Best Melbourne Cup guide 2022

This Melbourne Cup betting guide is designed to give you the ultimate leg-up ahead of the 2022 running of the race that stops a nation, which will be held on Tuesday, November 1. Melbourne Cup betting is open all-year round but ramps up in the week leading up to the 3200m battle for stayers run at Flemington Racecourse. You can navigate our Melbourne Cup betting guide using the links on our page menu, which will advance you to the information you are seeking.

The Melbourne Cup is the pinnacle of racing in Australia and one of the most popular races for punters around the world. Considered to be “the race that stops a nation” the Melbourne Cup is held on the first Tuesday of November and attracts, not only the biggest racing crowd each year, but also the most money bet on one race.

The 2021 running of the Melbourne Cup was taken out by Verry Elleegant, trained by Chris Waller, under James McDonald.

2021 Melbourne Cup Final Field

No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1		Twilight Payment	Joseph O’Brien	Jye McNeil	2	58kg	$11
2		Incentivise	Peter Moody	Brett Prebble	16	57kg	$2.50
3		Spanish Mission	Andrew Balding	Craig Williams	14	57kg	$9
4		Verry Elleegant	Chris Waller	James McDonald	19	57kg	$15
5		Explosive Jack	C Maher & D Eustace	John Allen	4	54kg	$51
6		The Chosen One	M Baker & A Forsman	Damian Lane	5	54kg	$61
7		Delphi	A & S Freedman	Damien Oliver	3	53.5kg	$41
8		Ocean Billy	Chris Waller	Damian Thornton	13	53.5kg	$101
9		Selino	Chris Waller	Ron Stewart	24	53.5kg	$151
10		Johnny Get Angry	Denis Pagan	Lachlan King	22	53kg	$101
11		Knights Order	G Waterhouse & A Bott	Daniel Stackhouse	9	53kg	$201
12		Persan	C Maher & D Eustace	Luke Currie	11	53kg	$31
13		Carif	P & P Snowden	Blaike McDougall	8	52.5kg	$201
14		Master Of Wine	Team Hawkes	Fred Kersley	6	52.5kg	$101
15		Pondus	Robert Hickmott	Rachel King	1	52.5kg	$41
16		Grand Promenade	C Maher & D Eustace	Kerrin McEvoy	21	52kg	$21
17		Miami Bound	Danny O’Brien	Patrick Moloney	17	52kg	$151
18		Port Guillaume	Ben & JD Hayes	Harry Coffey	23	52kg	$151
19		She’s Ideel	Bjorn Baker	Craig Newitt	20	52kg	$101
20		Future Score	Matt Cumani	Dean Yendall	15	51.5kg	SCR
21		Tralee Rose	Symon Wilde	Dean Holland	12	51kg	$17
22		Floating Artist	C Maher & D Eustace	Teo Nugent	10	50kg	$18
23		Great House	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	7	50kg	$31
24		Sir Lucan	G Waterhouse & A Bott	Glen Boss	18	50kg	$26

2022 Melbourne Cup odds

The 2022 Melbourne Cup odds as of August 15 look like this:

• Duais – $15.00
• Loft – $15.00
• Hoo Ya Mal – $17.00
• Spanish Mission – $17.00
• Cleveland – $18.00
• Deauville Legend – $18.00
• Grand Alliance – $21.00
• Camorra – $26.00

Complete Melbourne Cup odds available at Ladbrokes.

Melbourne Cup betting 2022

The 2022 Melbourne Cup will be run on Tuesday, November 1, with bets now being taken by Australia’s top betting sites. Melbourne Cup futures betting opens in the minutes after the running of the race each year, which allows you to place bets well in advance of the next running. This allows you to spot the talented types that can journey over 3200m and bet on them to win the Melbourne Cup, before they have even qualified, usually at extreme odds.

The more popular way to place Melbourne Cup bets is after the fields have been released. The order of entry is evolving throughout the racing season, with the best 24 horses then given a spot in the field. The Melbourne Cup barrier draw then finalises where horses will jump from and betting then really heats up. Now Melbourne Cup betting sites have more knowledge, they can frame extensive markets and begin ramping up their promotions.

In the days leading up to and on race day, you will be able to place all kinds of bet types at online bookmakers, these include win/place bets, trifectas and even things like quaddies, which allows you to bet on who will win four successive races on cup day. We’ll go into more about the bet types available at Melbourne Cup betting sites on this page.

Melbourne Cup betting is also available across mobile devices, with most Australian betting sites also having downloadable betting apps and mobile websites. This means even if you are on course at Flemington, you can take care of all your Melbourne Cup betting needs on the web

• Why should I bet on the Melbourne Cup?

  Betting on a normal day’s racing isn’t even comparable to those who punt on the Melbourne Cup.

  The atmosphere, even sitting at home, is unlike anything else and Australians embrace the day like no other. For adults in Australia its as hotly looked forward to as Christmas Day.

