Melbourne Cup Winners
Here is a list of all the winning horses, jockeys and trainers of the Melbourne Cup horse race since the first Melbourne Cup race in 1861 won by Archer, with a first prize of a gold watch and 170 pounds cash.
In 2019, the winner of the Melbourne Cup received prize money of over $4 million. See a history of the Melbourne Cup prizemoney.
| Year | Winner | Weight (kg) | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Twilight Payment | 55.5 | Jye McNeil | Joseph O'Brien |
| 2019 | Vow And Declare | 52.0 | Craig Williams | Danny O'Brien |
| 2018 | Cross Counter | 51.0 | Kerrin McEvoy | Chris Appleby |
| 2017 | Rekindling | 51.5 | Corey Brown | Joseph O'Brien |
| 2016 | Almandin | 52.0 | Kerrin McEvoy | Robert Hickmott |
| 2015 | Prince of Penzance | 53.0 | Michelle Payne | Darren Weir |
| 2014 | Protectionist | 56.5 | Ryan Moore | Andreas Wohler |
| 2013 | Fiorente | 55.0 | Damien Oliver | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2012 | Green Moon | 53.5 | Brett Pebble | Robert Hickmott |
| 2011 | Dunaden | 54.5 | Christophe Lemaire | Mikel Delzangles |
| 2010 | Americain | 54.5 | Gerald Mosse | Alain de Royer-Dupre |
| 2009 | Shocking | 51.0 | Corey Brown | Mark Kavanagh |
| 2008 | Viewed | 53.0 | B Shinn | Bart (J.B.) Cummings |
| 2007 | Efficient | 54.5 | Michael Rodd | Graeme Rogerson |
| 2006 | Delta Blues | 56 | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Smuii (Japan) |
| 2005 | Makybe Diva | 58 | Glen Boss | Lee Freedman |
| 2004 | Makybe Diva | 55.5 | Glen Boss | Lee Freedman |
| 2003 | Makybe Diva | 52 | Glen Boss | D. J. Hall |
| 2002 | Media Puzzle | 52.5 | D. Oliver | D. K. Weld |
| 2001 | Etheral | 52 | S. Seamer | Ms. S. Laxon |
| 2000 | Brew | 55.05 | K. McEvoy | M. Moroney |
| 1999 | Rogan Josh | 53.5 | J. MARSHALL | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1998 | Jezabeel | 53 | C. MUNCE | B. JENKINS |
| 1997 | MIGHT AND POWER | 56 | J.CASSIDY | J.DENHAM |
| 1996 | SAINTLY | 55.5 | D.BEADMAN | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1995 | DORIEMUS | 54.5 | D.OLIVER | D.L.FREEDMAN |
| 1994 | JEUNE | 56.5 | W.HARRIS | D.A.HAYES |
| 1993 | VINTAGE CROP | 55.5 | M.KINANE | D.WELD |
| 1992 | SUBZERO | 54.5 | G.HALL | D.L.FREEDMAN |
| 1991 | LET'S ELOPE | 51 | S.R.KING | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1990 | KINGSTON RULE | 53 | D.BEADMAN | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1989 | TAWRIFFIC | 54 | R.S.DYE | D.L.FREEDMAN |
| 1988 | EMPIRE ROSE | 53.5 | T.K.ALLAN | L.K.LAXON |
| 1987 | KENSEI | 51.5 | L.OLSEN | L.J.BRIDGE |
| 1986 | AT TALAQ | 54.5 | M.CLARKE | C.S.HAYES |
| 1985 | WHAT A NUISANCE | 52.5 | P.T.HYLAND | J.F.MEAGHER |
| 1984 | BLACK KNIGHT | 50 | P.COOK | G.M.HANLON |
| 1983 | KIWI | 52 | J.A.CASSIDY | E.S.LUPTON |
| 1982 | GURNER'S LANE | 56 | L.DITTMAN | G.T.MURPHY |
| 1981 | JUST A DASH | 53.5 | P.COOK | T.J.SMITH |
| 1980 | BELDALE BALL | 49.5 | J.LETTS | C.S.HAYES |
| 1979 | HYPERNO | 56 | H.WHITE | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1978 | ARWON | 50.5 | H.WHITE | G.M.HANLON |
