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This is a list of the winners of the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major thoroughbred horse race , which is run at Flemington Racecourse [ 1 ] in Melbourne . Each year, internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race.
The Melbourne Cup [1] is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race.Each year internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race alongside local entrants. Since 1882 New Zealand bred horses have won 40 Melbourne Cups, British bred horses have won five cups, US bred horses four, Irish horses two and one Japanese and German bred horse have each won the Cup.
The opposite side had the words "Melbourne Cup, 1876" and the name of the winning horse. [21] A silver-plated base sporting three silver horses was added in 1888, but in 1891 the prize changed to being a 15 in-high (380 mm), 24 in-long (610 mm) trophy showing a Victory figure offering an olive wreath to a jockey. [ 21 ]
[1] [2] Bred by Norm and Di Bazeley at Elswick Park, a stud in Walcha, northern New South Wales, [3] he was the winner of the 2024 Melbourne Cup, ridden by Robbie Dolan and trained by John Symons and Sheila Laxon. [1] [2] [4]
Pages in category "Melbourne Cup winners" The following 115 pages are in this category, out of 115 total. ... Acrasia (horse) Almandin (horse) Americain (racehorse)
To win two Melbourne Cups is a rare feat, and this with his fine record gained him a place in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. To date, he remains the only Melbourne Cup winning horse to win multiple Melbourne Cups in non-consecutive years. In 1935, Peter Pan suffered a recurrence of the illness that nearly killed him in 1933.
Payne was the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup in its 155-year history. She was also the fourth woman to ride in the race and was coincidentally wearing the colours of the suffragette movement: purple, green and white. [18] In an interview shortly after her Melbourne Cup win, Payne said that horse racing is a "chauvinistic sport". [19]
Vintage Crop was then sent to Australia in an attempt to become the first foreign-trained horse to win the Melbourne Cup. Ridden again by Kinane, the Irish gelding produced a strong run in the straight to overtake Te Akau Nick in the closing stages and win going away by three lengths. The unplaced horses included Subzero, The Phantom and Drum Taps.