  From a punting perspective, there are a large majority of us that just like to have a runner in the office sweepstakes, but there’s nothing better than punting your hard-earned cash on your Melbourne Cup fancy.

  There are multiple reasons to have a bet in the Melbourne Cup:

  Firstly, the size of the pools are massive — bigger than any other pool for any other race in Australia and around the world.

  What does this mean for you? Even if you’re betting only $1 in the Melbourne Cup, that $1 has already increased in value because the bigger the pool, the better your horse will pay with bookmakers.

  If the pool was small, there would be less money to divided between the winning bets, but the Melbourne Cup pools exceed into the millions and this is where Melbourne Cup punters take full advantage.

  Secondly, because the pools are so high, the possible payouts for players of Quaddies, Trifectas, Quinellas, Trebles and Doubles are very rewarding.

  The Quaddie involving the Melbourne Cup gets into the millions and even if all four favourites win, the payouts are still profitable.

  Lastly, our recommended bookmakers have a wide range of Melbourne Cup specials and promotions. Unfortunately though sign up bonuses are now banned at Australian online bookmakers following the introduction of the National Gambling Framework on May 26 2019.

  They also offer refund specials, so if your selected horse doesn’t win, you can still get your money back, along with plenty more rewarding promotions.

The 2022 Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s major thoroughbred horse race, not only because of the stake money involved, but it’s a day where even those who have never punted in their life have a little flutter with the bookmakers.

The 3200-metre race is one of the longest flat races in Australia and carries a current prize purse of A$8 million with the winner being paid $4.4 million.

The prize money has steadily grown over the past 10 years due to its increase in popularity with punters. It’s punters money that drives the horse racing business and increases have seen its total prize pool shoot from $5 million in 2005 to $8 million in 2020.

The race is run at Flemington (Read: How to travel to the Melbourne Cup), Victoria’s premier race track, and the current sponsor is Lexus which supplies the winning trophies, valued at around $250,000.

For Australians, the Melbourne Cup is a public holiday which saves them from making an excuse at work. It is also a popular race in New Zealand, Europe and Asia as those three contingents usually have runners in the Melbourne Cup itself.

Recent results of the Melbourne Cup

• 2021: Verry Elleegant upstages Incentivise
  Incentivise came into the 2021 Melbourne Cup as one of the best-backed favourites in the race’s history, but he could only manage second place as Verry Elleegant saluted with a terrific run from midfield. It was the first Melbourne Cup win for both jockey James McDonald and trainer Chris Waller, with the great mare bringing up her 10th Group 1 victory. International chance Spanish Mission ran third, while Floating Artist filled out the top four.

  2021 Melbourne Cup results & dividends

  Place	No.	Colours	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Win	Place
  1st	4		Verry Elleegant	Chris Waller	James McDonald	$16.50	$4.50
  2nd	2		Incentivise	Peter Moody	Brett Prebble		$2
  3rd	3		Spanish Mission	Andrew Balding	Craig Williams		$3.30
  4th	22		Floating Artist	C Maher & D Eustace	Teo Nugent
  Quinella							$18.60
  Trifecta							$356.10
  First Four							$4829.70

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  2021 Melbourne Cup Finishing Order

  2021 Melbourne Cup finishing order
  Place	Silks	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1st		4	Verry Elleegant	Chris Waller	James McDonald	–	18	57kg	$16	2nd		2	Incentivise	Peter Moody	Brett Prebble	4L	15	57kg	$2.80	3rd		3	Spanish Mission	Andrew Balding	Craig Williams	4.4L	14	57kg	$10	4th		22	Floating Agent	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Teo Nugent	4.6L	10	50kg	$11	5th		6	The Chosen One	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Damian Lane	10.6L	5	54kg	$31	6th		16	Grand Promenade	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Kerrin McEvoy	12.6L	20	52kg	$15	7th		7	Delphi	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Oliver	13.35L	3	53.5kg	$18	8th		23	Selino	Chris Waller	Ron Stewart	13.45L	23	53.5kg	$81	9th		21	Tralee Rose	Symon Wilde	Dean Holland	16.7L	12	51kg	$23	10th		19	She’s Ideel	Bjorn Baker	Craig Newitt	17.2L	19	52kg	$126	11th		1	Twilight Payment	Joseph O’Brien	Jye McNeil	19.45L	2	58kg	$14	12th		17	Miami Bound	Danny O’Brien	Patrick Moloney	21.45L	16	52kg	$126	13th		23	Great House	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	21.85L	7	50kg	$26	14th		24	Sir Lucan	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Glen Boss	21.95L	18	50kg	$26	15th		5	Explosive Jack	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	23.2L	4	54kg	$51	16th		14	Master Of Wine	Team Hawkes	Fred Kersley	24.2L	6	52.5kg	$101	17th		15	Pondus	Robert Hickmott	Rachel King	24.6L	1	52.5kg	$20	18th		13	Carif	Peter & Paul Snowden	Blaike McDougall	25.35L	8	52.5kg	$101	19th		11	Gai Waterhouse	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Daniel Stackhouse	25.65L	9	53kg	$81	20th		12	Persan	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Luke Currie	28.9L	11	53kg	$34	21st		18	Port Guillaume	Ben & JD Hayes	Harry Coffey	33.15L	23	52kg	$126	22nd		10	Johnny Get Angry	Denis Pagan	Lachlan King	41.15L	22	53kg	$91	23rd		8	Ocean Billy	Chris Waller	Damien Thornton	53.15L	13	53.5kg	$31
  🚫		14	Future Score	Matt Cumani	Dean Yendall		15	51.5kg