| 1977 | GOLD AND BLACK | 57 | J.DUGGAN | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1976 | VAN DER HUM | 54.5 | R.J.SKELTON | L.H.ROBINSON |
| 1975 | THINK BIG | 58.5 | H.WHITE | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1974 | THINK BIG | 53 | H.WHITE | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1973 | GALA SUPREME | 49 | F.REYS | R.J.HUTCHINS |
| 1972 | PIPING LANE | 48 | J.LETTS | G.M.HANLON |
| 1971 | SILVER KNIGHT | 8.9 | R.B.MARSH | E.TEMPERTON |
| 1970 | BAGHDAD NOTE | 8.7 | E.J.DIDHAM | R.HEASLEY |
| 1969 | RAIN LOVER | 9.7 | J.JOHNSON | M.L.ROBINS |
| 1968 | RAIN LOVER | 8.2 | J.JOHNSON | M.L.ROBINS |
| 1967 | RED HANDED | 8.9 | R.HIGGINS | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1966 | GALILEE | 8.13 | J.MILLER | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1965 | LIGHT FINGERS | 8.4 | R.HIGGINS | J.B.CUMMINGS |
| 1964 | POLO PRINCE | 8.3 | R.TAYLOR | J.P.CARTER |
| 1963 | GATUM GATUM | 7.12 | J.JOHNSON | H.G.HEAGNEY |
| 1962 | EVEN STEVENS | 8.5 | L.COLES | A.McGREGOR |
| 1961 | LORD FURY | 7.8 | R.SELKRIG | F.B.LEWIS |
| 1960 | HI JINX | 7.1 | W.A.SMITH | T.H.KNOWLES |
| 1959 | MACDOUGAL | 8.11 | P.GLENNON | R.W.RODEN |
| 1958 | BAYSTONE | 8.9 | M.SCHUMACHER | J.GREEN |
| 1957 | STRAIGHT DRAW | 8.5 | N.McGROWDIE | J.M.MITCHELL |
| 1956 | EVENING PEAL | 8 | G.PODMORE | E.D.LAWSON |
| 1955 | TOPAROA | 7.8 | N.SELLWOOD | T.J.SMITH |
| 1954 | RISING FAST | 9.5 | J.PURTELL | I.J.TUCKER |
| 1953 | WODALLA | 8.4 | J.PURTELL | R.SINCLAIR |
| 1952 | DALRAY | 9.8 | W.WILLIAMSON | C.C.McCARTHY |
| 1951 | DELTA | 9.5 | N.SELLWOOD | M.McCARTEN |
| 1950 | COMIC COURT | 9.5 | P.GLENNON | J.CUMMINGS |
| 1949 | FOXZAMI | 8.8 | W.FELLOWS | D.LEWIS |
| 1948 | RIMFIRE | 7.2 | R.NEVILLE | S.BOYDEN |
| 1947 | HIRAJI | 7.11 | J.PURTELL | J.W.McCURLEY |
| 1946 | RUSSIA | 9 | D.MUNRO | E.HUSH |
| 1945 | RAINBIRD | 7.7 | W.COOK | S.EVANS |
| 1944 | SIRIUS | 8.5 | D.MUNRO | E.FISHER |
| 1943 | DARK FELT | 8.4 | V.HARTNEY | R.WEBSTER |
| 1942 | COLONUS | 7.2 | H.McCLOUD | F.MANNING |
| 1941 | SKIPTON | 7.7 | W.COOK | J.FRYER |
| 1940 | OLD ROWLEY | 7.12 | A.KNOX | J.A.SCULLY |
| 1939 | RIVETTE | 7.9 | E.PRESTON | H.BAMBER |
| 1938 | CATALOGUE | 8.4 | F.SHEAN | A.McDONALD |
| 1937 | THE TRUMP | 8.5 | A.REED | S.W.READ |
| 1936 | WOTAN | 7.11 | O.PHILLIPS | J.FRYER |
| 1935 | MARABOU | 7.11 | K.VOITRE | L.ROBERTSON |
| 1934 | PETER PAN | 9.1 | D.MUNRO | F.McGRATH |
| 1933 | HALL MARK | 7.8 | J.O'SULLIVAN | J.HOLT |
| 1932 | PETER PAN | 7.6 | W.DUNCAN | F.McGRATH |
| 1931 | WHITE NOSE | 6.12 | N.PERCIVAL | E.J.HATWELL |
| 1930 | PHAR LAP | 9.12 | J.E.PIKE | H.R.TELFORD |
| 1929 | NIGHTMARCH | 9.2 | R.REED | A.McAULAY |
| 1928 | STATESMAN | 8 | J.MUNRO | W.KELSO |
| 1927 | TRIVALVE | 7.6 | R.LEWIS | J.SCOBIE |
| 1926 | SPEARFELT | 9.3 | H.CAIRNS | V.O'NEILL |
| 1925 | WINDBAG | 9.2 | J.MUNRO | G.PRICE |
| 1924 | BACKWOOD | 8.2 | P.BROWN | R.BRADFIELD |
| 1923 | BITALLI | 7 | A.WILSON | J.SCOBIE |
| 1922 | KING INGODA | 7.1 | A.WILSON | J.SCOBIE |
| 1921 | SISTER OLIVE | 6.9 | E.O'SULLIVAN | J.WILLIAMS |
