The first Melbourne Cup was run way back in 1861 when Archer won the first edition of the famous race. Since then, the Cup has been run every year without fail. Find out who won the Melbourne Cup in each year, the weight they carried, the barrier they started from, their age and gender, their trainer, jockey and the time they ran.
Our table below shows the past winners of the Melbourne Cup:
List of Melbourne Cup winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Barrier | Weight | Time | Number | Starters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Twilight Payment | Jye McNeil | Joseph Patrick O’Brien | 8 g | 12 | 55.5 | 03:17.3 | 6 | 23 |
| 2019 | Vow And Declare | Craig Williams | Danny O’Brien | 4 g | 21 | 52 | 03:24.8 | 23 | 24 |
| 2018 | Cross Counter | Kerrin McEvoy | Charlie Appleby | 4 g | 19 | 51 | 03:21.2 | 23 | 24 |
| 2017 | Rekindling | Corey Brown | Joseph Patrick O’Brien | 4 h | 4 | 51.5 | 03:21.3 | 22 | 23 |
| 2016 | Almandin | Kerrin McEvoy | Robert Hickmott | 7 g | 17 | 52 | 03:20.6 | 17 | 24 |
| 2015 | Prince of Penzance | Michelle Payne | Darren Weir | 6 g | 1 | 53 | 03:23.1 | 19 | 24 |
| 2014 | Protectionist | Ryan Moore | Andreas Wöhler [de] | 5 h | 10 | 56.5 | 03:17.7 | 5 | 22 |
| 2013 | Fiorente | Damien Oliver | Gai Waterhouse | 6 h | 5 | 55 | 03:20.3 | 6 | 24 |
| 2012 | Green Moon | Brett Prebble | Robert Hickmott | 6 h | 5 | 53.5 | 03:20.4 | 14 | 24 |
| 2011 | Dunaden | Christophe Lemaire | Mikel Delzangles | 6 h | 13 | 54.5 | 03:20.8 | 3 | 23 |
| 2010 | Americain | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | 6 h | 14 | 54.5 | 03:26.9 | 8 | 22 |
| 2009 | Shocking | Corey Brown | Mark Kavanagh | 4 h | 22 | 51 | 03:23.9 | 21 | 23 |
| 2008 | Viewed | Blake Shinn | Bart Cummings | 5 h | 8 | 53 | 03:20.4 | 10 | 22 |
| 2007 | Efficient | Michael Rodd | Graeme Rogerson | 4 g | 10 | 54.5 | 03:23.3 | 6 | 21 |
| 2006 | Delta Blues | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Sumii | 6 h | 10 | 56 | 03:21.5 | 2 | 23 |
| 2005 | Makybe Diva | Glen Boss | Lee Freedman | 7 m | 14 | 58 | 03:19.2 | 1 | 24 |
| 2004 | Makybe Diva | Glen Boss | Lee Freedman | 6 m | 7 | 55.5 | 03:28.5 | 5 | 24 |
| 2003 | Makybe Diva | Glen Boss | David Hall | 5 m | 14 | 51 | 03:19.9 | 12 | 23 |
| 2002 | Media Puzzle | Damien Oliver | Dermot K. Weld | 6 g | 3 | 52.5 | 03:17.0 | 14 | 19 |
| 2001 | Ethereal | Scott Seamer | Sheila Laxon | 4 m | 13 | 52 | 03:21.1 | 13 | 22 |