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  2021 Melbourne Cup replay

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• 2020: Twilight Payment notches one up for the Irish
  
  Twilight Payment took out the 2020 Melbourne Cup in impressive fashion for Joseph O’Brien, with his father, Aidan O’Brien, training the second-placed Tiger Moth. Twilight Payment, which had finished 11th the year before, was guided by Jye McNeil and took the lead almost immediately. Prince Of Arran finished third for a third successive year, while The Chosen One finished fourth.

  2020 Melbourne Cup Results & Dividends

  Place	No.	Colours	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Win	Place
  1st	6		Twilight Payment	Jospeh O’Brien	Jye McNeil	$27.20	$8.10
  2nd	21		Tiger Moth	Aidan O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy		$2.90
  3rd	12		Prince Of Arran	Charlie Fellowes	Jamie Kah		$3.20
  4th	17		The Chosen One	M Baker & A Forsman	Daniel Stackhouse
  Quinella							$97.20
  Trifecta							$1,806.900
  First Four							$38,939.00

  2020 Melbourne Cup Replay

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  2020 Melbourne Cup Finishing Order

  2019 Melbourne Cup finishing order
  Place	Silks	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1st		6	Twilight Payment	Joseph O’Brien	Jye McNeil		12	55.5kg	$26
  2nd		21	Tiger Moth	Aidan O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy	0.4L	22	54kg	$6.50
  3rd		12	Prince Of Arran	Charlie Fellowes	Jamie Kah	0.6L	1	54.5kg	$9.50
  4th		17	The Chosen One	Muuray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Daniel Stackhouse	2.35L	5	53kg	$41
  5th		24	Persan	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	2.45L	19	51kg	$41
  6th		5	Sir Dragonet	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Glen Boss	3.45L	14	55.5kg	$14
  7th		7	Verry Elleegant	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	3.85L	15	55.5kg	$10
  8th		15	Russian Camelot	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	3.95L	16	53.5kg	$13
  9th		11	Finche	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4.7L	6	54.5kg	$21
  10th		18	Ashrun	Andreas Wohler	Declan Bates	4.8L	23	53kg	$26
  11th		22	Oceanex	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall	5.55L	17	51.5kg	$81
  12th		19	Warning	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Luke Currie	6.8L	8	53kg	$41
  13th		13	Surprise Baby	Paul Preusker	Craig Williams	8.8L	7	54.5kg	$6.50
  14th		23	Miami Bound	Danny O’Brien	Ben Melham	10.55L	13	51kg	$41
  15th		4	Master Of Reality	Joseph O’Brien	Ben Melham	10.75L	11	51kg	$41
  16th		16	Raymond Tusk	Anthony & Sam Freedman	William Pike	10.95L	20	53.5kg	$31
  17th		20	Etah James	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Billy Egan	12.7L	21	52.5kg	$101
  18th		3	Vow And Declare	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Mott	13.95L	4	55kg	$61
  19th		8	Mustajeer	C Maher & D Eustace	Michael Rodd	14.95L	2	55kg	$101
  20th		9	Stratum Albion	Willie Mullins	Jordan Childs	17.95L	9	55kg	$31
  21st		10	Dashing Willoughby	Andrew Balding	Michael Walker	19.2L	18	54.5kg	$101
  22nd		2	Avilius	James Cummings	John Allen	20.95L	10	57kg	$61
  Last		1	Anthony Van Dyck	Aidan O’Brien	Hugh Bowman	DNF	3	58.5kg	$10
  🚫		14	King Of Leogrance	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane		16	55kg

• 2019: Vow And Declare Claims One Back For The Aussies

  2019 Melbourne Cup – Vow And Declare wins one back for the Aussies

  The 2019 will be marked in history as the cup where one of only two Australian horses held off the international invasion, aided by one of the greatest rides in Melbourne Cup history by Craig Williams.

  Vow And Declare, trained by Danny O’Brien on the comeback trail after winning an appeal against a four year disqualification for cobalt; defied Prince Of Arran, the very unlucky Il Paradiso and Master Of Reality in one of the slowest run Melbourne Cups in recent history.

