Melbourne Cup Winners List: From 1861 to 2022

in Melbourne Cup 1 Oct 2021

Past Melbourne Cup Winners

The Melbourne Cup (3200m) is ‘the race that stops the nation’. It is one of the biggest races around the globe and is rich with history. The previous three winning horses are Verry Elleegant (2021), Twilight Payment (2020), and Vow And Declare (2019). See the complete Melbourne Cup winners list below.

Melbourne Cup Winners – 1861 to 2022 (all time)

There have been a host of Melbourne Cup winners, ranging from Phar Lap to Makybe Diva. Media Puzzle has had the fastest race time in Melbourne Cup history with a time of 3:17 in 2002. More recently Makybe Diva won three successive Melbourne Cups. However, the most infamous Melbourne Cup was in 2015, when Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.

Year	Winner	Age/Gender	Jockey	Trainer	Weight (kg)	Time
2022
2021	Verry Elleegant	6 m	James McDonald	Chris Waller	57kg	3:17.43
2020	Twilight Payment	8 g	Jye McNeil	Joseph Patrick O’Brien	55.5	03:17.3
2019	Vow And Declare	4 g	Craig Williams	Danny O’Brien	52	03:24.8
2018	Cross Counter	4 g	Kerrin McEvoy	Charlie Appleby	51	03:21.2
2017	Rekindling	4 h	Corey Brown	Joseph Patrick O’Brien	51.5	03:21.3
2016	Almandin	7 g	Kerrin McEvoy	Robert Hickmott	52	03:20.6
2015	Prince of Penzance	6 g	Michelle Payne	Darren Weir	53	03:23.1
2014	Protectionist	5 h	Ryan Moore	Andreas Wöhler [de]	56.5	03:17.7
2013	Fiorente	6 h	Damien Oliver	Gai Waterhouse	55	03:20.3
2012	Green Moon	6 h	Brett Prebble	Robert Hickmott	53.5	03:20.4
2011	Dunaden	6 h	Christophe Lemaire	Mikel Delzangles	54.5	03:20.8
2010	Americain	6 h	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	54.5	03:26.9
2009	Shocking	4 h	Corey Brown	Mark Kavanagh	51	03:23.9
2008	Viewed	5 h	Blake Shinn	Bart Cummings	53	03:20.4
2007	Efficient	4 g	Michael Rodd	Graeme Rogerson	54.5	03:23.3
2006	Delta Blues	6 h	Yasunari Iwata	Katsuhiko Sumii	56	03:21.5
2005	Makybe Diva	7 m	Glen Boss	Lee Freedman	58	03:19.2
2004	Makybe Diva	6 m	Glen Boss	Lee Freedman	55.5	03:28.5
2003	Makybe Diva	5 m	Glen Boss	David Hall	52	03:19.9
2002	Media Puzzle	6 g	Damien Oliver	Dermot K. Weld	52.5	03:17.0
2001	Ethereal	4 m	Scott Seamer	Sheila Laxon	52	03:21.1
2000	Brew	6 g	Kerrin McEvoy	Mike Moroney	55.05	03:18.7
1999	Rogan Josh	7 g	John Marshall	Bart Cummings	53.5	03:19.6
1998	Jezabeel	6 m	Chris Munce	Brian Jenkins	53	03:18.6
1997	Might and Power	4 h	Jim Cassidy	Jack Denham	56	03:18.3
1996	Saintly	4 g	Darren Beadman	Bart Cummings	55.5	03:18.8
1995	Doriemus	5 g	Damien Oliver	Lee Freedman	54.5	03:27.6
