny’ Letts is a former Australian jockey whose career spanned almost 30 years, retiring from race riding in 1988....	George Hanlon George Hanlon George Hanlon was an Australian race horse trainer. Inducted in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2002, Hanlon trained three Melbourne Cup winners; Piping Lane in 1972, Arwon in 1978 and Black Knight in 1984....	R. W. Trinder	3.19.30
1971	Silver Knight	R. Bruce Marsh	Eric Temperton	Sir W. Norwood	3.19.50
1970	Baghdad Note	Midge Didham	Robert Heasley	E. C. S. Falconer	3.19.70
1969	Rain Lover Rain Lover Rain Lover was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the very few horses to win the Melbourne Cup more than once. Rain Lover was sired by the good racehorse, Latin Lover his dam Rain Spot was by Valognes .He was owned and bred by Clifford A. Reid, who won the 1945 Melbourne...	Jim Johnson Jim Johnson (jockey) Jim Johnson is remembered primarily for winning the Melbourne Cup on Gatum Gatum and twice on Rain Lover. He was also noted for his unusual riding style of virtually standing up. He also rode in a strange, jerky way...	Mick L. Robins	Clifford A Reid	3.21.50
1968	Rain Lover Rain Lover Rain Lover was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the very few horses to win the Melbourne Cup more than once. Rain Lover was sired by the good racehorse, Latin Lover his dam Rain Spot was by Valognes .He was owned and bred by Clifford A. Reid, who won the 1945 Melbourne...	Jim Johnson Jim Johnson (jockey) Jim Johnson is remembered primarily for winning the Melbourne Cup on Gatum Gatum and twice on Rain Lover. He was also noted for his unusual riding style of virtually standing up. He also rode in a strange, jerky way...	Mick L. Robins	Clifford A. Reid	3.19.10
1967	Red Handed Red Handed Red Handed was a thoroughbred racehorse who won the Melbourne Cup in 1967.Bred by Jack Macky, Jr., he was owned and raced by F. W. Clarke and partners.-References:*...	Roy Higgins Roy Higgins Roy Henry Higgins MBE is a former Australian jockey who rode in the late 1960s and the 1970s. He grew up in the southern New South Wales town of Deniliquin where he was apprenticed to local horse trainer Jim Watters...	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	F. W. Clarke, et al.	3.20.40
1966	Galilee Galilee (horse) Galilee, was a bay Thoroughbred gelding who was foaled in 1963 at Trelawney Stud, Cambridge, New Zealand. He later became one of the most successful racehorses in Australia. Galilee was sired by the very good racehorse and sire, Alcimedes, from the mare Galston by Balloch...	John Miller	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	Mr & Mrs M. L. Bailey	3.21.90
1965	Light Fingers Light Fingers Light Fingers was a New Zealand bred thoroughbred racehorse who won the Melbourne Cup in 1965.The lightly built chestnut was by the highly successful sire of stayers, Le Filou, from Cuddlesome by Red Mars , by Hyperion...	Roy Higgins Roy Higgins Roy Henry Higgins MBE is a former Australian jockey who rode in the late 1960s and the 1970s. He grew up in the southern New South Wales town of Deniliquin where he was apprenticed to local horse trainer Jim Watters...	Bart Cummings Bart Cummings James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He is known as the Cups King, referring to the Melbourne Cup, as the he has won the 'race that stops a nation' a record 12 times....	W. J. Broderick	3.21.10
1964	Polo Prince	Ron Taylor	John P. Carter	Mr & Mrs L. W. Davis	3.19.60
1963	Gatum Gatum	Jim Johnson Jim Johnson (jockey) Jim Johnson is remembered primarily for winning the Melbourne Cup on Gatum Gatum and twice on Rain Lover. He was also noted for his unusual riding style of virtually standing up. He also rode in a strange, jerky way...	H. Graeme Heagney	M. P. Reid	3.21.10
1962	Even Stevens Even Stevens (horse) Even Stevens was a Thoroughbred racehorse that won both the Caulfield and Melbourne cups in Australia in 1962. He was ridden in both cups by his regular rider Les Coles.-External links:*...	Les Coles	Arch McGregor	James Wattie	3.21.40