  Aided by a masterful ride from Craig Williams to get Vow And Declare over from barrier 23 and on the rail, the leading division throttled the pace and gave nothing from the back a chance of hitting the line. Williams gave Vow And Declare one of his greatest ever rides to hug the rail, and it proved the winning move as runners outside him shifted in and out in the final stages allowing Vow And Declare to maintain momentum and score the narrowest of Melbourne Cup victories. Just under half a length separated the first four horses over the line, and less the one and a half lengths covered the first eight home.

  Frankie Dettori was second over the line on Master Of Reality but was relegated to fourth after Il Paradiso successfully protested against the second place getter due to the interference suffered in the shadows of the post that almost certainly cost Il Paradiso the win.

  2019 Melbourne Cup Results & Dividends

  Place	No.	Colours	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Win	Place
  1st	23		Vow And Declare	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	$11.70	$3.90
  2nd	12		Prince Of Arran	Charlie Fellowes	Michael Walker		$4.60
  3rd	20		Il Paradiso	Aidan O’Brien	Wayne Lordan		$6.80
  4th	3		Master Of Reality	Joseph O’Brien	Frankie Dettori
  Quinella							$82.40
  Trifecta							$2,953.40
  First Four							$79,381.00
  *Across the line 23,3,12,20. Protest 4th vs 2nd due to intererference in the last 100m upheld.

  2019 Melbourne Cup Replay

  2019 Melbourne Cup finishing order

  2019 Melbourne Cup finishing order
  Place	Silks	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1st		23	Vow And Declare	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams		23	52kg	$12
  2nd		12	Prince Of Arran	Charlie Fellowes	Michael Walker	0.2L	8	54kg	$17
  3rd		20	Il Paradiso	Aidan O’Brien	Wayne Lordan	0.3L	17	52.5kg	$15
  4th		3	Master Of Reality	Joseph O’Brien	Frankie Detorri	0.4L	1	55.5kg	$26
  5th		18	Surprise Baby	Paul Preusker	Jordan Childs	0.9L	20	52.5kg	$12
  6th		2	Mer De Glace	Hisashi Shimizu	Damian Lane	1.2L	2	56kg	$9.50
  7th		11	Finche	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	1.4L	4	54kg	$8.50
  8th		1	Cross Counter	Charlie Appleby	William Buick	1.6L	5	57.5kg	$13
  9th		21	Steel Prince	Anthony Freedman	Brett Prebblk	2.1L	16	52.5kg	$61
  10th		15	Magic Wand	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	3.6L	24	53.5kg	$26
  11th		10	Twilight Money	Joseph O’Brien	Hugh Bowman	3.8L	19	55kg	$41
  12th		17	Sound	Mike Moroney	James Winks	3.9L	10	53.5kg	$91
  13th		19	Constantinople	D & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Joao Moreira	4.1L	7	52.5kg	$9.50
  14th		4	Mirage Dancer	T Busuttin & N Young	Ben Melham	4.3L	13	55.5kg	$51
  15th		6	Hunting Horn	Aidan O’Brien	Seamie Heffernan	4.5L	11	55kg	$51
  16th		13	Raymond Tusk	Richard Hannon	Jamie Spencer	5L	3	54kg	$21
  17th		22	The Chosen One	M Baker & A Forsman	Tim Clark	5.2L	18	52kg	$31
  18th		7	Latrobe	Joseph O’Brien	James McDonald	6.45L	22	55kg	$21
  19th		5	Southern France	C Maher & D Eustace	Mark Zahra	6.55L	14	55.5kg	$26
  20th		24	Youngstar	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	7.3L	9	52kg	$31
  21st		16	Neufbosc	D & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	8.3L	23	53.5kg	$101
  22nd		14	Downdraft	Joseph O’Brien	John Allen	8.6L	15	53.5kg	$21
  23rd		8	Mustajeeer	Kris Lees	Damien Oliver	10.85L	6	55kg	$19
  Last		9	Rostropovich	D & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	40.85	12	55kg	$41

  2019 Melbourne Cup odds

  After the call of the card on Monday, Finche has taken over as Melbourne Cup 2019 favourite; ahead of Japanese Caulfield Cup winner Mer De Glace.

  Online bookmaker Ladbrokes has the latest winner as the $15 favourite to go back-to-back in the race that stops a nation.

  

• 2018: Cross Counter leads an English raid on Cup
  2018 will forever be remembered as the year Great Britain came to the Melbourne Cup party.

  Cross Counter helped the mother country win its first Cup, while Marmelo and Prince of Arran (also trained in England) filled out the first three positions, while Finche, also trained in Great Britain, was fourth and Rostropovich (Irish) placed fifth.

  The highest-placed Aussie was Chris Waller-trained Youngstar, which finished sixth.