| 2000 | Brew | Kerrin McEvoy | Mike Moroney | 6 g | 22 | 49 | 03:18.7 | 24 | 23 |
| 1999 | Rogan Josh | John Marshall | Bart Cummings | 7 g | 21 | 50 | 03:19.6 | 17 | 24 |
| 1998 | Jezabeel | Chris Munce | Brian Jenkins | 6 m | 16 | 51 | 03:18.6 | 22 | 25 |
| 1997 | Might And Power | Jim Cassidy | Jack Denham | 4 h | 2 | 56 | 03:18.3 | 3 | 22 |
| 1996 | Saintly | Darren Beadman | Bart Cummings | 4 g | 3 | 55.5 | 03:18.8 | 5 | 22 |
| 1995 | Doriemus | Damien Oliver | Lee Freedman | 5 g | 21 | 54.5 | 03:27.6 | 6 | 21 |
| 1994 | Jeune | Wayne Harris | David Hayes | 6 h | 5 | 56.5 | 03:19.8 | 6 | 24 |
| 1993 | Vintage Crop | Michael Kinane | Dermot K. Weld | 7 g | 5 | 55.5 | 03:23.4 | 6 | 24 |
| 1992 | Subzero | Greg Hall | Lee Freedman | 4 h | 14 | 54.5 | 03:24.7 | 8 | 21 |
| 1991 | Lets Elope | Steven King | Bart Cummings | 4 m | 10 | 51 | 03:18.9 | 15 | 24 |
| 1990 | Kingston Rule | Darren Beadman | Bart Cummings | 5 h | 1 | 53 | 03:16.3 | 8 | 24 |
| 1989 | Tawrrific | Shane Dye | Lee Freedman | 5 h | 11 | 54 | 03:17.1 | 6 | 23 |
| 1988 | Empire Rose | Tony Allan | Laurie Laxon | 6 m | 20 | 53.5 | 03:18.9 | 11 | 22 |
| 1987 | Kensei | Larry Olsen | Les J. Bridge | 5 g | 4 | 51.5 | 03:22.0 | 8 | 21 |
| 1986 | At Talaq | Michael Clarke | C S Hayes | 6 h | 17 | 54.5 | 03:21.7 | 4 | 22 |
| 1985 | What A Nuisance | Pat Hyland | John Meagher | 7 g | 17 | 52.5 | 03:23.0 | 13 | 23 |
| 1984 | Black Knight | Peter Cook | George Hanlon | 5 g | 11 | 50 | 03:18.9 | 17 | 19 |
| 1983 | Kiwi | Jim Cassidy | Ewen S. Lupton | 6 g | 2 | 52 | 03:18.9 | 11 | 24 |
| 1982 | Gurners Lane | Mick Dittman | Geoff Murphy | 4 g | 22 | 56 | 03:21.2 | 4 | 23 |
| 1981 | Just A Dash | Peter Cook | T J Smith | 4 g | 9 | 53.5 | 03:21.2 | 7 | 22 |
| 1980 | Beldale Ball | John Letts | C S Hayes | 5 h | 22 | 49.5 | 03:19.8 | 15 | 22 |
| 1979 | Hyperno | Harry White | Bart Cummings | 6 g | 11 | 56 | 03:21.8 | 2 | 22 |
| 1978 | Arwon | Harry White | George Hanlon | 5 g | 20 | 50.5 | 03:24.3 | 12 | 22 |
| 1977 | Gold And Black | John Duggan | Bart Cummings | 5 g | 14 | 57 | 03:18.4 | 2 | 24 |
| 1976 | Van Der Hum | Robert J. Skelton | Len H. Robinson | 5 g | 23 | 54.5 | 03:34.1 | 6 | 23 |
| 1975 | Think Big | Harry White | Bart Cummings | 5 g | 3 | 58.5 | 03:29.6 | 2 | 20 |
| 1974 | Think Big | Harry White | Bart Cummings | 4 g | 16 | 53 | 03:23.1 | 12 | 22 |
| 1973 | Gala Supreme | Frank Reys | Ray Hutchins | 4 g | 24 | 49 | 03:19.5 | 15 | 24 |