1994	Jeune	6 h	Wayne Harris	David Hayes	56.5	03:19.8
1993	Vintage Crop	7 g	Michael Kinane	Dermot K. Weld	55.5	03:23.4
1992	Subzero	4 h	Greg Hall	Lee Freedman	54.5	03:24.7
1991	Let’s Elope	4 m	Steven King	Bart Cummings	51	03:18.9
1990	Kingston Rule	5 h	Darren Beadman	Bart Cummings	53	03:16.3
1989	Tawrrific	5 h	Shane Dye	Lee Freedman	54	03:17.1
1988	Empire Rose	6 m	Tony Allan	Laurie Laxon	53.5	03:18.9
1987	Kensei	5 g	Larry Olsen	Les J. Bridge	51.5	03:22.0
1986	At Talaq	6 h	Michael Clarke	C S Hayes	54.5	03:21.7
1985	What A Nuisance	7 g	Pat Hyland	John Meagher	52.5	03:23.0
1984	Black Knight	5 g	Peter Cook	George Hanlon	50	03:18.9
1983	Kiwi	6 g	Jim Cassidy	Ewen S. Lupton	52	03:18.9
1982	Gurner’s Lane	4 g	Mick Dittman	Geoff Murphy	56	03:21.2
1981	Just A Dash	4 g	Peter Cook	T J Smith	53.5	03:21.2
1980	Beldale Ball	5 h	John Letts	C S Hayes	49.5	03:19.8
1979	Hyperno	6 g	Harry White	Bart Cummings	56	03:21.8
1978	Arwon	5 g	Harry White	George Hanlon	50.5	03:24.3
1977	Gold and Black	5 g	John Duggan	Bart Cummings	57	03:18.4
1976	Van der Hum	5 g	Robert J. Skelton	Len H. Robinson	54.5	03:34.1
1975	Think Big	5 g	Harry White	Bart Cummings	58.5	03:29.6
1974	Think Big	4 g	Harry White	Bart Cummings	53	03:23.1
1973	Gala Supreme	4 g	Frank Reys	Ray Hutchins	49	03:19.5
1972	Piping Lane	6 g	John Letts	George Hanlon	48	03:19.3
1971	Silver Knight	4 h	R. Bruce Marsh	Eric Temperton	8.9	03:19.5
1970	Baghdad Note	5 g	Midge Didham	Robert Heasley	8.7	03:19.7
1969	Rain Lover	5 h	Jim Johnson	Mick L. Robins	9.7	03:21.5
1968	Rain Lover	4 h	Jim Johnson	Mick L. Robins	8.2	03:19.1
1967	Red Handed	5 g	Roy Higgins	Bart Cummings	8.9	03:20.4
1966	Galilee	4 g	John Miller	Bart Cummings	8.13	03:21.9
1965	Light Fingers	4 m	Roy Higgins	Bart Cummings	8.4	03:21.1
1964	Polo Prince	6 g	Ron Taylor	John P. Carter	8.3	03:19.6
1963	Gatum Gatum	5 g	Jim Johnson	H. Graeme Heagney	7.12	03:21.1
1962	Even Stevens	5 h	Les Coles	Arch McGregor	8.5	03:21.4
1961	Lord Fury	4 h	Ray Selkrig	Frank B. Lewis	7.8	03:19.5
1960	Hi Jinx	5 m	William A. Smith	Trevor H. Knowles	7.1	03:23.7
1959	Macdougal	6 g	Pat Glennon	Richard W. Roden	8.11	03:23.0
1958	Baystone	6 g	Mel Schumacher	Jack Green	8.9	03:21.2
1957	Straight Draw	5 g	Noel L. McGrowdie	J. M. Mitchell	8.5	03:24.5
1956	Evening Peal	4 m	George Podmore	E. D. Lawson	8	03:19.5
1955	Toparoa	7 g	Neville Sellwood	T J Smith	7.8	03:28.3
1954	Rising Fast	5 g	Jack Purtell	Ivan Tucker	9.5	03:23.0
1953	Wodalla	4 h	Jack Purtell	Robert Sinclair	8.4	03:23.7
1952	Dalray	4 h	Bill Williamson	C. C. McCarthy	9.8	03:23.7
1951	Delta	5 h	Neville Sellwood	Maurice McCarten	9.5	03:24.2