  Pre-race favourites Magic Circle (16th), Avilius (22nd) and Best Solution (8th) failed to make an impression.

  2018 Melbourne Cup Results & Dividends

  Place	Colours	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Win	Place
  1st		Cross Counter	Charlie Appleby	Kerrin McEvoy	$9	$4.40
  2nd		Marmelo	Hughie Morrison	Hugh Bowman		$4.10
  3rd		A Prince Of Arran	Charlie Fellows	Michael Walker		$7
  4th		Finche	Chris Waller	Zac Purton
  Quinella						$74.70
  Trifecta						$2,541.90
  First Four						$38,020.70

  2018 Melbourne Cup finishing order

  Place	Silks	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1		23	Cross Counter	Charlie Appleby	Kerrin McEvoy		19	51kg	$15
  2		9	Marmelo	Hughie Morrison	Hugh Bowman	1L	10	55kg	$12
  3		17	A Prince Of Arran	Charlie Fellows	Michael Walker	3L	20	53kg	$23
  4		13	Finche	Chris Waller	Zac Purton	3.5L	15	54kg	$26
  5		24	Rostropovich	Aidan O’Brien	Wayne Lordan	4.5L	21	51kg	$21
  6		22	Youngstar	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	5.75L	21	51.5kg	$11
  7		19	Sir Charles Road	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Oliver Peslier	8.25L	14	53kg	$126
  8		1	Best Solution	Saeed Bin Suroor	Pat Cosgrove	8.75L	6	57.5kg	$16
  9		5	Muntahaa	John Gosden	Jim Crowley	9.5L	13	55.5kg	$17
  10		16	Ventura Storm	David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Mark Zahra	11L	7	54.5kg	$31
  11		11	Yucatan	Aidan O’Brien	James McDonald	11.75L	23	54.5kg	$6
  12		18	Nakeeta	Iain Jardine	Regan Bayliss	11.85L	3	53kg	$81
  13		18	Zacada	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Damian Lane	13.85L	20	53kg	$151
  14		4	Chestnut Coat	Yoshito Yahagi	Yuga Kawada	16.1L	4	55.5kg	$71
  15		15	Vengeur Masque	David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Patrick Moloney	16.3L	2	54kg	$51
  16		3	Magic Circle	Ian Williams	Corey Brown	19.55L	15	56kg	$7
  17		7	Who Shot TheBarman	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	22.55L	17	55.5kg	$31
  18		6	Sound Check	Michael Moroney	Jordan Childs	27.55L	16	51kg	$41
  19		21	Runaway	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	28.05L	12	52kg	$81
  20		8	Ace High	David Payne	Tye Angland	28.15L	22	55kg	$71
  21		12	Auvray	Richard Freedman	Tommy Berry	68.15L	1	54kg	$81
  22		10	Avilius	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	69.15L	11	54.5kg	$16
  23		14	Red Cardinal	Darren Weir	Damien Oliver	69.55L	5	54kg	$31
  24		2	The Cliffsofmoher	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	DNF	9	56.5kg	$21

• 2017: Rekindling creates Cup history
  2017: Who would have thought an O’Brien-trained Melbourne Cup win would have the name Joseph rather than Aiden? The 2017 Melbourne Cup was an all family affair heading into the straight as Lloyd Williams-owned pair Rekindling and Johannes Vermeer pulled away in the latter stages of the race. It was the 24-year-old O’Brien who toppled his father with Rekindling, becoming the first father and son team to train the winner and second placed runner in the Cup.

  2017 Melbourne Cup Results & Dividends

  Place	Colours	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Win	Place
  1st		Rekindling	Joseph O’Brien	Corey Brown	$17.10	$5.90
  2nd		Johannes Vermeer	Aidan O’Brien	Ben Melham		$4.20
  3rd		Max Dynamite	Willie Mullins	Zac Purton		$5.20
  4th		Big Duke	Darren Weir	Brenton Avdulla
  Quinella					$96.90
  Trifecta					$3,025.10
  First Four					$44,736.30