| 1972 | Piping Lane | John Letts | George Hanlon | 6 g | 11 | 48 | 03:19.3 | 16 | 22 |
| 1971 | Silver Knight | R. Bruce Marsh | Eric Temperton | 4 h | 15 | 55 | 03:19.5 | 8 | 21 |
| 1970 | Bagdad Note | Midge Didham | Robert Heasley | 5 g | 13 | 54 | 03:19.7 | 4 | 23 |
| 1969 | Rain Lover | Jim Johnson | Mick L. Robins | 5 h | 5 | 60.5 | 03:21.5 | 2 | 23 |
| 1968 | Rain Lover | Jim Johnson | Mick L. Robins | 4 h | 24 | 51.5 | 03:19.1 | 11 | 26 |
| 1967 | Red Handed | Roy Higgins | Bart Cummings | 5 g | 19 | 55 | 03:20.4 | 5 | 22 |
| 1966 | Galilee | John Miller | Bart Cummings | 4 g | 14 | 56.5 | 03:21.9 | 4 | 22 |
| 1965 | Light Fingers | Roy Higgins | Bart Cummings | 4 m | 6 | 52.5 | 03:21.1 | 14 | 26 |
| 1964 | Polo Prince | Ron Taylor | John P. Carter | 6 g | 4 | 52 | 03:19.6 | 12 | 26 |
| 1963 | Gatum Gatum | Jim Johnson | H. Graeme Heagney | 5 g | 19 | 50 | 03:21.1 | 22 | 26 |
| 1962 | Even Stevens | Les Coles | Arch McGregor | 5 h | 21 | 53 | 03:21.4 | 6 | 26 |
| 1961 | Lord Fury | Ray Selkrig | Frank B. Lewis | 4 h | 6 | 48 | 03:19.5 | 17 | 25 |
| 1960 | Hi Jinx | William A. Smith | Trevor H. Knowles | 5 m | 6 | 49 | 03:23.7 | 32 | |
| 1959 | Macdougal | Pat Glennon | Richard W. Roden | 6 g | 16 | 56 | 03:23.0 | 5 | 28 |
| 1958 | Baystone | Mel Schumacher | Jack Green | 6 g | 10 | 55 | 03:21.2 | 7 | 29 |
| 1957 | Straight Draw | Noel L. McGrowdie | J. M. Mitchell | 5 g | 8 | 53 | 03:24.5 | 9 | 19 |
| 1956 | Evening Peal | George Podmore | E. D. Lawson | 4 m | 10 | 51 | 03:19.5 | 12 | 22 |
| 1955 | Toparoa | Neville Sellwood | T J Smith | 7 g | 19 | 48 | 03:28.3 | 11 | 24 |
| 1954 | Rising Fast | Jack Purtell | Ivan Tucker | 5 g | 8 | 59.5 | 03:23.0 | 1 | 25 |
| 1953 | Wodalla | Jack Purtell | Robert Sinclair | 4 h | 5 | 52.5 | 03:23.7 | 9 | 21 |
| 1952 | Dalray | Bill Williamson | C. C. McCarthy | 4 h | 1 | 61 | 03:23.7 | 1 | 30 |
| 1951 | Delta | Neville Sellwood | Maurice McCarten | 5 h | 8 | 59.5 | 03:24.2 | 1 | 28 |
| 1950 | Comic Court | Pat Glennon | J. M. Cummings | 5 h | 14 | 59.5 | 03:19.5 | 1 | 26 |
| 1949 | Foxami | William Fellows | D. Lewis | 4 h | 12 | 54.5 | 03:28.5 | 5 | 31 |
| 1948 | Rimfire | Ray Neville | Stan Boyden | 6 g | 23 | 45.5 | 03:21.0 | 25 | 30 |
| 1947 | Hiraji | Jack Purtell | J. W. McCurley | 4 g | 11 | 49.5 | 03:28.0 | 12 | 30 |
| 1946 | Russia | Darby Munro | E. Hush | 6 h | 1 | 57 | 03:21.2 | 1 | 35 |