1961	Lord Fury	Ray Selkrig	Frank B. Lewis	Mr & Mrs N. S. Cohen	3.19.50
1960	Hi Jinx Hi Jinx Hi Jinx was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racemare who won the Centenary Melbourne Cup in 1960, at the odds of 50 to 1.-Pedigree:Hi Jinx was bred by Seton Otway and foaled at Trelawney Stud, Cambridge...	William A. Smith	Trevor H. Knowles	T. H. Knowles & K. R. Sly	3.23.75
1959	Macdougal Macdougal Macdougal, sired 1953, was a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse.He won the 1959 Melbourne Cup, ridden by Pat Glennon....	Pat Glennon Pat Glennon Pat Glennon was an Australian jockey raised in the Ascot Vale area in Melbourne, not far from the Flemington Racecourse...	Richard W. Roden	R. N. & N. H. B. Brown	3.23.00
1958	Baystone	Mel Schumacher	Jack Green	R. A. & N. Burns	3.21.25
1957	Straight Draw	Noel L. McGrowdie	J. M. Mitchell	Ezra Norton Ezra Norton Ezra Norton was an Australian newspaper baron and businessman.-Early life:Norton was born in the Sydney suburb of Watsons Bay, son of the proprietor of the Truth, John Norton and Ada McGrath , whom he married some weeks later...	3.24.50
1956	Evening Peal	George Podmore	E. D. Lawson	Mr & Mrs R. White	3.19.50
1955	Toparoa	Neville Sellwood	T J Smith	N. H. McDonald	3.28.25
1954	Rising Fast Rising Fast Rising Fast was an outstanding New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1954 he became the only horse in history to win the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate races in the same season - the Spring Grand Slam - and since that time no Melbourne Cup winner has performed such a feat...	Jack Purtell	Ivan Tucker	L. R. Spring	3.23.00
1953	Wodalla	Jack Purtell	Robert Sinclair	E. A. "Ted" Underwood	3.23.75
1952	Dalray	Bill Williamson	C. C. McCarthy	C. Neville	3.23.75
1951	Delta	Neville Sellwood	Maurice McCarten	Adolph Basser	3.24.25
1950	Comic Court Comic Court Comic Court was a most versatile post-war Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who set race records at distances of 6 furlongs and 2 miles...	Pat Glennon Pat Glennon Pat Glennon was an Australian jockey raised in the Ascot Vale area in Melbourne, not far from the Flemington Racecourse...	J. M. Cummings	R. A., J. D. & A. J. Lee	3.19.50
1949	Foxzami Foxzami Foxzami, sired 1944 was a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse.He was the winner of the 1949 Melbourne Cup ridden by W Fellows....	William Fellows	D. Lewis	L. G. Robinson	3.28.50
1948	Rimfire	Ray Neville	Stan Boyden	H. G. Raymond	3.21.00
1947	Hiraji Hiraji Hiraji , foaled in 1943, was a grey Thoroughbred racehorse gelding by Nizami out of Duvach by Foxbridge . He was born at Trelawney Stud, Cambridge, New Zealand....	Jack Purtell	J. W. McCurley	Fred W. Hughes	3.28.00
1946	Russia Russia (horse) Russia was a hardy Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1946 Melbourne Cup and other staying races.-Breeding:He was a chestnut stallion foaled in 1940 by the unplaced, but good sire, Excitement from the unraced Lady March by the useful broodmare sire, Bonnement . Lady March also had...	Darby Munro	E. Hush	J. G. Leeds & E. Hush	3.21.25
1945	Rainbird	Billy Cook	S. Evans	Clifford A. Reid	3.24.25
1944	Sirius	Darby Munro	E. Fisher	R.Turnbull	3.24.50
1943	Dark Felt	Vic Hartney	Ray Webster	J. A. Cain	3.23.25
1942	Colonus	H. McCloud	F. Manning	L. O. Menck	3.33.25
1941	Skipton	Billy Cook	J. Fryer	J. J. Kitson	3.23.75
1940	Old Rowley	Andy Knox Andy Knox Andrew Jackson Knox was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association in , their last year of existence.-External links:...	J. A. Scully	J. A. Scully	3.26.00
1939	Rivette	Teddy Preston	Harry Bamber	Harry Bamber	3.27.00
1938	Catalogue	F. Shean	Mr. Allan McDonald	Mrs. A. Jamieson	3.26.25