  2017 Melbourne Cup finishing order

  Place	Silks	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1		22	Rekindling	Joseph O’Brien	Corey Brown		4	51.5kg	$15
  2		7	Johannes Vermeer	Aiden O’Brien	Ben Melham	0.4L	3	54.5kg	$13
  3		9	Max Dynamite	William Mullins	Zac Purton	2.9L	2	54kg	$20
  4		13	Big Duke	Darren Weir	Brenton Avdulla	5.65L	5	53.5kg	$21
  5		18	Nakeeta	Iain Jardine	Glyn Schofield	6.4L	19	53kg	$41
  6		21	Thomas Hobson	William Mullins	Ben Allen	8.65L	21	52kg	$21
  7		4	Tiberian	Alain Couetil	Oliver Peslier	9.15L	23	55.5kg	$31
  8		17	Libran	Chris Waller	Dwayne Dunn	9.65L	7	53kg	$61
  9		5	Marmelo	Hughie Morrison	Hugh Bowman	9.75L	16	55kg	$7
  10		12	Wicklow Brave	William Mullins	Stephen Baster	10.5L	8	54kg	$71
  11		6	Red Cardinal	Andreas Wohler	Kerrin McEvoy	11.25L	24	55kg	$16
  12		2	Almandin	Robert Hickmott	Frankie Dettori	11.45L	14	56.5kg	$7
  13		23	Cismontane	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Beau Mertens	12.2L	17	50kg	$41
  14		23	Amelie’s Star	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	12.95L	10	51kg	$21
  15		15	Boom Time	David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Cory Parish	13.95L	9	53kg	$31
  16		20	Wall Of Fire	Hugo Palmer	Craig Williams	15.45L	15	53kg	$11
  17		19	Single Gaze	Nick Olive	Kathy O’Hara	15.85L	11	53kg	$31
  18		14	US Army Ranger	Joseph O’Brien	Jamie Spencer	16.15L	22	53.5kg	$71
  19		3	Humidor	Darren Weir	Blake Shinn	16.65L	13	56kg	$11
  20		1	Hartnell	James Cummings	Damian Lane	28.65L	12	57.5kg	$26
  21		10	Ventura Storm	David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Glen Boss	30.15L	6	54kg	$31
  22		8	Bondi Beach	Robert Hickmott	Michael Walker	31.4L	1	54kg	$71
  23		16	Gallante	Robert Hickmott	Michael Dee	99.9L	18	53kg	$91
  11		11	Who Shot Thebarman	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry		20	54kg	SCR

• 2016: Almandin salutes for former AFL player
  2016: Almandin offered punters plenty of value despite getting plenty of attention in the days leading up to the Cup. Trained by Robert Hickmott, a former Melbourne footballer, and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, the six year old gelding sat midfield for most of the race before joining a wall of challengers. Pre-race favourite Hartnell hit the front on the straight, but Almandin powered home to beat Irish stayer Heartbreak City. Read a full report here.

  2016 Melbourne Cup result & dividends

  Place	Colours	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Win	Place
  1st		Almandin	Robert Hickmott	Kerrin McEvoy	$11.80	$4.40
  2nd		Heartbreak City	Tony Martin	Joao Moreira		$6.20
  3rd		Hartnell	John O’Shea	James McDonald		$2.80
  4th		Qewy	Charlie Appelby	Craig Williams
  Quinella					$119.80
  Trifecta					$1,232.70
  First Four					$26,487.10

  2016 Melbourne Cup finishing order

  Place	Silks	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1		17	Almandin (GER)	Robert Hickmott	Kerrin McEvoy		17	52kg	$11
  2		13	Heartbreak City (FR)	Tony Martin	Joao Moreira	0.2L	23	54kg	$19
  3		6	Hartnell (GB)	John O’Shea	James McDonald	4.45L	12	56kg	$5.50F
  4		23	Qewy (IRE)	Charlie Appleby	Craig Williams	6.7L	15	51.5kg	$21
  5		7	Who Shot Thebarman (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	6.8L	20	56kg	$26
  6		9	Almoonqith (USA)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Walker	6.9L	19	54.5kg	$31
  7		16	Beautiful Romance (GB)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Damian Lane	7.9L	1	52.5kg	$71
  8		5	Exospheric (GB)	Lee & Anthony Freedman	Damien Oliver	8.65L	13	56kg	$21
  9		22	Pentathlon (NZ)	John Wheeler	Mark Du Plessis	9.4L	4	51.5kg	$81
  10		1	Big Orange (GB)	Michael Bell	James Spencer	9.5L	7	57kg	$14
  11		11	Grand Marshal (GB)	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	9.8L	9	54.5kg	$31
  12		20	Oceanographer (GB)	Charlie Appleby	Chad Schofield	10L	11	52kg	$9
  13		4	Bondi Beach (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	10.75L	5	56kg	$13
  14		19	Grey Lion (IRE)	Matt Cumani	Glen Boss	13.75L	16	52kg	$41
  15		12	Jameka	Ciaron Maher	Nicholas Hall	13.95L	3	54.5kg	$8.50
  16		15	Excess Knowledge(GB)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Vlad Duric	15.7L	21	53.5kg	$61
  17		2	Our Ivanhowe (GER)	Lee & Anthony Freedman	Dwayne Dunn	15.8L	6	57kg	$51
  18		14	Sir John Hawkwood (IRE)	John P Thompson	Blake Spriggs	20.8L	14	54kg	$81
  19		18	Assign (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Ms Katelyn Mallyon	20.9L	22	52kg	$51
  20		10	Gallante (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Blake Shinn	22.15L	2	54.5kg	$51
  21		21	Secret Number (GB)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Stephen Baster	22.35L	10	52kg	$31
  22		8	Wicklow Brave (GB)	William Mullins	Frankie Dettori	24.35L	24	56kg	$16
  23		3	Curren Mirotic (JPN)	Osamu Hirata	Tommy Berry	27.35L	18	56.5kg	$51
  24		24	Rose Of Virginia (NZ)	Lee & Shannon Hope	Ben E Thompson (a)	99.9L	8	51kg	$61