| 1945 | Rainbird | Billy Cook | S. Evans | 4 m | 17 | 47.5 | 03:24.2 | 17 | 26 |
| 1944 | Sirius | Darby Munro | E. Fisher | 4 h | 4 | 53 | 03:24.5 | 4 | 23 |
| 1943 | Dark Felt | Vic Hartney | Ray Webster | 6 h | 9 | 52.5 | 03:23.3 | 5 | 24 |
| 1942 | Colonus | H. McCloud | F. Manning | 4 h | 24 | 45.5 | 03:33.2 | 19 | 24 |
| 1941 | Skipton | Billy Cook | J. Fryer | 3 c | 19 | 47.5 | 03:23.7 | 13 | 23 |
| 1940 | Old Rowley | Andy Knox | J. A. Scully | 7 g | 5 | 50 | 03:26.0 | 11 | 20 |
| 1939 | Rivette | Teddy Preston | Harry Bamber | 6 m | 4 | 48.5 | 03:27.0 | 12 | 26 |
| 1938 | Catalogue | F. Shean | Mr. Allan McDonald[23] | 8 g | 17 | 52.5 | 03:26.2 | 5 | 22 |
| 1937 | The Trump | Ashley Reed | S. W. Reid | 5 g | 8 | 53 | 03:21.5 | 10 | 28 |
| 1936 | Wotan | Ossie Phillips | J. Fryer | 4 h | 6 | 49.5 | 03:21.2 | 15 | 20 |
| 1935 | Maraboa | K. Voitre | Lou Robertson | 4 h | 10 | 49.5 | 03:23.7 | 12 | 22 |
| 1934 | Peter Pan | Darby Munro | Frank McGrath Sr. | 5 h | 25 | 61.5 | 03:40.5 | 1 | 22 |
| 1933 | Hall Mark | J. O’Sullivan | Jack Holt | 3 c | 6 | 48 | 03:27.5 | 13 | 18 |
| 1932 | Peter Pan | Bill Duncan | Frank McGrath Sr. | 3 c | 11 | 47 | 03:23.3 | 18 | 27 |
| 1931 | White Nose | N. Percival | E. J. Hatwell | 5 h | 12 | 43.5 | 03:26.0 | 14 | 14 |
| 1930 | Phar Lap | James E. Pike | Harry R. Telford | 4 g | 13 | 62.5 | 03:27.7 | 1 | 15 |
| 1929 | Nightmarch | Roy Reed | A. McAulay | 4 h | 5 | 58 | 03:26.5 | 3 | 14 |
| 1928 | Statesman | James L. Munro | William Kelso | 4 h | 19 | 51 | 03:23.3 | 8 | 17 |
| 1927 | Trivalve | Bobby Lewis | James Scobie | 3 c | 27 | 47 | 03:24.0 | 19 | 26 |
| 1926 | Spearfelt | Hugh Harold Cairns | V. O’Neill | 5 h | 1 | 58.5 | 03:22.7 | 4 | 21 |
| 1925 | Windbag | James L. Munro | George R. Price | 4 h | 25 | 58 | 03:22.7 | 2 | 28 |
| 1924 | Backwood | Bunty Brown | Richard Bradfield | 6 h | 7 | 51.5 | 03:26.5 | 9 | 18 |
| 1923 | Bitalli | Titch Wilson | James Scobie | 5 g | 0 | 44.5 | 03:24.2 | 21 | 26 |
| 1922 | King Ingodas | Titch Wilson | James Scobie | 4 h | 0 | 45 | 03:28.3 | 23 | 32 |
| 1921 | Sister Olive | Ted O’Sullivan | J. Williams | 3 f | 0 | 44 | 03:27.7 | 24 | 25 |
| 1920 | Poitrel | Ken Bracken | H. J. Robinson | 6 h | 0 | 63.5 | 03:25.7 | 1 | 23 |
| 1919 | Artilleryman | Bobby Lewis | P. T. Heywood | 3 c | 0 | 47 | 03:24.5 | 13 | 20 |
| 1918 | Night Watch | Bill Duncan | Richard Bradfield | 5 g | 0 | 42 | 03:25.7 | 24 | 27 |
