{"id":80709,"date":"2021-11-02T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/betting-info\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2021-11-02T16:00:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T06:00:51","slug":"melbourne-cup-winners","status":"publish","type":"betting-info","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/betting-info\/melbourne-cup-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Cup Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 1861, all the way up to the present day, we have every Melbourne Cup<\/a> winner listed from past race meets. Included are the jockeys, trainers, sex, age and more details of the champion horses that have made their way onto the Melbourne Cup winners list.<\/p>\n

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2024 Melbourne Cup winner Knight’s Choice saluted at $91 in a historic upset. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Archer<\/strong> was the inaugural Melbourne Cup champion winning the opening two editions of the race in 1861 and 1862.<\/p>\n

Phar Lap<\/strong> made history as the shortest-priced Melbourne Cup favourite when he won at 8-11 ($1.72) in 1930.<\/p>\n

Kingston Rule<\/strong> holds the current Melbourne Cup record of 3 minutes 16.3 seconds set in 1999.<\/p>\n

The Dermot Weld-trained Vintage Crop<\/strong> (1993) was the first international Melbourne Cup winner trained in the Northern hemisphere.<\/p>\n

Makybe Diva<\/strong> (2003-05) is to date the only triple Melbourne Cup winner.<\/p>\n

Viewed<\/strong> (2008) handed the “Cup King” Bart Cummings his record 12th, and last, victory as a trainer.<\/p>\n

Americain<\/strong> (2010) became the first French-trained Melbourne Cup winner before France stole the show again in 2011 with Duanden<\/strong> (2011) nudging out Red Cadeaux in the closest Melbourne Cup finish in history.<\/p>\n

Prince Of Penzance<\/strong> (2015) was the fourth 100-1 winner of the Melbourne Cup also making history when Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to take out the two-mile classic.<\/p>\n

Verry Elleegant<\/strong> was the 2021 Melbourne Cup winner, Chris Waller’s reigning Australian Racehorse of the Year winning the 161st edition of the great race carrying 57kg to a four-length triumph as the first Melbourne Cup winner from barrier 18.<\/p>\n

The 2022 Melbourne Cup winner and 162nd champion of the great race was the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained 57.5kg top-weight Gold Trip ($21)<\/strong> who scored a big two-length upset in his first 3200m assignment from barrier 13 with Mark Zahra aboard.<\/p>\n

The\u00a02023 Melbourne Cup winner was the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight ($8.50)<\/strong> ridden to victory by last year’s winning hoop Mark Zahra with the horse the 12th to complete the Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup double.<\/p>\n

The\u00a02024 Melbourne Cup winner was the John Symons & Shelia Laxon-trained Queensland outsider Knight’s Choice ($91)\u00a0<\/strong>who scored an incredible late upset with Robbie Dolan timing his ride to perfection to deny the Japanese raider Warp Speed victory in the 164th edition of the world’s richest handicap race.<\/p>\n

The 2025 Melbourne Cup winner is TBC<\/strong> and will be known when the 165th edition of the ‘race that stops a nation’ runs as Flemington Race 7 on Tuesday the 4th of November 2025.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/strong><\/a> to bet on which horse will be the Melbourne Cup winner in 2025 on Tuesday November 4, 2025.<\/p>\n

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