There are 24 horses slated to run in the 2023 Melbourne Cup, and one of them will etch their name into the history books alongside some of the greats of Australian racing. As punters all over the world try to figure out who will win the next edition of the great race in the Melbourne Cup field, we look back at which horses have actually won the Melbourne Cup.
With the 163rd Melbourne Cup is set to race in 2023 on Tuesday, November 7, it can be hard to keep track of which horses have actually won the Melbourne Cup. Luckily, Horsebetting has done the hard work for you and has all the winners here.
Notable Melbourne Cup Winners
Out of all the horses that have competed in the Melbourne Cup, only a select few have managed to secure victory on multiple occasions. It might come as a surprise to some, but the very first two editions of the race were both claimed by the same remarkable contender. Archer not only triumphed in the inaugural Melbourne Cup in 1861 but also followed it up with another sensational win the following year, a feat that remains unmatched to this day. In his second victory, he achieved a remarkable eight-length lead while carrying a substantial 64.4 kilograms.
Throughout the next century, only one horse, Peter Pan, managed to achieve the same feat, securing Melbourne Cup victories in both 1932 and 1934. However, the streak was broken by Rain Lover in 1968 and 1969, with the first of these wins equalling Archer’s record-breaking margin. Not long after, Think Big joined this exclusive club by clinching back-to-back wins in 1974 and 1975.
However, in the rich tapestry of Melbourne Cup history, there is one horse that rises far above the others, and that horse is none other than Makybe Diva. Her remarkable triumphs in 2003, 2004, and 2005 secured her a unique place in the annals of this prestigious event as the first horse to clinch three Melbourne Cups. Notably, Makybe Diva stands as the sole female horse to achieve multiple victories in the race, and her astonishing 58 kilograms carried in 2005 represents the heaviest winning weight ever borne by a mare in the Melbourne Cup.
Melbourne Cup Winners List (Full)
| Year | Winner | Weight | Second | Weight | Third | Weight | Race Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gold Trip | 57.5 | Emissary | 51.5 | High Emocean | 50 | 3:24.04 |
| 2021 | Verry Elleegant | 57 | Incentivise | 57 | Spanish Mission | 57 | 3:17.43 |
| 2020 | Twilight Payment | 55.5 | Tiger Moth | 52.5 | Prince Of Arran | 54.5 | 3:17.34 |
