Geelong Cup Winners
From the race’s inauguration in 1872, all the way up to the present date, we have every Geelong Cup winner listed from past race meets.

Included are finishing times, sex, age and more details of the previous Geelong Cup winners in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup lead-up race.
Flying Scud (1872) was the inaugural Geelong Cup winner.
Three horses have completed the Geelong Cup – Melbourne Cup double in the same year: Media Puzzle (2002), Americain (2010), and most recently Dunaden (2011).
The 2023 Geelong Cup winner was the Phillip Stokes-trained veteran 10-year-old Amade ($31) who scored a narrow upset up the middle in a blanket finish thanks to a peach of a ride from Zac Spain.
The 2024 Ladbrokes Geelong Cup winner was the Brian Ellison-trained UK raider Onesmoothoperator ($11) who easily accounted for his Aussie rivals drawing clear over the final furlong to salute by a big margin ahead of a Melbourne Cup bid on November 5.
COMPLETE LIST OF PAST geelong Cup WINNERS
Year | Winner | Weight | Time |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | Onesmoothoperator | 54 kg | 2:27.98 |
2023 | Amade | 54 kg | 2:30.70 |
2022 | Emissary | 56 kg | 2:28.50 |
2021 | Tralee Rose | 55.5 kg | 2:27.04 |
2020 | Steel Prince | 57.5 kg | 2:30.36 |
2019 | Prince Of Arran | 58 kg | 2:26.84 |
2018 | Runaway | 54 kg | 2:28.46 |
2017 | Vengeur Masque | 54 kg | 2:29.35 |
2016 | Qewy | 54 kg | 2:28.98 |
2015 | Almoonqith | 55.5 kg | 2:28.9 |
2014 | Caravan Rolls On | 54 kg | 2:31.2 |
2013 | Ibicenco | 56.5 kg | 2:35.1 |
2012 | Gatewood | 55.5 kg | 2:34.1 |
2011 | Dunaden | 58 kg | 2:30.1 |
2010 | Americain | 58 kg | 2:30.3 |
2009 | Leica Ding | 53 kg | 2:27.5 |
2008 | Bauer | 55.5 kg | 2:30.1 |
2007 | The Fuzz | 55 kg | 2:27.0 |
2006 | Mandela | 53 kg | 2:28.2 |
2005 | On A Jeune | 53 kg | 2:26.7 |
2004 | Pacific Dancer | 55.5 kg | 2:26.5 |
2003 | Zazzman | 52.5 kg | 2:30.0 |
2002 | Media Puzzle | 55 kg | 2:25.9 |
2001 | Karasi | 52.5 kg | 2:32.0 |
2000 | Savrocca | 52 kg | 2:29.9 |
1999 | Bohemiath | 55 kg | 2:29.1 |
1998 | Ancient City | 52.5 kg | 2:27.8 |
1997 | Oregon Star | 51.5 kg | 2:31.1 |
1996 | Hereditas | 55.5 kg | 2:28.9 |
1995 | Anfitrion | 50 kg | 2:30.7 |
1994 | Grass Valley | 52.5 kg | 2:30.5 |
1993 | Ultimate Aim | 51.5 kg | 2:28.8 |
1992 | Ali Boy | 53.5 kg | 2:30.2 |
1991 | Newbury Star | 55 kg | 2:27.2 |
1990 | Mr. Brooker | 56 kg | 2:29.3 |
1989 | Sea Legend | 55.5 kg | 2:31.2 |
1988 | Our Classic Bay | 56 kg | 2:28.8 |
1987 | Beau Trist | 51 kg | 2:28.6 |
1986 | Fil De Roi | 2:40.0 | |
1985 | Koiro Corrie May | 54 kg | 2:33.5 |
1984 | Chagemar | 54.5 kg | 2:26.0 |
1983 | Deb Mate | 56 kg | 2:31.2 |
1982 | Gujarat | 49 kg | 2:30.0 |
1981 | Allez Bijou | 54 kg | 2:33.1 |
1980 | Summer Fleur | 51 kg | 2:28.2 |
1979 | Hauberk | 53.5 kg | 2:30.1 |
1978 | Puramaka | 55 kg | 2:28.0 |
1976 | Taminga | 49 kg | 2:29.0 |
1975 | Dowling Girl | 50 kg | 2:33.1 |
1974 | Special Test | 51 kg | 2:28.4 |
1973 | Australasia | 55.5 kg | 2:29.5 |
1972 | Hayburner | 50.5 kg | 2:29.1 |
1971 | Gnapur | 8.3 Stone | 2:31.4 |
1970 | VanSittart | 7.11 Stone | 2:34.0 |
1969 | Double Steel | 8.2 Stone | 2:30.7 |