1950	Comic Court	5 h	Pat Glennon	J. M. Cummings	9.5	03:19.5
1949	Foxzami	4 h	William Fellows	D. Lewis	8.8	03:28.5
1948	Rimfire	6 g	Ray Neville	Stan Boyden	7.2	03:21.0
1947	Hiraji	4 g	Jack Purtell	J. W. McCurley	7.11	03:28.0
1946	Russia	6 h	Darby Munro	E. Hush	9	03:21.2
1945	Rainbird	4 m	Billy Cook	S. Evans	7.7	03:24.2
1944	Sirius	4 h	Darby Munro	E. Fisher	8.5	03:24.5
1943	Dark Felt	6 h	Vic Hartney	Ray Webster	8.4	03:23.3
1942	Colonus	4 h	Harry McCloud	F. Manning	7.2	03:33.2
1941	Skipton	3 c	Billy Cook	J. Fryer	7.7	03:23.7
1940	Old Rowley	7 g	Andy Knox	J. A. Scully	7.12	03:26.0
1939	Rivette	6 m	Teddy Preston	Harry Bamber	7.9	03:27.0
1938	Catalogue	8 g	Fred Shean	Mr. Allan McDonald	8.4	03:26.2
1937	The Trump	5 g	Ashley Reed	S. W. Reid	8.5	03:21.5
1936	Wotan	4 h	Ossie Phillips	J. Fryer	7.11	03:21.2
1935	Marabou	4 h	Keith Voitre	Lou Robertson	7.11	03:23.7
1934	Peter Pan	5 h	Darby Munro	Frank McGrath Sr.	9.1	03:40.5
1933	Hall Mark	3 c	Jack O’Sullivan	Jack Holt	7.8	03:27.5
1932	Peter Pan	3 c	Bill Duncan	Frank McGrath Sr.	7.6	03:23.3
1931	White Nose	5 h	Neville Percival	E. J. Hatwell	6.12	03:26.0
1930	Phar Lap	4 g	James E. Pike	Harry R. Telford	9.12	03:27.7
1929	Nightmarch	4 h	Roy Reed	A. McAulay	9.2	03:26.5
1928	Statesman	4 h	James L. Munro	William Kelso	8	03:23.3
1927	Trivalve	3 c	Bobbie Lewis	James Scobie	7.6	03:24.0
1926	Spearfelt	5 h	Hugh Harold Cairns	V. O’Neill	9.3	03:22.7
1925	Windbag	4 h	James L. Munro	George R. Price	9.2	03:22.7
1924	Backwood	6 h	Bunty Brown	Richard Bradfield	8.2	03:26.5
1923	Bitalli	5 g	Titch Wilson	James Scobie	7	03:24.2
1922	King Ingoda	4 h	Titch Wilson	James Scobie	7.1	03:28.3
1921	Sister Olive	3 f	Ted O’Sullivan	J. Williams	6.9	03:27.7
1920	Poitrel	6 h	Ken Bracken	H. J. Robinson	10	03:25.7
1919	Artilleryman	3 c	Bobbie Lewis	P. T. Heywood	7.6	03:24.5
1918	Night Watch	5 g	Bill Duncan	Richard Bradfield	6.9	03:25.7
1917	Westcourt	5 h	William H. McLachlan	Joe Burton	8.5	03:26.7
1916	Sasanof	3 g	Fred Foley	M. Hobbs	6.12	03:27.7
1915	Patrobas	3 c	Bobbie Lewis	C. Wheeler	7.6	03:28.3
1914	Kingsburgh	4 h	George Meddick	Isaac Foulsham	6.12	03:26.0
1913	Posinatus	5 g	Albert Shanahan	J. Chambers	7.1	03:31.0
1912	Piastre	4 h	Albert Shanahan	R. O’Connor	7.9	03:27.5
1911	The Parisian	6 g	Ronald Cameron	C. Wheeler	8.9	03:27.7
1910	Comedy King	4 h	William H. McLachlan	James Lynch	7.11	03:27.7
1909	Prince Foote	3 c	William H. McLachlan	Frank McGrath Sr.	7.8	03:27.5
1908	Lord Nolan	3 c	J. R. Flynn	E. A. Mayo	6.1	03:28.7
1907	Apologue	5 h	Bill Evans	Isaac Earnshaw	7.9	03:27.5
1906	Poseidon	3 c	Tom Clayton	Isaac Earnshaw	7.6	03:31.2
