Since the first running of the Melbourne Cup in 1861 there have been over 150 winners of Australia’s premier horse race.
Some of Australia’s greatest race horses have run and won the Melbourne Cup including Phar Lap, Carbine and Might And Power. 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). However the greatest winner of the Melbourne Cup has to be super mare Makybe Diva who won the Melbourne Cup a record three years in a row from 2003 – 2005. She began one of the shortest price favourites in the melbourne cup betting markets over the history of the race. You can use the winners list below to figure out the best melbourne cup tips come race day.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Race Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Almandin | Heartbreak City | Hartnell | 3:20.58 |
| 2015 | Prince Of Penzance | Michelle Payne | Darren Weir | 3:23.15 |
| 2014 | Protectionist | Ryan Moore | Andreas Wohler | 3:17.71 |
| 2013 | Fiorente | Damien Oliver | Gai Waterhouse | 3.20.30 |
| 2012 | Green Moon | Brett Prebble | Robert Hickmott | 3.20.45 |
| 2011 | Dunaden | Christophe Lemaire | Mikel Delzangles | 3.20.84 |
| 2010 | Americain | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer Dupre | 3.26.87 |
| 2009 | Shocking | Corey Brown | Mark Kavanagh | 3.23.87 |
| 2008 | Viewed | Blake Shinn | Bart Cummings | 3.20.40 |
| 2007 | Efficient | Michael Rodd | Graeme Rogerson | 3.23.34 |
| 2006 | Delta Blues | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Sumii | 3.21.47 |
| 2005 | Makybe Diva | Glen Boss | Lee Freedman | 3.19.17 |
| 2004 | Makybe Diva | Glen Boss | Lee Freedman | 3.28.55 |
| 2003 | Makybe Diva | Glen Boss | David Hall | 3.19.90 |
| 2002 | Media Puzzle | Damien Oliver | Dermot K. Weld | 3.16.97 |
| 2001 | Ethereal | Scott Seamer | Sheila Laxon | 3.21.08 |
| 2000 | Brew | Kerrin McEvoy | Mike Moroney | 3.18.68 |
| 1999 | Rogan Josh | John Marshall | Bart Cummings | 3.19.64 |
| 1998 | Jezabeel | Chris Munce | Brian Jenkins | 3.18.59 |
| 1997 | Might and Power | Jim Cassidy | Jack Denham | 3.18.33 |
| 1996 | Saintly | Darren Beadman | Bart Cummings | 3.18.80 |
| 1995 | Doriemus | Damien Oliver | Lee Freedman | 3.27.60 |
| 1994 | Jeune | Wayne Harris | David Hayes | 3.19.80 |
| 1993 | Vintage Crop | Michael Kinane | Dermot K. Weld | 3.23.40 |
| 1992 | Subzero | Greg Hall | Lee Freedman | 3.24.70 |
| 1991 | Let’s Elope | Steven King | Bart Cummings | 3.18.90 |
| 1990 | Kingston Rule | Darren Beadman | Bart Cummings | 3.16.30 |
| 1989 | Tawrrific | Shane Dye | Lee Freedman | 3.17.10 |
| 1988 | Empire Rose | Tony Allan | Laurie Laxon | 3.18.90 |
| 1987 | Kensei | Larry Olsen | Les J. Bridge | 3.22.00 |
| 1986 | At Talaq | Michael Clarke | C S Hayes | 3.21.70 |
| 1985 | What A Nuisance | Pat Hyland | John Meagher | 3.23.00 |
| 1984 | Black Knight | Pete Cook | George Hanlon | 3.18.90 |
| 1983 | Kiwi | Jim Cassidy | Ewen S. Lupton | 3.18.90 |
| 1982 | Gurner’s Lane | Mick Dittman | Geoff T. Murphy | 3.21.20 |
| 1981 | Just A Dash | Pete Cook | T J Smith | 3.21.20 |
| 1980 | Beldale Ball | John Letts | C S Hayes | 3.19.80 |
| 1979 | Hyperno | Harry White | Bart Cummings | 3.21.80 |
| 1978 | Arwon | Harry White | George Hanlon | 3.24.30 |
| 1977 | Gold and Black | John Duggan | Bart Cummings | 3.18.40 |
| 1976 | Van der Hum | Robert J. Skelton | Len H. Robinson | 3.34.10 |
| 1975 | Think Big | Harry White | Bart Cummings | 3.29.60 |
| 1974 | Think Big | Harry White | Bart Cummings | 3.23.10 |