1968 | Bergman | 7.13 Stone | 2:30.5 |
1967 | Royal Coral | 7.13 Stone | 2:29.9 |
1966 | Craftsman | 9.7 Stone | 2:35.0 |
1965 | Pleasanton | 7.1 Stone | 2:29.2 |
1964 | Jamagne | 7.13 Stone | 2:18.5 |
1963 | Nivek | 7.13 Stone | 2:16.6 |
1962 | Napoleon | 8.8 Stone | 2:20.6 |
1961 | Ursalon | 8.7 Stone | 2:17.8 |
1960 | Tabess | 8.3 Stone | 2:19.8 |
1959 | Paratone | 7.12 Stone | 2:21.8 |
1958 | Mac | 8.5 Stone | 2:19.4 |
1957 | King Boru | 8.7 Stone | 2:20.0 |
1956 | Prince Abbott | 6.13 Stone | 2:18.5 |
1955 | November Moon | 8.3 Stone | 2:19.4 |
1954 | Chidden | 7.13 Stone | 2:16.5 |
1952 | Welkin Sun | 8.7 Stone | 2:18.5 |
1951 | Trust Me | 8.2 Stone | 2:20.5 |
1950 | Purple Prince | 7.7 Stone | 2:16.8 |
1949 | Blank Music | 8.5 Stone | 2:16.8 |
1948 | Royal Scot | 8.6 Stone | 2:17.0 |
1947 | Bruin | 7.5 Stone | 2:15.5 |
1937 | Lord Carrington | 8 Stone | 2:17.0 |
1934 | Viol Damour | 9.1 Stone | 2:21.0 |
1933 | Bay Of Islands | 7.9 Stone | 2:18.0 |
1932 | Glaive | 7.12 Stone | 2:17.0 |
1931 | El Rey | 8.11 Stone | 2:19.0 |
1930 | Taras | 7.6 Stone | 2:25.0 |
1929 | Sea Pilot | 6.11 Stone | 2:19.0 |
1928 | Anan Louise | 8 Stone | 2:22.0 |
1927 | Victorian King | 7.3 Stone | 2:18.0 |
1926 | Bombard | 7.9 Stone | 2:18.5 |
1925 | Glaxy | 7.6 Stone | 2:20.0 |
1924 | Lillirie | 7.6 Stone | 2:19.0 |
1923 | Mount Bernard | 8.8 Stone | 2:28.0 |
1922 | Tresco | 7.7 Stone | 2:25.0 |
1921 | Rahda | 6.9 Stone | 2:22.5 |
1919 | Luteplayer | 8.9 Stone | 2:24.0 |
1918 | Blackwood | 7.11 Stone | 1:55.5 |
1917 | Mnesarchus | 7.4 Stone | 2:08.7 |
1916 | Lady Mooltan | 8.1 Stone | 2:07.2 |
1915 | Pouter | 7.1 Stone | 1:56.0 |
1914 | Roseview | 8.5 Stone | 1:43.0 |
1913 | Porch | 8.3 Stone | 1:57.0 |
1912 | Roseview | 8.9 Stone | 1:56.2 |
1911 | Crete | 7.13 Stone | 2:27.0 |
1910 | Orline | 8.5 Stone | 2:22.0 |
1909 | Tantalla | 7.2 Stone | 2:10.2 |
1906 | Maninga | 7.5 Stone | 2:25.7 |
1905 | Cluster | 7.2 Stone | 2:23.5 |
1904 | Mallard | 8.3 Stone | 2:24.5 |
1903 | Telemachus | 7.3 Stone | 2:26.7 |
1902 | Merryman | 7 Stone | 2:27.7 |
1901 | Marie Correli | 8.3 Stone | 2:25.2 |
1900 | Model | 7.3 Stone | 2:39.7 |
1899 | Relic | 6.9 Stone | 2:37.0 |
1898 | Chit Chat | 8.6 Stone | 2:16.7 |
1896 | Pivot | 7.5 Stone | 2:13.2 |
1895 | J5 | 9.5 Stone | 2:30.5 |
1894 | The Clown | 8.5 Stone | 2:45.0 |
1893 | Newman | 6.11 Stone | 2:40.0 |
1892 | Norbert | 7.7 Stone | 3:07.5 |
1891 | Tantallon | 8.7 Stone | 3:08.0 |
1890 | Britannia | 7.6 Stone | 3:13.0 |
1889 | Malua | 9.4 Stone | 3:12.7 |
1888 | Gardenia | 8.11 Stone | 3:11.0 |
1887 | Camerine | 7.6 Stone | 3:08.5 |
1886 | Claptrap | 7.4 Stone | 2:56.0 |
1885 | Camerine | 7.9 Stone | 3:45.0 |
1884 | Linda | 7.4 Stone | 3:37.7 |
1883 | Gudarz | 8.3 Stone | 3:42.0 |
1882 | Guinea | 7.6 Stone | 3:46.0 |
1881 | Progress | 7.11 Stone | 3:36.6 |
1880 | Zambesi | 6.4 Stone | 3:35.0 |
1879 | Lord Harry | 7 Stone | 3:38.0 |
1878 | Newminster | 8 Stone | 3:42.0 |
1877 | Pride Of The Hills | 7.9 Stone | 3:41.0 |
1876 | Emulation | 5.1 Stone | 3:37.0 |
1875 | Melbourne | 7.2 Stone | 3:46.0 |
1874 | McCallum Mohr | 7.6 Stone | 3:38.0 |
1873 | Leo | 6.3 Stone | 3:41.0 |
1872 | Flying Scud | 6.3 Stone | 3:44.0 |