Melbourne Cup winners – View the List of Melbourne Cup winners

Verry Elleegant wins the 2021 Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is the biggest and most anticipated horse racing event on the Australian calendar. Every year, this race manages to attract a high quality field from around the world, who compete for $8 million worth of prize money. The past winners list for the Melbourne Cup reads like a who’s who of Australian horse racing, with international horses also starting to have an impact on the “race that stops a nation.”

Some of the most famous winners of the Melbourne Cup include inaugural champion Archer who won the first two events, the legendary Phar Lap, and the sole triple Melbourne Cup winner between 2003-05, Makybe Diva. However, the list certainly does not stop there, with other notable Melbourne Cup winners including Carbine in 1890, Peter Pan in 1932 & 1934, Comic Court in 1951, Rising Fast in 1954, Galilee in 1966, Rain Lover in 1968 & 1969, Kiwi in 1983, Vintage Crop in 1993, Saintly in 1996, and Might And Power in 1997.

International horses have started to have a big impact on the Melbourne Cup, which is now the richest handicap event in the entire world. Irish horse Vintage Crop won the Cup in 1993, with trainer Dermot K Weld returning to win another Melbourne Cup with European horse Media Puzzle in 2002. Japanese horse Delta Blues also won the event in 2006, with the two most recent Melbourne Cup winners, Americain in 2010 and Dunaden in 2011, both prepared in France.

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List of Melbourne Cup Winners

There has been no shortage of champions win the Melbourne Cup over the races long history. Browse through the list below and you’ll see the likes of Phar Lap, Kingston Rule, Might and Power and Makybe Diva forever penned into Melbourne Cup history.

Multiple Winners of the Melbourne Cup

There are only five horses who have managed to win the Melbourne Cup more than once, including four double winners and a single triple champion.

Winners of the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup double

A few great horses have managed to take out the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup double over the years, including some of the most famous names in Australian racing.

Most Successful Trainers

There have been many great trainers who have had great success in the Melbourne Cup but none more so than the “Cups King” Bart Cummings.

The words Melbourne Cup and Bart Cummings have gone hand in hand for many years with the famous trainer training no less than 11 horse to 12 Melbourne Cup wins.

Bart’s success started in 1965 when Roy Higgins rode Light Fingers to victory. Cummings went on to win the following two Cups with Galilee (1966) and Red Handed (1967).

Think Big was the only horse that Cummings managed to train to two Melbourne Cup victories in 1974 & 75.

In 2008 Bart Cummings would train his final Melbourne Cup winner in Viewed.

Our favourite Melbourne Cup winner

You don’t need to be a racing fan to understand just how incredible Makybe Diva’s 3 consecutive Melbourne Cup wins was. It’s a feat that is unlikely to be replicated again in our lifetime.