1937	The Trump The Trump (horse) The Trump was an Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double as well as two other principal races in 1937. He showed his versatility by winning races over distances of six furlongs to two miles...	Ashley Reed	S. W. Reid	E. Eccles	3.21.50
1936	Wotan	Ossie Phillips	J. Fryer	T. A., W. & R. Smith	3.21.25
1935	Marabou	K. Voitre	Lou Robertson	J. Fell & T. Hogan	3.23.75
1934	Peter Pan Peter Pan III Peter Pan was a chestnut Australian Thoroughbred stallion by Pantheon out of Alwina by St Alwyne . He was foaled at the Baroona Stud north of Sydney Australia in 1929. His sire, Pantheon was an outstanding racehorse winning 10 races from 44 starts in England and Australia...	Darby Munro	Frank McGrath, Sr.	Rodney R. Dangar	3.40.50
1933	Hall Mark	J. O'Sullivan	Jack Holt	C. B. Kellow	3.27.50
1932	Peter Pan Peter Pan III Peter Pan was a chestnut Australian Thoroughbred stallion by Pantheon out of Alwina by St Alwyne . He was foaled at the Baroona Stud north of Sydney Australia in 1929. His sire, Pantheon was an outstanding racehorse winning 10 races from 44 starts in England and Australia...	Bill Duncan Bill Duncan William "Bill" Duncan was a Scottish football goalkeeper who played professionally in Scotland and the United States....	Frank McGrath, Sr.	Rodney R. Dangar	3.23.25
1931	White Nose	N. Percival	E. J. Hatwell	H. P. McLachlan	3.26.00
1930	Phar Lap Phar Lap Phar Lap was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression. Foaled in New Zealand, he was trained and raced in Australia. Phar Lap dominated Australian racing during a distinguished career, winning a Melbourne...	James E. Pike	Harry R. Telford	Harry R. Telford and David J. Davis	3.27.75
1929	Nightmarch Nightmarch Nightmarch, foaled in 1925 was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse known as The Kiwi. He won the New Zealand Derby and Dunedin Cup as a three-year-old before going to Australia where he became the first horse to win both the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate in the same year, as well...	Roy Reed	A. McAulay	A. Louisson	3.26.50
1928	Statesman	James L. Munro	William Kelso William Kelso William M. Kelso , often referred to as Bill Kelso, is an American archaeologist specializing in Virginia's colonial period. Currently he serves as the Director of Research and Interpretation for the Preservation Virginia Jamestown Rediscovery project. Kelso earned a B.A. in History from...	William Kelso William Kelso William M. Kelso , often referred to as Bill Kelso, is an American archaeologist specializing in Virginia's colonial period. Currently he serves as the Director of Research and Interpretation for the Preservation Virginia Jamestown Rediscovery project. Kelso earned a B.A. in History from...	3.23.25
1927	Trivalve	Bobby Lewis	James Scobie	E. E. D. Clarke	3.24.00
1926	Spearfelt	Hugh Harold Cairns	V. O'Neill	D. C. Grant	3.22.75
1925	Windbag	James L. Munro	George R. Price	R. Miller	3.22.75
1924	Backwood	Bunty Brown	Richard Bradfield	E. Baillieu, et al.	3.26.50
1923	Bitalli	Titch Wilson	James Scobie	A. T. Craig	3.24.25
1922	King Ingoda	Titch Wilson	James Scobie	C.L. Dubois/R.W. Bennett	3.28.25
1921	Sister Olive	Teddy O'Sullivan	J. Williams	F. W. Norman	3.27.75
1920	Poitrel	Ken Bracken	H. J. Robinson	W. & F. A. Moses	3.25.75
1919	Artilleryman (horse)	Bobby Lewis	P. T. Heywood	Sir S. Hordern/A.D. Murphy	3.24.50
1918	Night Watch	Bill Duncan Bill Duncan William "Bill" Duncan was a Scottish football goalkeeper who played professionally in Scotland and the United States....	Richard Bradfield	C. L. Macdonald	3.25.75
1917	Westcourt	William H. McLachlan	Joe Burton	D. U. Seaton	3.26.75
1916	Sasanof	F. Foley	M. Hobbs	W.G. Stead/E.S. Luttrell Sidney and Alfred Luttrell Edward Sydney "Sidney" Luttrell and his brother Alfred Edward Luttrell were partners of S. & A. Luttrell, a firm of architects and building contractors noted for its contributions to New Zealand architecture, both in terms of style and technology...	3.27.75