| 2019 | Vow And Declare | 52 | Prince Of Arran | 55.5 | Il Paradiso | 54 | 3:24.76 |
| 2018 | Cross Counter | 51 | Marmelo | 55 | A Prince Of Arran | 53 | 3:21.17 |
| 2017 | Rekindling | 51.5 | Johannes Vermeer | 54.5 | Max Dynamite | 54 | 3:21.19 |
| 2016 | Almandin | 52 | Hearbreak City | 53 | Hartnell | 55 | 3:20.58 |
| 2015 | Prince Of Penzance | 53 | Max Dynamite | 57.5 | Criterion | 55 | 3:23.15 |
| 2014 | Protectionist | 56.5 | Red Cadeaux | 57 | Who Shot Thebarman | 55 | 3:17.71 |
| 2013 | Fiorente | 55 | Red Cadeaux | 56.5 | Mount Athos | 54 | 3:20.30 |
| 2012 | Green Moon | 53.5 | Fiorente | 53.5 | Jakkalberry | 55.5 | 3:20.45 |
| 2011 | Dunaden | 54.5 | Red Cadeaux | 53.5 | Lucas Cranach | 53.5 | 3:20.84 |
| 2010 | Americain | 54.5 | Maluckyday | 51.0 | So You think | 56.0 | 3:26.87 |
| 2009 | Shocking | 51.0 | Crime Scene | 53.0 | Mourilyan | 54.5 | 3:23.8 |
| 2008 | Viewed | 53.0 | Bauer | 52.0 | C’est La Guerre | 54.0 | 3:20.40 |
| 2007 | Efficient | 54.5 | Purple Moon | 53.5 | Mahler | 50.5 | 3:23.34 |
| 2006 | Delta Blues | 56.9 | Pop Rock | 53.0 | Maybe Better | 50.0 | 3:21.42 |
| 2005 | Makybe Diva | 58.0 | On A Jeune | 51.0 | Xcellent | 54.0 | 3:19.17 |
| 2004 | Makybe Diva | 55.5 | Vinnie Roe | 58.0 | Zazzman | 52.5 | 3:28.55 |
| 2003 | Makybe Diva | 51.0 | She’s Archie | 50.0 | Jardine’s Lookout | 55.5 | 3.19.90 |
| 2002 | Media Puzzle | 52.5 | Mr. Prudent | 52.0 | Beekeeper | 53.5 | 3.16.97 |
| 2001 | Ethereal | 52.0 | Give the Slip | 55.0 | Persian Punch | 57.5 | 3.20.43 |
| 2000 | Brew | 49.0 | Yippyio | 52.0 | Second Coming | 52.5 | 3.18.68 |
| 1999 | Rogan Josh | 50.0 | Central Park | 57.5 | Zazabelle Lahar |
49.0 50.0 |
3.19.6 |
| 1998 | Jezabeel | 51.0 | Champagne | 51.0 | Persian Punch | 56.5 | 3.19.6 |
| 1997 | Might And Power | 56.0 | Doriemus | 57.5 | Markham | 52.5 | 3.18.3 |
| 1996 | Saintly | 55.5 | Count Chivas | 57.0 | Skybeau | 50.0 | 3:18.8 |
| 1995 | Doriemus | 54.5 | Nothin Leice Dane | 47.5 | Vintage Crop | 59.0 | 3:27.6 |
| 1994 | Jeune | 56.5 | Paris Lane | 55.5 | Oompala | 52.5 | 3:19.8 |
| 1993 | Vintage Crop | 55.5 | Te Akau Nick | 56.0 | Mercator | 54.0 | 3:23.4 |
| 1992 | Subzero | 54.5 | Veandercross | 54.5 | Castletown | 57.0 | 3:24.7 |
| 1991 | Let’s Elope | 51.0 | Shiva’s Revenge | 53.5 | Magnolia Hall | 52.5 | 3:18.9 |
| 1990 | Kingston Rule | 53.0 | the Phantom | 54.5 | Mr. Brooker | 53.0 | 3:16.3 |
| 1989 | Tawriffic | 54.0 | Super Impose | 56.0 | Kudz | 52.5 | 3:17.1 |