• 2015: Payne becomes first female hoop to win the Cup
  2015: Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, when she guided Prince of Penzance to a historic victory. The win catapulted Payne into international stardom and highlighted just how unpredictable the world’s best staying race can be. The $101 outsider, which was trained by a stunned Darren Weir, beat home English stayer Max Dynamite ($13) and weight-for-age ace Criterion ($19). Remarkably Prince Of Penzance was the longest priced winner, ever, of the Melbourne Cup. The race was also notable as the last for grand old stayer Red Cadeux, who pulled up distressed, and was eventually euthanised.
• 2014: German raider salutes in the Cup
  2014: Protectionist claimed this year’s Melbourne Cup for Germany, with the Andreas Wohler trained star streeting a tired field to win by three lengths. Jockey Ryan Moore put on a masterclass, settling the horse nicely before avoiding traffic and eventually timing a run to perfection. The race was marred by the death of two horses with pre-race favourite Admire Rakti perishing in his stalls after the race, while Araldo was euthanised after breaking a leg. Remarkably Red Cadeaux finished second for a third time after hitting the lead in the straight. Who Shot Thebarman ran third while Signoff came in fourth.
• 2013: Gai becomes first female trainer to win cup
  Fiorente gave the Queen Of The Turf Gai Waterhouse her first Melbourne Cup victory, in the process becoming the first female to train a Cup winner. Red Cadeaux finished second, a second time, after a runner up in 2011. Mount Athos ran third. But it was all about Waterhouse, jockey Damien Oliver and the marvellous Fiorente. It was Olly’s third Melbourne Cup and put to bed a horror 18 months where he was found guilty and ultimately suspended for betting on a rival horse.

• 2012: Green Moon does it for Williams
  
  Famous owner Lloyd Williams won his fourth Melbourne Cup in 2012, when Green Moon saluted, paying $20. Williams had imported the horse specifically from England to win a Melbourne Cup and his decisions paid of in spades, with Brett Prebble expertly steering it home ahead of Fiorente ($31) and Jakkalberry ($81). All three of the placings were imported horses. The winner was trained by former AFL footballer Robert Hickmott. Pre-race favourite Dunaden found trouble early and never got into the race.
• 2011: Import Dunaden steals show
  Dunaden saluted in one of the most thrilling Melbourne Cup’s in recent history, with the French horse, the second favourite at $8.20, beating out English horse Red Cadeaux, who was to go on and create a remarkable bit of history in the great race in later years, by a whisker. After a pulsating finish, German horse Lucas Cranach rounded out the placings, consigning Australian horses to the scrap heap.
• 2010: French Americain just too good
  It would have been more fitting if an Australian-horse won the 150th Cup, but it was not to be, with USA-bred and French trained Americain saluting. One of the top elects, powered home with a nice turn of speed to win ahead of light weight Maluckyday and favourite So You think. The six-year-old was ridden by Gerald Mosse and trained by Alain de Royer-Dupre had solid lead up form, winning the Geelong Cup several weeks before.

Melbourne Cup history

The Melbourne Cup was first run in 1861 when it was won by Archer. The six-year-old trained by Etienne de Mestre came back the following year and won it again. Unfortunately, Archer was scratched in the 1863 Melbourne Cup due to a technicality when its acceptance papers didn’t arrive in time.

Archer was unable to complete the hat-trick and was retired and returned to its owners where it had been foaled, but this horse will forever be remembered in Melbourne Cup history.

Archer set the standard for Melbourne Cup horses and there have been a couple that have won consecutive Melbourne Cups (Think Big 1974/75 and Rain Lover 1968/69), but not even the great Phar Lap was able to achieve what Archer had done.

There has been one horse in recent history that has surpassed what Archer paved the way for back in the late 1900s, and that was when the feel-good story Makybe Diva won three consecutive Melbourne Cups, starting in 2003 and ending in 2005.

The Lee Freedman-trained mare was ridden by Glen Boss in all three starts and it gave the group of owners, in which the horse was named after, a great thrill. In winning three consecutive Melbourne Cups, Makybe Diva elapsed New Zealand’s Sunline as the highest grossing horse in Australian racing history.

Melbourne Cup timeline

There have been plenty of changes over the course of history in the Melbourne Cup carnival. Listed below are the majors changes which have shaped the race we all love a punt on.