1915	Patrobas	Bobby Lewis	C. Wheeler	Mrs E. A. Widdis	3.28.25
1914	Kingsburgh	George Meddick	Isaac Foulsham	L. K. S. Mackinnon	3.26.00
1913	Posinatus	A. Shanahan	J. Chambers	J. Chambers	3.31.00
1912	Piastre	A. Shanahan	R. O'Connor	W. Brown	3.27.50
1911	The Parisian	R. Cameron	C. Wheeler	J. F. Kirby	3.27.75
1910	Comedy King	William H. McLachlan	James Lynch	Sol Green	3.27.75
1909	Prince Foote	William H. McLachlan	Frank McGrath, Sr.	John Brown	3.27.50
1908	Lord Nolan	J. R. Flynn	E. A. Mayo	J. Mayo	3.28.75
1907	Apologue	Bill Evans	Isaac Earnshaw	R. L. Cleland	3.27.50
1906	Poseidon Poseidon (horse) Poseidon was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 19 races over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles...	Tom Clayton Tom Clayton Tom Clayton was an Australian jockey of the early 1900s.Born in a Sydney harbourside suburb on the north shore, Clayton was indentured to famous Randwick trainer Isaac Earnshaw and rode for him some of the best horses of the time...	Isaac Earnshaw	Sir Hugh Denison	3.31.25
1905	Blue Spec Blue Spec Blue Spec was a good Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who established a new record in winning the Melbourne Cup in 1905. He was a brown stallion bred by Augustus Hooke, jnr...	Frank Bullock	Walter Hickenbotham	P. A. Connolly	3.27.50
1904	Acrasia	Tom Clayton Tom Clayton Tom Clayton was an Australian jockey of the early 1900s.Born in a Sydney harbourside suburb on the north shore, Clayton was indentured to famous Randwick trainer Isaac Earnshaw and rode for him some of the best horses of the time...	A. E. Wills	H. Oxenbarn	3.28.25
1903	Lord Cardigan	Norman Godby	A. E. Cornwell	J. Mayo	3.29.25
1902	The Victory	Bobby Lewis	Richard Bradfield	W. Clark & L. Robinson	3.29.00
1901	Revenue	Frederick J. Dunn	Hugh Munro	C. Leslie Macdonald	3.30.50
1900	Clean Sweep	Andrew Richardson	James Scobie	F. T. Forrest	3.29.00
1899	Merriwee	V. Turner	James Wilson, Jr.	Herbert Power	3.36.50
1898	The Grafter	John Gough	William Forrester	William Forrester	3.29.75
1897	Gaulus	Stephen Callinan	William Forrester	William Forrester	3.31.00
1896	Newhaven	H. J. Gardiner	Walter Hickenbotham	W. T. Jones & S. Cooper	3.28.50
1895	Auraria	J. Stevenson	J. H. Hill	D. James	3.29.00
1894	Patron	Henry G. Dawes	Richard Bradfield	F. W. Purches	3.31.00
1893	Tarcoola	Herbert Cripps	Joseph Cripps	J. D. Lewis	3.30.50
1892	Glenloth	G. Robson	M. Carmody	M. Carmody	3.36.25
1891	Malvolio	G. Redfearn	J. Redfearn	J. Redfearn	3.29.25
1890	Carbine Carbine (horse) Carbine , was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia. During his racing career he won 30 stakes or principal races...	Robert Ramage	Walter Hickenbotham	D. S. Wallace	3.28.25
1889	Bravo	James Anwin	T. Wilson	W. T. Jones	3.32.50
1888	Mentor	Mick O'Brien	Walter Hickenbotham	D. S. Wallace	3.30.75
1887	Dunlop	Tommy Sanders	J. Nicholson	R. Donovan	3.28.50
1886	Arsenal	W. English	H. Rayner	W. Gannon	3.31.00
1885	Sheet Anchor	Mick O'Brien	T. Wilson	Martin Loughlin	3.29.50
1884	Malua Malua (horse) Malua was the most versatile Australian Thoroughbred racehorse in history. Malua won over distances ranging from 5½ furlongs to 3¼ miles .-Breeding:He was a son of St. Albans from Edella by Peter Wilkins...	Alick Robertson	Isaac Foulsham	J. O. Inglis	3.31.75
1883	Martini-Henry	J. Williamson	Michael Fennelly	Hon. James White	3.30.50
1882	The Assyrian	C. Hutchins	J. E. Savill	J. E. Savill	3.40.00
1881	Zulu	Jim Gough	T. Lamond	C. McDonnell	3.32.50
1880	Grand Flaneur Grand Flaneur Grand Flaneur was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, who won nine successive races, including the AJC Derby, the Victoria Derby and the Melbourne Cup, before he retired undefeated. He had won races over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles...	Thomas Hales	T. Brown	William A. Long	3.34.75
1879	Darriwell	S. Cracknell	W. E. Dakin	W. Rawlinson	3.30.75