1905	Blue Spec	6 h	Frank Bullock	Walter Hickenbotham	8	03:27.5
1904	Acrasia	7 m	Tom Clayton	A. E. Wills	7.6	03:28.3
1903	Lord Cardigan	3 c	Norman Godby	A. E. Cornwell	6.8	03:29.2
1902	The Victory	4 h	Bobbie Lewis	Richard Bradfield	8.12	03:29.0
1901	Revenue	5 g	Frederick J. Dunn	Hugh Munro	7.1	03:30.5
1900	Clean Sweep	3 c	Andrew Richardson	James Scobie	7	03:29.0
1899	Merriwee	3 c	Vivian Turner	James Wilson Jr.	7.6	03:36.5
1898	The Grafter	5 g	John Gough	William “Black Bill” Forrester	9.2	03:29.7
1897	Gaulus	6 h	Stephen Callinan	William “Black Bill” Forrester	7.8	03:31.0
1896	Newhaven	3 c	Harry Gardiner	Walter Hickenbotham	7.13	03:28.5
1895	Auraria	3 f	J. Stevenson	J. H. Hill	7.4	03:29.0
1894	Patron	4 h	Henry G. Dawes	Richard Bradfield	8.3	03:31.0
1893	Tarcoola	7 h	Herbert Cripps	Joseph Cripps	8.4	03:30.5
1892	Glenloth	5 h	G. Robson	M. Carmody	7.13	03:36.2
1891	Malvolio	4 h	G. Redfearn	J. Redfearn	8.4	03:29.2
1890	Carbine	5 h	Robert Ramage	Walter Hickenbotham	10.5	03:28.3
1889	Bravo	6 h	Jack Anwin	T. Wilson	8.7	03:32.5
1888	Mentor	4 h	Mick O’Brien	Walter Hickenbotham	8.3	03:30.7
1887	Dunlop	5 h	Tom Sanders	John Nicholson	8.3	03:28.5
1886	Arsenal	4 h	W. English	H. Rayner	7.5	03:31.0
1885	Sheet Anchor	7 h	Mick O’Brien	T. Wilson	7.11	03:29.5
1884	Malua	5 h	Alick Robertson	Isaac Foulsham	9.9	03:31.8
1883	Martini-Henry	3 c	J. Williamson	Michael Fennelly	7.5	03:30.5
1882	The Assyrian	5 h	C. Hutchins	J. E. Savill	7.13	03:40.0
1881	Zulu	4 h	Jim Gough	T. Lamond	5.1	03:32.5
1880	Grand Flaneur	3 c	Thomas Hales	T. Brown	6.1	03:34.7
1879	Darriwell	5 h	S. Cracknell	W. E. Dakin	7.4	03:30.7
1878	Calamia	5 h	T. Brown	Etienne de Mestre	8.2	03:35.7
1877	Chester	3 c	P. Pigott	Etienne de Mestre	6.12	03:33.5
1876	Briseis	3 f	Peter St. Albans	James Wilson	6.4	03:36.2
1875	Wollomai	6 h	R. Batty	S. Moon	7.8	03:38.0
1874	Haricot	4 g	P. Pigott	S. Harding	6.7	03:37.5
1873	Don Juan	4 h	W. Wilson	James Wilson	6.12	03:36.0
1872	The Quack	6 h	W. Enderson	John Tait	7.1	03:39.0
1871	The Pearl	5 h	J. Cavanagh	John Tait	7.3	03:39.0
1870	Nimblefoot	7 g	J. Day	W. Lang	6	03:37.0
1869	Warrior	6 g	J. Morrison	R. Sevior	8.1	03:40.0
1868	Glencoe	4 h	C. Stanley	John Tait	9.1	03:42.0
1867	Tim Whiffler	5 h	John Driscoll	Etienne de Mestre	8.11	03:39.0
1866	The Barb	3 c	W. Davis	John Tait	6.9	03:43.0
1865	Toryboy	8 g	E. Cavanagh	P. Miley	7	03:44.0
1864	Lantern	3 c	S. Davis	S. Mahon	6.3	03:52.0
1863	Banker	3 c	H. Chifney	Sam Waldock	5.4	03:44.0
1862	Archer	6 h	John Cutts	Etienne de Mestre	10.2	03:47.0
1861	Archer	5 h	John Cutts	Etienne de Mestre	9.7	03:52.0