• 1869: Four day Spring Racing carnival was introduced (encompassing Derby Day, Oaks, Emirate Stakes and Melbourne Cup).
• 1876: Peter St. Albans was the youngest jockey to win the Cup (12 years, 11 months and 23 days.)
• 1882:The first bookmakers were licensed at Flemington. (Now punters can bet either at Flemington, or in the comfort of their own home with the many off-course bookmakers we recommend).
• 1896: The Melbourne Cup was first filmed. The race was won by Newhaven.
• 1958: The first Cup to be run using starting stalls
• 1987: First female jockey to ride in the Cup was Maree Lyndon.
• 1990: Kingston Town sets the existing race record.
• 1993: Vintage Crop becomes the first ‘international raider’ to win the Melbourne Cup.
• 2003: First Australian female rider to ride was Clair Lindop aboard Debben.
• 2005: Makybe Diva become the first horse to win it three times.
• 2010: Americain became the first French-trained horse to win.
• 2015: Michelle Payne becomes the first female jockey to win the great race, guiding Prince of Penzance home at huge odds.
• 2017: Joseph O’Brien at the age of 24 becomes the youngest trainer in history to win the Melbourne Cup with the Lloyd Williams-owned Rekindled.
• 2018: After 30 years and millions of dollars invested, Cross Counter finally lands a Melbourne Cup for team Godolphin.
• 2019: Vow And Declare, one of only two Australian horses in the race; wins the Melbourne Cup for trainer Danny O’Brien who is on the comeback trail after winning appeals against a four year disqualification stemming from the Cobalt inquiries.

Melbourne Cup statistics and records

Listed below are some of the credited records and results over the years for the Melbourne Cup. These feature most wins, winning time and the longest odds paid by a winner. To get the complete picture read our full Melbourne Cup Statistics guide which includes a plethora or facts and figures from the races inception right through to today.

• Most wins by a horse

  3 – Makybe Diva (2003, 2004, 2005)
  2 – Think Big (1974, 1975)
  2 – Rain Lover (1968, 1969)
  2 – Peter Pan (1932, 1934)
  2 – Archer (1861, 1862)
  

• Most wins by a jockey

  4 – Bobby Lewis (1902, 1915, 1919, 1927)
  4 – Harry White (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979)
  

• Most wins by a trainer

  12 – Bart Cummings (1965, 66′, 67′, 74′, 75′, 77′, 79′, 90′, 91′, 96′, 99′, 2008)

  Bart Cummings is the godfather of Australian Cups racing with 12 Melbourne Cup wins. Starting with Light Fingers ridden by the great Roy Higgins in 1965, Cummings has made the Melbourne Cup his own.

  His most recent win came with outsider Viewed which paid a massive price of $41, but his most memorable wins came with Saintly (1996), Let’s Elope (1991) and Think Big’s back-to-back victories in the mid-70s.

  5 – Etienne de Mestre (1861, 1862, 1867, 1877, 1878)
  5 – Lee Freedman (1989, 1992, 1995, 2004, 2005) – David Hall trained Makybe Diva for its 2003 Melbourne Cup win.
  

• Most wins by a owner

  6 – Lloyd Williams
  4 – John Tait
  4 – Eitenne de Mestre
  4 – Dato Tan Chin Nam (most notably with Saintly in 1996 and Viewed in 2008)

  Lloyd Williams is a perennial Melbourne Cup supporter and there’s rarely a Melbourne Cup run without one of his horses lining up.

  His first success came in 1981 with Just a Dash which was trained by the legendary T J Smith (Gai Waterhouse’s father). He didn’t wait long for this second success which came in 1985 with What A Nuisance.

  Twenty-two years later Williams was back in winning action at Flemington when the Graeme Rogerson-trained Efficient scored the win as a four-year-old.

  Just five years later, the now retired Green Moon scored as a six-year-old with Brett Prebble in the saddle.

  Williams scored his fifth Melbourne Cup win in 2016 with European import Almandin. That gave the famous owner the Melbourne Cup record of most wins by an owner. Just one year later Williams took his Melbourne Cup tally to six after Rekindled saluted for young gun trainer Joseph O’Brien.
  

• Other notable cup records

  Record winning time: 3.16.30 Kingston Rule (1990)
  Widest winning margin: eight lengths by Archer in 1862 and Rain Lover in 1968
  Heaviest weight carried by winner Carbine (66kg) and Makybe Diva holds the record for a mare with 58kg in 2005. Phar Lap carried the heaviest weight of all time in 1931 where it finished eighth. That now equates to 68kg.
  Longest odds winners Four horses have won paying $100. The Pearl (1871), Wotan (1936), Old Rowley (1940) and Prince Of Penzance in 2015.
  Shortest odds winners Phar Lap at 8/11 ($1.73) in 1930.
  Fewest runners 7 (1863)
  Most runners 39 (1890). Fields are now limited to a maximum of 24 runners for safety concerns.

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