1878	Calamia	T. Brown	Etienne de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne de Mestre , a 19th century trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer. In his 30 year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.With the five wins de...	Etienne de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne de Mestre , a 19th century trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer. In his 30 year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.With the five wins de...	3.35.75
1877	Chester Chester (horse) Chester was a good Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire. He defeated some of the best horses in training over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles. He was the Leading sire in Australia on four occasions.-Breeding:...	P. Pigott	Etienne de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne de Mestre , a 19th century trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer. In his 30 year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.With the five wins de...	Hon. James White	3.33.50
1876	Briseis Briseis (horse) Briseis foaled in 1873, was a brown Australian Thoroughbred filly that is regarded as one of the greatest mares ever foaled in Australia. As a two-year-old she won the AJC Doncaster Handicap and the weight for age AJC All Aged Stakes...	Peter St. Albans Peter St. Albans Peter St. Albans is the youngest jockey ever to win the Melbourne Cup. He won in 1876 riding Briseis at the recorded age of thirteen . His record is unlikeley to be beaten as he rode in the Melbourne Cup when he was under the stated minimum age of thirteen...	James Wilson, Sr.	James Wilson, Sr.	3.36.25
1875	Wollomai	R. Batty	S. Moon	H. Sharp	3.38.00
1874	Haricot	P. Pigott	S. Harding	A. Chirnside	3.37.50
1873	Don Juan	W. Wilson	James Wilson, Sr.	W. Johnstone	3.36.00
1872	The Quack	W. Enderson	John Tait	John Tait	3.39.00
1871	The Pearl	J. Cavanagh	John Tait	John Tait	3.39.00
1870	Nimblefoot	J. Day	W. Lang	W. Craig	3.37.00
1869	Warrior	J. Morrison	R. Sevior	A. Saqui	3.40.00
1868	Glencoe Glencoe II Glencoe was a notable Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1868 Melbourne Cup and eight other principal races.-Pedigree:...	C. Stanley	John Tait	John Tait	3.42.00
1867	Tim Whiffler	John Driscoll	Etienne de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne de Mestre , a 19th century trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer. In his 30 year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.With the five wins de...	Etienne de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne de Mestre , a 19th century trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer. In his 30 year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.With the five wins de... * * Shoalhaven Hall of Sporting Fame	3.39.00
1866	The Barb The Barb The Barb was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse, famed for winning the 1866 Melbourne Cup, the Sydney Cup twice, and other quality races. He was bred by George Lee and foaled in 1863 at Leeholme, near Bathurst, New South Wales.-Pedigree:...	W. Davis	John Tait	John Tait	3.43.00
1865	Toryboy	E. Cavanagh	P. Miley	B. Marshall	3.44.00
1864	Lantern	S. Davis	S. Mahon	H. Fisher	3.52.00
1863	Banker	H. Chifney	Sam Waldock	J. Harper J. Harper Joseph Harper was an Australian horse breeder.Harper traveled overland from Sydney to Melbourne in 1843. He established a business as a wheelwright in Lonsdale Street, which he sold some years later and moved to Woodend where he built and opened the Woodend Hotel in 1852...	3.44.00