| 1988 | Empire Rose | 53.5 | Natski | 55.0 | Na Botto | 51.0 | 3:18.9 |
| 1987 | Kensei | 51.5 | Empire Rose | 50.0 | Rosedale | 56.0 | 3:22.0 |
| 1986 | At Talaq | 54.5 | Rising Fear | 53.0 | Sea Legend | 49.0 | 3:21.7 |
| 1985 | What A Nuisance | 52.5 | Koiro Corrie May | 51.5 | tripsacum | 49.0 | 3:23.0 |
| 1984 | Black Knight | 50.0 | Chagemar | 54.5 | Mapperley Heights | 51.0 | 3:18.9 |
| 1983 | Kiwi | 52.0 | Noble Comment | 50.5 | Mr. Jazz | 50.0 | 3:18.9 |
| 1982 | Gurner’s Lane | 56.0 | Kingston Town | 59.0 | Noble Comment | 49.5 | 3:21.1 |
| 1981 | Just A Dash | 53.5 | El Laurena | 52.0 | Flashing Light | 49.0 | 3:21.2 |
| 1980 | Beldale Ball | 49.5 | My Blue Denim | 53.5 | Love Bandit | 51.0 | 3:19.8 |
| 1979 | Hyperno | 56.0 | Salamander | 55.5 | Red Nose | 51.5 | 3:21.8 |
| 1978 | Arwon | 50.5 | Dandaleith | 50.5 | Karu | 48.0 | 3:24.3 |
| 1977 | Gold And Black | 57.0 | Reckless | 56.5 | Hyperno | 52.0 | 3:18.4 |
| 1976 | Van Der Hum | 54.5 | Gold And Black | 50.0 | Kythera | 51.0 | 3:34.1 |
| 1975 | Think Big | 58.5 | Holiday Waggon | 50.0 | Medici | 46.0 | 3:29.6 |
| 1974 | Think Big | 53.0 | Leilani | 55.5 | Captain Peri | 52.0 | 3:23.2 |
| 1973 | Gala Supreme | 49.0 | Glengowan | 56.5 | Daneson | 48.0 | 3:19.5 |
| 1972 | Piping Lane | 48.0 | Magnifique | 52.5 | Gunsynd | 60.5 | 3:19.3 |
| 1971 | Silver Knight | 8.9 | Igloo | 8.3 | Tails | 9 | 3:19.5 |
| 1970 | Baghdad Note | 8.7 | Vansittart | 8 | Clear Prince | 6.12 | 3:19.7 |
| 1969 | Rain Lover | 9.7 | Alsop | 7.7 | Ben Lomond | 9.3 | 3:21.5 |
| 1968 | Rain Lover | 8.2 | Fileur | 8.7 | Fans | 8.6 | 3:19.1 |
| 1967 | Red Handed | 8.9 | Red Crest | 8.6 | Floodbird | 7.7 | 3:20.4 |
| 1966 | Galilee | 8.13 | Light Fingers | 9.1 | Duo | 8.1 | 3:21.9 |
| 1965 | Light Fingers | 8.4 | Ziema | 8.6 | Midlander | 6.11 | 3:21.1 |
| 1964 | Polo Prince | 8.3 | Elkayel | 8.7 | Welltown | 7.7 | 3:19.6 |
| 1963 | Gatum Gatum | 7.12 | Ilumquh | 8.12 | Grand Print | 9.3 | 3:21.1 |
| 1962 | Even Stevens | 8.5 | Comicquita | 7.1 | Aquanita | 9.4 | 3:21.4 |
| 1961 | Lord Fury | 7.8 | Grand Print | 7.12 | Dhaulagiri | 9.5 | 3:19.5 |
| Year | Winner | Weight | Second | Weight | Third | Weight | Race Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Hi Jinx | 7.1 | Howsie | 8.6 | Ilumquh | 8.6 | 3:23.7 |
| 1959 | Macdougal | 8.11 | Nether Gold | 7.6 | White Hills | 8 | 3:23.0 |
| 1958 | Baystone | 8.9 | Monte Carlo | 9.6 | Red Pine | 7.5 | 3:21.2 |
| 1957 | Straight Draw | 8.5 | Prince Darius | 7.6 | Pandie Sun | 8.7 | 3:24.5 |
