Run annually at Victoria Racing Club’s Flemington Racecourse, the Melbourne Cup is the richest thoroughbred handicap held in Australia, and the prize money and trophies make it among the most coveted horseraces in the world.
While ‘the Cup’ was first run on a Thursday, in 1875 it changed to a Tuesday and has normally been run on the first Tuesday in November each year.
From Etienne de Mestre in the 1860s and 1870s, and Lee Freedman in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, who have both trained five Cup winners, to the ‘Cup’s King’ Bart Cummings, who has won 12 Cups since 1965, the Melbourne Cup is firmly entrenched as a horse trainer's ultimate accolade in thoroughbred racing.
Countdown the Top 5 winners from 2020’s Melbourne Cup Carnival - does your favourite feature?
Bivouac
Sire: Exceed And Excel
Trainer: James Cummings
Jockey: Glen Boss
1st Darley Sprint Classic 2020
1st Newmarket Handicap 2020
1st Golden Rose 2019
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Twilight Payment
Sire: Teofilo
Trainer: Joseph O’Brien
Jockey: Jye Mcneil
1st Melbourne Cup 2020
1st Curragh Cup 2020
1st Vintage Crop Stakes 2020
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Arcadia Queen
Sire: Pierro
Trainer: Grant & Alana Williams
Jockey: Luke Currie
1st Mackinnon Stakes 2020
1st Neds Stakes 2020
1st Magic Millions-Kingston Town Classic 2018
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September Run
Sire: Exceed And Excel
Trainer: Chris Waller
Jockey: Craig Williams
1st Coolmore Stud Stakes 2020
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Personal
Sire: Fastnet Rock
Trainer: Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes
Jockey: Damien Oliver
1st Kennedy Oaks 2020
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Melbourne Cup past winners
2020
Twilight Payment
Jye McNeil
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
2019
Vow And Declare
Craig Williams
Danny O'Brien
2018
Cross Counter
Kerrin McEvoy
Charlie Appleby
2017
Rekindling
Corey Brown
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
2016
Almandin
Kerrin McEvoy
Robert Hickmott
2015
Prince of Penzance
Michelle Payne
Darren Weir
2014
Protectionist
Ryan Moore
Andreas Wöhler
2013
Fiorente
Damien Oliver
Gai Waterhouse
2012
Green Moon
Brett Prebble
Robert Hickmott
2011
Dunaden
Christophe Lemaire
Mikel Delzangles
2010
Americain
Gérald Mossé
Alain de Royer-Dupré
2009
Shocking
Corey Brown
Mark Kavanagh
2008
Viewed
Blake Shinn
Bart Cummings
2007
Efficient
Michael Rodd
Graeme Rogerson
2006
Delta Blues
Yasunari Iwata
Katsuhiko Sumii
2005
Makybe Diva
Glen Boss
Lee Freedman
2004
Makybe Diva
Glen Boss
Lee Freedman
2003
Makybe Diva
Glen Boss
David Hall
2002
Media Puzzle
Damien Oliver
Dermot K. Weld
2001
Ethereal
Scott Seamer
Sheila Laxon
2000
Brew
Kerrin McEvoy
Mike Moroney
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