1862	Archer Archer (horse) Archer was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first and the second Melbourne Cups in 1861 and 1862. He won both Cups easily, and is one of only five horses to win the Melbourne Cup twice or more; he is one of only four horses to win two successive Cups.-Breeding:Archer was sired by...	John Cutts John Cutts (jockey) John "Johnny" Cutts was the jockey who at the age of 32 rode Archer, the winner of the first Melbourne Cup in 1861. The next day Johnny rode Archer to win another long distance race, the Melbourne Town Plate. In May 1862 he rode Archer to win the AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and returned to...	Etienne de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne de Mestre , a 19th century trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer. In his 30 year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.With the five wins de...	Etienne de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne de Mestre , a 19th century trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer. In his 30 year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.With the five wins de...	3.47.00
1861	Archer Archer (horse) Archer was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first and the second Melbourne Cups in 1861 and 1862. He won both Cups easily, and is one of only five horses to win the Melbourne Cup twice or more; he is one of only four horses to win two successive Cups.-Breeding:Archer was sired by...	John Cutts John Cutts (jockey) John "Johnny" Cutts was the jockey who at the age of 32 rode Archer, the winner of the first Melbourne Cup in 1861. The next day Johnny rode Archer to win another long distance race, the Melbourne Town Plate. In May 1862 he rode Archer to win the AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and returned to...	Etienne de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne de Mestre , a 19th century trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer. In his 30 year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.With the five wins de...	Etienne de Mestre Etienne L. de Mestre Etienne de Mestre , a 19th century trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, was Australia's first outstanding racehorse trainer. In his 30 year career he experienced all the highs and the lows of the turf in a career which ended with him dependent on donations from racing friends.With the five wins de...	3.52.00

The shortest-priced favourite in Cup history was Phar Lap
Phar Lap
Phar Lap was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression. Foaled in New Zealand, he was trained and raced in Australia. Phar Lap dominated Australian racing during a distinguished career, winning a Melbourne...

when he won in 1930 at 8-11 ($1.72).

Metrication
Metrication
Metrication refers to the introduction and use of the SI metric system, the international standard for physical measurements. This has involved a long process of independent and systematic conversions of countries from various local systems of weights and measures. Metrication began in France in...

- The race was originally held over two miles (about 3,218 metres), but following Australia's adoption of the Metric system
Metric system
The metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement. France was first to adopt a metric system, in 1799, and a metric system is now the official system of measurement, used in almost every country in the world...

in the 1970s the current distance of 3,200 metres was adopted in 1972. This reduced the distance by 61 in 6 in (18.75 m), and Rain Lover's
Rain Lover
Rain Lover was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the very few horses to win the Melbourne Cup more than once. Rain Lover was sired by the good racehorse, Latin Lover his dam Rain Spot was by Valognes .He was owned and bred by Clifford A. Reid, who won the 1945 Melbourne...

1968 race record of 3min.19.1sec was accordingly adjusted to 3min.17.9sec. The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule
Kingston Rule
Kingston Rule is an American-bred racehorse who raced in Australia where he won the 1990 Melbourne Cup in a record time of 3:16:3. This time still stands as the record today....

with a time of 3min 16.3sec.

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