| 1973 | Gala Supreme | Frank Reys | Ray J. Hutchins | 3.19.50 |
| 1972 | Piping Lane | John Letts | George Hanlon | 3.19.30 |
| 1971 | Silver Knight | R. Bruce Marsh | Eric Temperton | 3.19.50 |
| 1970 | Baghdad Note | Midge Didham | Robert Heasley | 3.19.70 |
| 1969 | Rain Lover | Jim Johnson | Mick L. Robins | 3.21.50 |
| 1968 | Rain Lover | Jim Johnson | Mick L. Robins | 3.19.10 |
| 1967 | Red Handed | Roy Higgins | Bart Cummings | 3.20.40 |
| 1966 | Galilee | John Miller | Bart Cummings | 3.21.90 |
| 1965 | Light Fingers | Roy Higgins | Bart Cummings | 3.21.10 |
| 1964 | Polo Prince | Ron Taylor | John P. Carter | 3.19.60 |
| 1963 | Gatum Gatum | Jim Johnson | H. Graeme Heagney | 3.21.10 |
| 1962 | Even Stevens | Les Coles | Arch McGregor | 3.21.40 |
| 1961 | Lord Fury | Ray Selkrig | Frank B. Lewis | 3.19.50 |
| 1960 | Hi Jinx | William A. Smith | Trevor H. Knowles | 3.23.75 |
| 1959 | Macdougal | Pat Glennon | Richard W. Roden | 3.23.00 |
| 1958 | Baystone | Mel Schumacher | Jack Green | 3.21.25 |
| 1957 | Straight Draw | Noel L. McGrowdie | J. M. Mitchell | 3.24.50 |
| 1956 | Evening Peal | George Podmore | E. D. Lawson | 3.19.50 |
| 1955 | Toparoa | Neville Sellwood | T J Smith | 3.28.25 |
| 1954 | Rising Fast | Jack Purtell | Ivan Tucker | 3.23.00 |
| 1953 | Wodalla | Jack Purtell | Robert Sinclair | 3.23.75 |
| 1952 | Dalray | Bill Williamson | C. C. McCarthy | 3.23.75 |
| 1951 | Delta | Neville Sellwood | Maurice McCarten | 3.24.25 |
| 1950 | Comic Court | Pat Glennon | J. M. Cummings | 3.19.50 |
| 1949 | Foxzami | William Fellows | D. Lewis | 3.28.50 |
| 1948 | Rimfire | Ray Neville | Stan Boyden | 3.21.00 |
| 1947 | Hiraji | Jack Purtell | J. W. McCurley | 3.28.00 |
| 1946 | Russia | Darby Munro | E. Hush | 3.21.25 |
| 1945 | Rainbird | Billy Cook | S. Evans | 3.24.25 |
| 1944 | Sirius | Darby Munro | E. Fisher | 3.24.50 |
| 1943 | Dark Felt | Vic Hartney | Ray Webster | 3.23.25 |
| 1942 | Colonus | H. McCloud | F. Manning | 3.33.25 |
| 1941 | Skipton | Billy Cook | J. Fryer | 3.23.75 |
| 1940 | Old Rowley | Andy Knox | J. A. Scully | 3.26.00 |
| 1939 | Rivette | Teddy Preston | Harry Bamber | 3.27.00 |
| 1938 | Catalogue | F. Shean | Mr. Allan McDonald[13] | 3.26.25 |
| 1937 | The Trump | Ashley Reed | S. W. Reid | 3.21.50 |
| 1936 | Wotan | Ossie Phillips | J. Fryer | 3.21.25 |
| 1935 | Marabou | K. Voitre | Lou Robertson | 3.23.75 |
| 1934 | Peter Pan | Darby Munro | Frank McGrath, Sr. | 3.40.50 |
| 1933 | Hall Mark | J. O’Sullivan | Jack Holt | 3.27.50 |
| 1932 | Peter Pan | Bill Duncan | Frank McGrath, Sr. | 3.23.25 |
| 1931 | White Nose | N. Percival | E. J. Hatwell | 3.26.00 |
| 1930 | Phar Lap | James E. Pike | Harry R. Telford | 3.27.75 |
| 1929 | Nightmarch | Roy Reed | A. McAulay | 3.26.50 |
| 1928 | Statesman | James L. Munro | William Kelso | 3.23.25 |
| 1927 | Trivalve | Bobby Lewis | James Scobie | 3.24.00 |
| 1926 | Spearfelt | Hugh Harold Cairns | V. O’Neill | 3.22.75 |
| 1925 | Windbag | James L. Munro | George R. Price | 3.22.75 |
| 1924 | Backwood | Bunty Brown | Richard Bradfield | 3.26.50 |
| 1923 | Bitalli | Titch Wilson | James Scobie | 3.24.25 |
| 1922 | King Ingoda | Titch Wilson | James Scobie | 3.28.25 |
| 1921 | Sister Olive | Teddy O’Sullivan | J. Williams | 3.27.75 |
| 1920 | Poitrel | Ken Bracken | H. J. Robinson | 3.25.75 |
| 1919 | Artilleryman (horse) | Bobby Lewis | P. T. Heywood | 3.24.50 |
| 1918 | Night Watch | Bill Duncan | Richard Bradfield | 3.25.75 |