| 1917 | Westcourt | William H. McLachlan | Joe Burton | 5 h | 0 | 53 | 03:26.7 | 12 | 20 |
| 1916 | Sasanof | F. Foley | M. Hobbs | 3 g | 0 | 43.5 | 03:27.7 | 28 | 28 |
| 1915 | Patrobas | Bobby Lewis | C. Wheeler | 3 c | 0 | 47 | 03:28.3 | 19 | 24 |
| 1914 | Kingsburgh | George Meddick | Isaac Foulsham | 4 h | 0 | 43.5 | 03:26.0 | 25 | 28 |
| 1913 | Posinatus | A. Shanahan | J. Chambers | 5 g | 0 | 49 | 03:31.0 | 8 | 20 |
| 1912 | Piastre | A. Shanahan | R. O’Connor | 4 h | 0 | 48.5 | 03:27.5 | 14 | 23 |
| 1911 | The Parisian | R. Cameron | C. Wheeler | 6 g | 0 | 55 | 03:27.7 | 4 | 33 |
| 1910 | Comedy King | William H. McLachlan | James Lynch | 4 h | 0 | 49.5 | 03:27.7 | 16 | 30 |
| 1909 | Prince Foote | William H. McLachlan | Frank McGrath Sr. | 3 c | 0 | 48 | 03:27.5 | 17 | 26 |
| 1908 | Lord Nolan | J. R. Flynn | E. A. Mayo | 3 c | 0 | 42.5 | 03:28.7 | 24 | 22 |
| 1907 | Apologue | Bill Evans | Isaac Earnshaw | 5 h | 0 | 48.5 | 03:27.5 | 18 | 19 |
| 1906 | Poseidon | Tom Clayton | Isaac Earnshaw | 3 c | 0 | 47 | 03:31.2 | 15 | 21 |
| 1905 | Blue Spec | Frank Bullock | Walter Hickenbotham | 6 h | 0 | 51 | 03:27.5 | 12 | 27 |
| 1904 | Acrasia | Tom Clayton | A. E. Wills | 7 m | 0 | 47 | 03:28.3 | 19 | 34 |
| 1903 | Lord Cardigan | Norman Godby | A. E. Cornwell | 3 c | 0 | 41.5 | 03:29.2 | 22 | 24 |
| 1902 | The Victory | Bobby Lewis | Richard Bradfield | 4 h | 0 | 56 | 03:29.0 | 3 | 22 |
| 1901 | Revenue | Frederick J. Dunn | Hugh Munro | 5 g | 0 | 49 | 03:30.5 | 10 | 19 |
| 1900 | Clean Sweep | Andrew Richardson | James Scobie | 3 c | 0 | 44.5 | 03:29.0 | 23 | 29 |
| 1899 | Merriwee | V. Turner | James Wilson Jr. | 3 c | 0 | 47 | 03:36.5 | 22 | 28 |
| 1898 | The Grafter | John Gough | William “Black Bill” Forrester | 5 g | 0 | 58 | 03:29.7 | 4 | 28 |
| 1897 | Gaulus | Stephen Callinan | William “Black Bill” Forrester | 6 h | 0 | 48 | 03:31.0 | 20 | 29 |
| 1896 | Newhaven | H. J. Gardiner | Walter Hickenbotham | 3 c | 0 | 50.5 | 03:28.5 | 11 | 25 |
| 1895 | Auraria | J. Stevenson | J. H. Hill | 3 f | 0 | 46.5 | 03:29.0 | 26 | 36 |
| 1894 | Patron | Henry G. Dawes | Richard Bradfield | 4 h | 0 | 52 | 03:31.0 | 4 | 28 |
| 1893 | Tarcoola | Herbert Cripps | Joseph Cripps | 7 h | 0 | 52.5 | 03:30.5 | 12 | 30 |
| 1892 | Glenloth | G. Robson | M. Carmody | 5 h | 0 | 50.5 | 03:36.2 | 13 | 35 |
| 1891 | Malvolio | G. Redfearn | J. Redfearn | 4 h | 0 | 52.5 | 03:29.2 | 9 | 34 |