| 1956 | Evening Peal | 8 | Redcraze | 10.3 | Caranna | 8.12 | 3:19.5 |
| 1955 | Toparoa | 7.8 | Rising Fast | 10 | Sir William | 7.1 | 3:28.2 |
| 1954 | Rising Fast | 9.5 | Hellion | 7.11 | Gay Helios | 6.13 | 3:23.0 |
| 1953 | Wodalla | 8.4 | Most Regal | 7.7 | My Hero | 9 | 3:23.7 |
| 1952 | Dalray | 9.8 | Welkin Sun | 7.12 | Reformed | 8.5 | 3:23.7 |
| 1951 | Delta | 9.5 | Akbar | 8.6 | Double Blank | 7.6 | 3:24.2 |
| 1950 | Comic Court | 9.5 | Chicquita | 8.1 | Morse Code | 7.6 | 3:19.5 |
| 1949 | Foxzami | 8.8 | Hoyle | 7.11 | Benvolo | 7.9 | 3:28.5 |
| 1948 | Rimfire | 7.2 | Dark Marne | 8.11 | Saxony | 7.7 | 3:21.0 |
| 1947 | Hiraji | 7.11 | Fresh Boy | 6.11 | Red Fury | 7 | 3:28.0 |
| 1946 | Russia | 9 | On Target | 7.13 | Carey | 7.8 | 3:21.2 |
| 1945 | Rainbird | 7.7 | Silver Link | 7.5 | Leonard | 7 | 3:24.2 |
| 1944 | Sirius | 8.5 | Peter | 7.9 | Cellini | 7.2 | 3:24.5 |
| 1943 | Dark Felt | 8.4 | Counsel | 7.5 | Claudette | 7.5 | 3:23.2 |
| 1942 | Colonus | 7.2 | Phocion | 7.5 | Heart’s Desire | 7.3 | 3:33.5 |
| 1941 | Skipton | 7.7 | Son Of Aurous | 6.1 | Beau Vite | 9.1 | 3:23.7 |
| 1940 | Old Rowley | 7.12 | Maikai | 9.4 | Tidal Wave | 7.1 | 3:26.0 |
| 1939 | Rivette | 7.9 | Maikai | 7.11 | Pantler | 7 | 3:27.0 |
| 1938 | Catalogue | 8.4 | Bourbon | 7.12 | Ortelle’s Star | 7.11 | 3:26.5 |
| 1937 | The trump | 8.5 | Willie Win | 8.1 | Sarcherie | 8.9 | 3:21.5 |
| 1936 | Wotan | 7.11 | Silver Standard | 7.8 | Balkan Prince | 8 | 3:21.2 |
| 1935 | Marabou | 7.11 | Sarcherie | 7.13 | Sylvandale | 9.4 | 3:23.7 |
| 1934 | Peter Pan | 9.1 | Sarcherie | 7.2 | Latrobe | 7.2 | 3:40.5 |
| 1933 | Hall Mark | 7.8 | Shadow King | 8.9 | Topical Gaine Carington |
8.7 9.0 |
3:27.5 |
| 1932 | Peter Pan | 7.6 | Yarramba | 7.3 | Shadow King | 8.12 | 3:23.2 |
| 1931 | White Nose | 6.12 | Shadow King | 8.7 | Concentrate | 8.1 | 3:26.0 |
| 1930 | Phar Lap | 9.12 | Second Wind | 8.12 | Shadow King | 8.4 | 3:27.7 |
| 1929 | Nightmarch | 9.2 | Paquito | 8.5 | Phar Lap | 7.6 | 3:26.5 |
| 1928 | Statesman | 8.0 | Strephon | 7.6 | Demost | 6.12 | 3:23.5 |
| 1927 | Trivalve | 7.6 | Silvius | 7.7 | Son ‘o Mine | 8 | 3:24.0 |
| 1926 | Spearfelt | 9.3 | Naos | 7 | Pantheon | 9.3 | 3:22.7 |
| 1925 | Windbag | 9.2 | Manfred | 7.8 | Pilliwinkie | 8.13 | 3:22.7 |
| 1924 | Backwood | 8.2 | Stand By | 8.8 | Spearfelt | 7.6 | 3:26.5 |
| 1923 | Bitalli | 7.0 | Rivoli | 9.1 | Accarak | 6.9 | 3:24.2 |
| 1922 | King Ingoda | 7.1 | the Cypher | 6.12 | Mufti | 7.9 | 3:28.2 |
