What Horses Have Won The Melbourne Cup?

Some of the more notable Melbourne Cup winners include Carbine (1890), Phar Lap (1930), Peter Pan (1932 & 1934), Comic Court (1951), Rising Fast (1954), Galilee (1966), Rain Lover (1968 & 1969), Kiwi (1983), Vintage Crop (1993), Saintly (1996), Might And Power (1997) and Makybe Diva (2003, 2004 & 2005).

How many horses have won the Melbourne Cup?

This is a full list of all 162 Melbourne Cup winners from the first Cup win by Archer in 1861 to Gold Trip’s win in the 2022 Cup. This page includes trainers, jockeys, weights and more for every Cup winner in history! The 2023 Melbourne Cup will be the 163rd running of our premier staying race.

What horse has won the most Melbourne Cups?

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)

Who has won the Melbourne Cup?

Verry Elleegant 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.

Has an American horse ever won the Melbourne Cup?

Each year, internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race. Since 1882, New Zealand–bred horses have won 40 Melbourne Cups, British-bred horses five, American-bred horses four, Irish-bred horses four, German and French-bred horses two each, and Japanese-bred horses one.

Has a GREY horse ever won the Melbourne Cup?

Grey horses have won the race six times with cult hero Subzero tackling torrential conditions to win in 1992. Jockey Glen Boss and trainer Lee Freedman were written into Australian sporting folklore when Makybe Diva won her third Melbourne Cup in succession in 2005, weeks after winning the Cox Plate.

Has a filly ever won the Melbourne Cup?

Only 17 fillies/mares have won the Melbourne Cup, Verry Elleegant was the latest filly/mare to win (2021). If you are a numbers punter, a horse with the odds of $11 has won the Melbourne Cup 15 times. Only two horses have ever won at a quote of under $3.

Who is the winningest racehorse in history?

Winx. The phrase wonder-mare could have been coined for Winx. She stands alone as the winner of the most highest-level races with 25 Grade/Group 1 successes, a world record.

Who won 3 Melbourne Cups in a row?

Magnificent Makybe Diva
Magnificent Makybe Diva wins her third Melbourne Cup in a row, in 2005. Brew is kicked home to victory by jockey Kerrin McEvoy in the 2000 Melbourne Cup.

Which horse has won the most prize money ever?

World’s highest-earning racehorse: Winx
Her success on the track has made her a global superstar, and she is now the leading earner in horse racing, with over $18,739,211.44 (USD) in prize money. Winx’s incredible run of victories captivated the world of horse racing.

What horses won Melbourne Cup twice?

In it’s long history the Melbourne Cup has been won twice by four horses; Archer (1861 & 1862), Peter Pan (1932 & 1934), Rain Lover (1968 & 1969) and Think Big (1974 & 1975).

What horses have won the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup?

Only three horses have ever won the Melbourne Cup and then gone on to win the Cox Plate the following year: Phar Lap, Might and Power and Makybe Diva.

Have any horses won Melbourne Cup more than once?

Besides Makybe Diva, Think Big along with Rain Lover, Peter Pan and Archer are the only horses to win more than one Cup. Kingston Rule holds the race record at 3:16.30. Shadow King ran in six Melbourne Cups from 1929 with numerous placings. Prince Of Arran placed his three attempts.

Who was the oldest horse to win the Melbourne Cup?

* The oldest horses to win the race were the eight-year-olds Toryboy (1865), Catalogue (1938) and Twilight Payment (2020). * The last three-year-old to win was Skipton (1941).

Is the Melbourne Cup the biggest horse race in the world?

The most famous Thoroughbred race in Australia, the annual Melbourne Cup, dubbed “the race that stops a nation,” is a 3,200-meter (about 2-mile) turf handicap for three-year-olds and up. It is the second-richest turf race in the world, behind The Everest.

Did Phar Lap win the Melbourne Cup 3 times?

While some 155 different horses have won the Melbourne Cup, none have captured the imagination quite like Phar Lap did. But how many times did Australia’s most famous racehorse actually win the race that stops a nation? Phar Lap ran in the Melbourne Cup three times between 1929 and 1931.

What was the youngest horse to win the Melbourne Cup?

Peter St Albans (1864-1898) is the youngest jockey ever to win the Melbourne Cup.
Peter St. Albans.

Did Phar Lap win 1931 Melbourne Cup?

Amazingly, he won on all four days of the Flemington Spring Carnival. He followed up his 1930 victory by running eighth in the Cup in 1931 under a crushing 68 kg, the heaviest weight ever carried in the race. Other horses have won multiple Melbourne Cups, but few have eclipsed Phar Lap in Cup folklore.

Who is the greatest filly of all time?

The following year, Ruffian was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In its list of the top 100 American racehorses of the 20th century, The Blood-Horse magazine named her the century’s best filly or mare. A biopic, Ruffian, was released in 2007. She has been the subject of several books.

How many 7 year olds have won the Melbourne Cup?

In this century, only Makybe Diva (2005) and Almandin (2016) have won the race as seven-year-olds. The last eight-year-old winner of the Melbourne Cup was Twilight Payment. 2021 Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant won the race as a six-year-old.

How much does it cost to enter a horse in the Melbourne Cup?

a $600
After the weights have been allocated, each horse owner must pay a series of entry and acceptance fees, including a $600 initial entry fee, $960 first acceptance, $1,450 second acceptance, $2,450 third acceptance, and $45,375 final acceptance on the Saturday prior to the big race.