Melbourne Cup Favourites vs Winners from the past 15 years

In such a large and unpredictable race, the Melbourne Cup winners generally never come from the favourite horse on the day. On one instance that was the occasion, when Fiorente crossed the line first from barrier five in 2013. More often than not, the favourite doesn’t even place.

Year	Horse	Finishing Position	Barrier	SP
2021	Incentivise	2nd	15	$2.90
2020	Tiger Moth	2nd	1	$7
2019	Finche	7th	4	$8.50
2018	Yucatan	11th	23	$6
2017	Almandin	12th	14	$7
2016	Jameka	15th	3	$8.50
2015	Fame Game	13th	12	$5
2014	Admire Rakti	22nd	7	$5.50
2013	Fiorente	1st	5	$7
2012	Dunaden	14th	16	$7
2011	Americain	4th	14	$5
2010	So You Think	3rd	2	$3
2009	Alcopop	6th	11	$4.80
2008	Mad Rush	7th	4	$5.50
2007	Master O’Reilly	8th	15	$3.80

Winners by Barrier Draw in Melbourne Cup History (all time)

Although, there has been Melbourne Cup winners from the rail, it’s very unlikely. Barrier 18 is the ‘kiss of death’ barrier with no winner starting from there. But on the other hand, barrier 11 has resulted in the most amount of winners, with 8. Typically barriers between 4-14 have the highest success rate.

Barrier	Number of wins
1	5
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	5
7	2
8	5
9	4
10	6
11	8
12	3
13	3
14	6
15	1
16	3
17	4
18	1
19	6
20	2
21	5
22	2
23	3
24	3

Winners by Horse Colours in Melbourne Cup History (all time)

Horse racing is a sport full of superstitions, and what more than the colour of the jockey? Blue is considerably the luckiest colour out of all the Melbourne Cup winners, with 45 wins. Black and Yellow/Gold follow behind in the thirties. Cream is at the bottom of the pile with just one Melbourne Cup win.

Colour	Number of wins
Blue	45
Black	33
Yellow or Gold	30
Red or Maroon	24
White	23
Green	16
Pink or Purple	15
Orange	6
Grey or Silver	4
Brown	2
Cream	1

Winners by Weight in Melbourne Cup History (all time)

Since the kilogram measurements begun in 1972 for the Melbourne Cup, horses within the weight range of 55.1-56kgs have resulted in nine Melbourne Cup wins. Although a vast majority of Melbourne Cup winners (25) weigh between 51.1kgs and 55kgs. Horses that weigh in the 40 kilo and high 50 ranges rarely win the Melbourne Cup.

Weight (kg)	Number of wins
48-49	2
49.1-50	2
50.1-51	4
51.1-52	7
52.1-53	7
53.1-54	4
54.1-55	7
55.1-56	9
56.1-57	4
57.1-58	1
58.1-59	2

Winners by Gender in Melbourne Cup History (all time)

The large majority of Melbourne Cup Winners have been the genders of Horse and Gelding. In fact the last time it wasn’t a horse from either of these genders was in 1941, when a colt horse won the race. Meanwhile, the Mare and Filly’s combine for just 16 race wins. A gelding or horse gender have been responsible for the previous 15 Melbourne Cup winners.

Gender	Number of wins
Horse	72
Gelding	53
Colt	19
Mare	14
Filly	3

Winners by Age in Melbourne Cup History (all time)

In such a demanding and long distance Group 1 race, it’s the 4-5 year olds that have claimed the most amount of Melbourne Cup wins, followed by 6 year olds than 3 year olds. 7 & 8 year olds only account for 13 triumphs.

Age	Number of wins
3YO	23
4YO	46
5YO	44
6YO	34
7YO	11
8YO	2

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