| 1890 | Carbine | Robert Ramage | Walter Hickenbotham | 5 h | 0 | 66 | 03:28.3 | 1 | 39 |
| 1889 | Bravo | Jack Anwin | T. Wilson | 6 h | 0 | 54 | 03:32.5 | 4 | 20 |
| 1888 | Mentor | Mick O’Brien | Walter Hickenbotham | 4 h | 0 | 52 | 03:30.7 | 8 | 28 |
| 1887 | Dunlop | Tom Sanders | John Nicholson | 5 h | 0 | 52 | 03:28.5 | 4 | 18 |
| 1886 | Arsenal | W. English | H. Rayner | 4 h | 0 | 46.5 | 03:31.0 | 20 | 28 |
| 1885 | Sheet Anchor | Mick O’Brien | T. Wilson | 7 h | 0 | 49.5 | 03:29.5 | 9 | 35 |
| 1884 | Malua | Alick Robertson | Isaac Foulsham | 5 h | 0 | 61 | 03:31.8 | 2 | 24 |
| 1883 | Marini-Henri | J. Williamson | Michael Fennelly | 3 c | 0 | 46.5 | 03:30.5 | 19 | 29 |
| 1882 | The Assyrian | C. Hutchins | J. E. Savill | 5 h | 0 | 50.5 | 03:40.0 | 10 | 35 |
| 1881 | Zulu | Jim Gough | T. Lamond | 4 h | 0 | 36 | 03:32.5 | 39 | 33 |
| 1880 | Grand Flaneur | Thomas Hales | T. Brown | 3 c | 0 | 42.5 | 03:34.7 | 20 | 22 |
| 1879 | Darriwell | S. Cracknell | W. E. Dakin | 5 h | 0 | 46.5 | 03:30.7 | 11 | 27 |
| 1878 | Calamia | T. Brown | Etienne de Mestre | 5 h | 0 | 51.5 | 03:35.7 | 6 | 30 |
| 1877 | Chester | P. Pigott | Etienne de Mestre | 3 c | 0 | 43.5 | 03:33.5 | 19 | 33 |
| 1876 | Briseis | Peter St. Albans | James Wilson | 3 f | 0 | 40 | 03:36.2 | 33 | |
| 1875 | Wollomai | R. Batty | S. Moon | 6 h | 0 | 48 | 03:38.0 | 20 | |
| 1874 | Haricot | P. Pigott | S. Harding | 4 g | 0 | 41.5 | 03:37.5 | 18 | |
| 1873 | Don Juan | W. Wilson | James Wilson | 4 h | 0 | 43.5 | 03:36.0 | 24 | |
| 1872 | The Quack | W. Enderson | John Tait | 6 h | 0 | 49 | 03:39.0 | 22 | |
| 1871 | The Pearl | J. Cavanagh | John Tait | 5 h | 0 | 46 | 03:39.0 | 23 | |
| 1870 | Nimblefoot | J. Day | W. Lang | 7 g | 0 | 38 | 03:37.0 | 28 | |
| 1869 | Warrior | J. Morrison | R. Sevior | 6 g | 0 | 55.5 | 03:40.0 | 26 | |
| 1868 | Glencoe | C. Stanley | John Tait | 4 h | 0 | 57.5 | 03:42.0 | 25 | |
| 1867 | Tim Whiffler | John Driscoll | Etienne de Mestre | 5 h | 0 | 56 | 03:39.0 | 27 | |
| 1866 | The Barb | W. Davis | John Tait | 3 c | 0 | 42 | 03:43.0 | 28 | |
| 1865 | Toryboy | E. Cavanagh | P. Miley | 8 g | 0 | 44.5 | 03:44.0 | 23 | |
| 1864 | Lantern | S. Davis | S. Mahon | 3 c | 0 | 39.5 | 03:52.0 | 19 | |
| 1863 | Banker | H. Chifney | Sam Waldock | 3 c | 0 | 33.5 | 03:44.0 | 7 | |
| 1862 | Archer | John Cutts | Etienne de Mestre | 6 h | 0 | 64.5 | 03:47.0 | 20 | |
| 1861 | Archer | John Cutts | Etienne de Mestre | 5 h | 0 | 60.5 | 03:52.0 | 17 |