| 1921 | Sister Olive | 6.9 | the Rover | 8.4 | Amazonia | 7.11 | 3:27.7 |
| 1920 | Poitrel | 10.0 | Erasmus | 7.0 | Queen Comedy | 7.0 | 3:25.7 |
| 1919 | Artilleryman | 7.6 | Richmond Main | 7.6 | Two Blues | 6.12 | 3:24.5 |
| 1918 | Night Watch | 6.9 | Kennaquhair | 9 | Gadabout | 8.7 | 3:25.7 |
| 1917 | Westcourt | 8.5 | Lingle | 8.1 | Wallace Isingla | 8.11 | 3:26.7 |
| 1916 | Sasanof | 6.12 | Shepherd King | 8.3 | St Spasa | 9.1 | 3:27.7 |
| 1915 | Patrobas | 7.6 | Westcourt | 7.4 | Carlita | 8.5 | 3:28.5 |
| 1914 | Kingsburgh | 6.12 | Sir Alwynton | 8.5 | Moonbria | 7.4 | 3:26.0 |
| 1913 | Posinatus | 7.10 | Belove | 7 | Ulva’s Isle | 6.8 | 3:31.0 |
| 1912 | Piastre | 7.9 | Hallowmas | 7.4 | Uncle Sam | 7.6 | 3:27.2 |
| 1911 | The Parisian | 8.9 | Flavian | 7.5 | Didus | 7.6 | 3:27.7 |
| 1910 | Comedy King | 7.11 | trafalgar | 9.2 | Apple Pie | 7.5 | 3:27.7 |
| 1909 | Prince Foote | 7.8 | Alawa | 9.3 | Aberdeen | 6.9 | 3:27.2 |
| 1908 | Lord Nolan | 6.10 | Tulkeroo | 8.9 | Delaware | 6.9 | 3:28.7 |
| 1907 | Apologue | 7.9 | Mooltan | 7.11 | Mountain King | 7.6 | 3:27.5 |
| 1906 | Poseidon | 7.6 | Antonious | 7.9 | Proceed | 7.9 | 3:31.5 |
| 1905 | Blue Spec | 8.0 | Scot Free | 7.7 | Tartan | 9 | 3:27.5 |
| 1904 | Acrasia | 7.6 | Lord Cardigan | 9.6 | Blinker | 6.12 | 3:28.2 |
| 1903 | Lord Cardigan | 6.8 | Wakeful | 10 | Seaport | 7.2 | 3:29.2 |
| 1902 | The Victory | 8.12 | Vanity Fair | 7.9 | Abundance | 7.6 | 3:29.0 |
| 1901 | Revenue | 7.10 | San Fran | 9.7 | Khaki | 7.11 | 3:30.5 |
| 1900 | Clean Sweep | 7.0 | Malster | 7.11 | Alix | 6.12 | 3:29.0 |
| 1899 | Merriwee | 7.6 | Voyou | 8 | Dewey | 7.4 | 3:36.2 |
| 1898 | The Grafter | 9.2 | Wait-a-bit | 8 | Cocos | 7.1 | 3:29.7 |
| 1897 | Gaulus | 7.8 | the Grafter | 7.7 | Aurum | 8.6 | 3:31.0 |
| 1896 | Newhaven | 7.13 | Bloodshot | 8.12 | the Skipper | 8.1 | 3:28.5 |
| 1895 | Auraria | 7.4 | Hova | 8.1 | Burrabari | 7.8 | 3:29.0 |
| 1894 | Patron | 9.3 | Devon | 7.12 | Nada | 7 | 3:31.0 |
| 1893 | Tarcoola | 8.4 | Carnage | 7.7 | Jeweller | 7.7 | 3:30.5 |
| 1892 | Glenloth | 7.13 | Ronda | 6.7 | Penance | 7.7 | 3:36.2 |
| 1891 | Malvolio | 8.4 | Sir William | 8.7 | Strathmore | 7.6 | 3:29.2 |
| 1890 | Carbine | 10.5 | Highborn | 6.8 | Correze | 7.3 | 3:28.2 |
| 1889 | Bravo | 8.7 | Carbine | 10 | Melos | 8.12 | 3:32.5 |
| 1888 | Mentor | 8.3 | tradition | 6.12 | the Yeoman | 7.8 | 3:30.7 |
| 1887 | Dunlop | 8.3 | Silvermine | 8.3 | the Aust. Peer | 7.5 | 3:28.5 |
| 1886 | Arsenal | 7.5 | trenton | 9.5 | Silvermine | 7.1 | 3:31.0 |