| 1920 | POITREL | 10 | K.BRACKEN | H.J.ROBINSON |
| 1919 | ARTILLERYMAN | 7.6 | R.LEWIS | P.T.HEYWOOD |
| 1918 | NIGHT WATCH | 6.9 | W.DUNCAN | R.BRADFIELD |
| 1917 | WESTCOURT | 8.5 | W.McLACHLAN | J.BURTON |
| 1916 | SASANOF | 6.12 | F.FOLEY | M.HOBBS |
| 1915 | PATROBAS | 7.6 | R.LEWIS | C.WHEELER |
| 1914 | KINGSBURGH | 6.12 | K.G.MEDDICK | I.FOULSHAM |
| 1913 | POSINATUS | 7.1 | A.SHANAHAN | J.CHAMBERS |
| 1912 | PIASTRE | 7.9 | A.SHANAHAN | R.O'CONNER |
| 1911 | THE PARISIAN | 8.9 | R.CAMERON | C.WHEELER |
| 1910 | COMEDY KING | 7.11 | W.McLACHLAN | J.LYNCH |
| 1909 | PRINCE FOOTE | 7.8 | W.McLACHLAN | F.McGRATH |
| 1908 | LORD NOLAN | 6.1 | J.FLYNN | E.A.MAO |
| 1907 | APOLOGUE | 7.9 | W.EVANS | I.EARNSHAW |
| 1906 | POSEIDON | 7.6 | T.CLAYTON | I.EARNSHAW |
| 1905 | BLUE SPEC | 8 | F.BULLOCK | W.HICKENBOTHAM |
| 1904 | ACRASIA | 7.6 | T.CLAYTON | A.E.WILLS |
| 1903 | LORD CARDIGAN | 6.8 | N.GODBY | A.E.CORNWELL |
| 1902 | THE VICTORY | 8.12 | R.LEWIS | R.BRADFIELD |
| 1901 | REVENUE | 7.1 | F.DUNN | F.MUNRO |
| 1900 | CLEAN SWEEP | 7 | A.RICHARDSON | J.SCOBIE |
| 1899 | MERRIWEE | 7.6 | V.TURNER | J.WILSON (JNR) |
| 1898 | THE GRAFTER | 9.2 | J.GOUGH | W.FORRESTER |
| 1897 | GAULUS | 7.8 | S.CALLINAN | W.FORRESTER |
| 1896 | NEWHAVEN | 7.13 | H.J.GARDINER | W.HICKENBOTHAM |
| 1895 | AURARIA | 7.4 | J.STEVENSON | J.H.HILL |
| 1894 | PATRON | 8.3 | H.G.DAWES | R.BRADFIELD |
| 1893 | TARCOOLA | 8.4 | H.CRIPPS | J.CRIPPS |
| 1892 | GLENLOTH | 7.13 | G.ROBSON | M.CARMODY |
| 1891 | MALVOLIO | 8.4 | G.REDFEARN | J.REDFEARN |
| 1890 | CARBINE | 10.5 | R.RAMAGE | W.HICKENBOTHAM |
| 1889 | BRAVO | 8.7 | J.ANWIN | T.WILSON |
| 1888 | MENTOR | 8.3 | M.O'BRIEN | W.HICKENBOTHAM |
| 1887 | DUNLOP | 8.3 | T.SANDERS | J.NICHOLSON |
| 1886 | ARSENAL | 7.5 | W.ENGLISH | H.RAYNER |
| 1885 | SHEET ANCHOR | 7.11 | M.O'BRIEN | T.WILSON |
| 1884 | MALUA | 9.9 | A.ROBERTSON | I.FOULSHAM |
| 1883 | MARTINI-HENRI | 7.5 | J.WILLIAMSON | M.FENNELLY |
| 1882 | THE ASSYRIAN | 7.13 | C.HUTCHENS | J.E.SAVILL |
| 1881 | ZULU | 5.1 | J.GOUGH | T.LAMOND |
| 1880 | GRAND FLANEUR | 6.1 | T.HALES | T.BROWN |
| 1879 | DARRIWELL | 7.4 | S.CRACKNELL | W.E.DAKIN |
| 1878 | CALAMIA | 8.2 | T.BROWN | E.DE MESTRE |
| 1877 | CHESTER | 6.12 | P.PIGOTT | E.DE MESTRE |
| 1876 | BRISEIS | 6.4 | P.ST ALBANS | J.WILSON |
| 1875 | WOLLOMAI | 7.8 | R.BATTY | S.MOON |
| 1874 | HARICOT | 6.7 | P.PIGOTT | S.HARDING |
| 1873 | DON JUAN | 6.12 | W.WILSON | J.WILSON |
| 1872 | THE QUACK | 7.1 | W.ENDERSON | J.TAIT |
| 1871 | THE PEARL | 7.3 | J.CAVANAGH | J.TAIT |
| 1870 | NIMBLEFOOT | 6 | J.DAY | W.LANG |
| 1869 | WARRIOR | 8.1 | J.MORRISON | R.SEVOIR |
| 1868 | GLENCOE | 9.1 | C.STANLEY | J.TAIT |
| 1867 | TIM WHIFFLER | 8.11 | J.DRISCOLL | E.DE MESTRE |
| 1866 | THE BARB | 6.9 | W.DAVIS | J.TAIT |
| 1865 | TORYBOY | 7 | E.CAVANAGH | P.MILEY |
| 1864 | LANTERN | 6.3 | S.DAVIS | S.MAHON |
| 1863 | BANKER | 5.4 | H.CHIFNEY | S.WALDOCK |
| 1862 | Archer | 10.2 | J.CUTTS | E.DE MESTRE |
| 1861 | Archer | 9.7 | J.CUTTS | E.DE MESTRE |
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