| 1917 | Westcourt | William H. McLachlan | Joe Burton | 3.26.75 |
| 1916 | Sasanof | F. Foley | M. Hobbs | 3.27.75 |
| 1915 | Patrobas | Bobby Lewis | C. Wheeler | 3.28.25 |
| 1914 | Kingsburgh | George Meddick | Isaac Foulsham | 3.26.00 |
| 1913 | Posinatus | A. Shanahan | J. Chambers | 3.31.00 |
| 1912 | Piastre | A. Shanahan | R. O’Connor | 3.27.50 |
| 1911 | The Parisian | R. Cameron | C. Wheeler | 3.27.75 |
| 1910 | Comedy King | William H. McLachlan | James Lynch | 3.27.75 |
| 1909 | Prince Foote | William H. McLachlan | Frank McGrath, Sr. | 3.27.50 |
| 1908 | Lord Nolan | J. R. Flynn | E. A. Mayo | 3.28.75 |
| 1907 | Apologue | Bill Evans | Isaac Earnshaw | 3.27.50 |
| 1906 | Poseidon | Tom Clayton | Isaac Earnshaw | 3.31.25 |
| 1905 | Blue Spec | Frank Bullock | Walter Hickenbotham | 3.27.50 |
| 1904 | Acrasia | Tom Clayton | A. E. Wills | 3.28.25 |
| 1903 | Lord Cardigan | Norman Godby | A. E. Cornwell | 3.29.25 |
| 1902 | The Victory | Bobby Lewis | Richard Bradfield | 3.29.00 |
| 1901 | Revenue | Frederick J. Dunn | Hugh Munro | 3.30.50 |
| 1900 | Clean Sweep | Andrew Richardson | James Scobie | 3.29.00 |
| 1899 | Merriwee | V. Turner | James Wilson, Jr. | 3.36.50 |
| 1898 | The Grafter | John Gough | William Forrester | 3.29.75 |
| 1897 | Gaulus | Stephen Callinan | William Forrester | 3.31.00 |
| 1896 | Newhaven | H. J. Gardiner | Walter Hickenbotham | 3.28.50 |
| 1895 | Auraria | J. Stevenson | J. H. Hill | 3.29.00 |
| 1894 | Patron | Henry G. Dawes | Richard Bradfield | 3.31.00 |
| 1893 | Tarcoola | Herbert Cripps | Joseph Cripps | 3.30.50 |
| 1892 | Glenloth | G. Robson | M. Carmody | 3.36.25 |
| 1891 | Malvolio | G. Redfearn | J. Redfearn | 3.29.25 |
| 1890 | Carbine | Robert Ramage | Walter Hickenbotham | 3.28.25 |
| 1889 | Bravo | James Anwin | T. Wilson | 3.32.50 |
| 1888 | Mentor | Mick O’Brien | Walter Hickenbotham | 3.30.75 |
| 1887 | Dunlop | Tommy Sanders | J. Nicholson | 3.28.50 |
| 1886 | Arsenal | W. English | H. Rayner | 3.31.00 |
| 1885 | Sheet Anchor | Mick O’Brien | T. Wilson | 3.29.50 |
| 1884 | Malua | Alick Robertson | Isaac Foulsham | 3.31.75 |
| 1883 | Martini-Henry | J. Williamson | Michael Fennelly | 3.30.50 |
| 1882 | The Assyrian | C. Hutchins | J. E. Savill | 3.40.00 |
| 1881 | Zulu | Jim Gough | T. Lamond | 3.32.50 |
| 1880 | Grand Flaneur | Thomas Hales | T. Brown | 3.34.75 |
| 1879 | Darriwell | S. Cracknell | W. E. Dakin | 3.30.75 |
| 1878 | Calamia | T. Brown | Etienne de Mestre | 3.35.75 |
| 1877 | Chester | P. Pigott | Etienne de Mestre | 3.33.50 |
| 1876 | Briseis | Peter St. Albans | James Wilson, Sr. | 3.36.25 |
| 1875 | Wollomai | R. Batty | S. Moon | 3.38.00 |
| 1874 | Haricot | P. Pigott | S. Harding | 3.37.50 |
| 1873 | Don Juan | W. Wilson | James Wilson, Sr. | 3.36.00 |
| 1872 | The Quack | W. Enderson | John Tait | 3.39.00 |
| 1871 | The Pearl | J. Cavanagh | John Tait | 3.39.00 |
| 1870 | Nimblefoot | J. Day | W. Lang | 3.37.00 |
| 1869 | Warrior | J. Morrison | R. Sevior | 3.40.00 |
| 1868 | Glencoe | C. Stanley | John Tait | 3.42.00 |
| 1867 | Tim Whiffler | John Driscoll | Etienne de Mestre | 3.39.00 |
| 1866 | The Barb | W. Davis | John Tait | 3.43.00 |
| 1865 | Toryboy | E. Cavanagh | P. Miley | 3.44.00 |
| 1864 | Lantern | S. Davis | S. Mahon | 3.52.00 |
| 1863 | Banker | H. Chifney | Sam Waldock | 3.44.00 |
| 1862 | Archer | John Cutts | Etienne de Mestre | 3.47.00 |
| 1861 | Archer | John Cutts | Etienne de Mestre | 3.52.00 |