| 1885 | Sheet Anchor | 7.11 | Grace Darling | 7.12 | trenton | 7.13 | 3:29.0 |
| 1884 | Malua | 9.9 | Commotion | 9.12 | Plausible | 6.13 | 3:31.5 |
| 1883 | Martini-henri | 7.5 | First Water | 8 | Commotion | 10.1 | 3:30.7 |
| 1882 | The Assyrian | 7.13 | Stockwell | 7.5 | Gudarz | 7.7 | 3:40.5 |
| 1881 | Zulu | 5.10 | the Czar | 6.9 | Sweetmeat | 9 | 3:32.0 |
| 1880 | Grand Flaneur | 6.10 | Progress | 5.1 | Lord Burghley | 7.5 | 3:34.5 |
| 1879 | Darriwell | 7.4 | Sweetmeat | 7.1 | Suwarrow | 6.5 | 3:30.7 |
| 1878 | Calamia | 8.2 | Tom Kirk | 7.8 | Waxy | 6.11 | 3:35.7 |
| 1877 | Chester | 6.12 | Savanaka | 6.2 | the Vagabond | 7 | 3:33.5 |
| 1876 | Briseis | 6.4 | Sibyl | 6 | Timothy | 7 | 3:36.0 |
| 1875 | Wollomai | 7.8 | Richmond | 6.3 | Goldsbrough | 9.9 | 3:38.0 |
| 1874 | Haricot | 6.7 | Protos | 8.9 | the Diver | 6.1 | 3:37.5 |
| 1873 | Don Juan | 6.12 | Dagworth | 9.9 | Horatio | 7.13 | 3:36.2 |
| 1872 | The Quack | 7.10 | the Ace | 8.4 | Dagworth | 7.12 | 3:39.7 |
| 1871 | The Pearl | 7.3 | Romula | 7.1 | Irish King | 7.1 | 3:39.0 |
| 1870 | Nimblefoot | 6.3 | Lapdog | 7.0 | Valentine | 6.4 | 3:37.0 |
| 1869 | Warrior | 8.1 | the Monk | 7 | Phoebe | 7.1 | 3:40.0 |
| 1868 | Glencoe | 9.1 | Strop | 7.1 | Shenandoah | 7.5 | 3:42.0 |
| 1867 | Tim Whiffler | 8.11 | Queen Of Hearts | 5.12 | Exile | 7.1 | 3:39.0 |
| 1866 | The Barb | 6.11 | Exile | 7.1 | Falcon | 8.2 | 3:43.0 |
| 1865 | Toryboy | 7.0 | Panic | 10 | Riverina | 7.7 | 3:44.0 |
| 1864 | Lantern | 6.3 | Poet | 8.2 | Rose Of Denmark | 8.3 | 3:52.0 |
| 1863 | Banker | 5.4 | Musidora | 8.5 | Rose Of Denmark | 5.9 | 3:44.0 |
| 1862 | Archer | 10.2 | Mormon | 9.12 | Camden | 8.7 | 3:47.0 |
| 1861 | Archer | 9.7 | Mormon | 10.1 | Prince | 8 | 3:52.0 |
Bet on the 2023 Melbourne Cup
2023 Melbourne Cup barrier draw
| No. | Silks | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
+340 | |||||
| 2 |  |
+5000 | |||||
| 3 |  |
+600 | |||||
| 4 |  |
+1700 | |||||
| 5 |  |
+240 | |||||
| 6 |  |
+1000 | |||||
| 7 |  |
+2200 | |||||
| 8 |  |
+7000 | |||||
| 9 |  |
+3000 | |||||
| 10 |  |
+2600 | |||||
| 11 |  |
+4000 | |||||
| 12 |  |
+9000 | |||||
| 13 |  |
+7000 | |||||
| 14 |  |
+12500 | |||||
| 15 |  |
+2500 | |||||
| 16 |  |
+9000 | |||||
| 17 |  |
+4500 | |||||
| 18 |  |
+6000 | |||||
| 19 |  |
+9000 | |||||
| 20 |  |
+3000 | |||||
| 21 |  |
+2600 | |||||
| 22 |  |
+6000 | |||||
| 23 |  |
+5000 | |||||
| 24 |  |
+15000 |
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