Gold Trip is the 2022 Melbourne Cup Winner 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).
There have been five horses who have won the race more than once, with Makybe Diva the only one to win three times. Bart Cummings trained 12 Melbourne Cup winners over a 43-year period, with no other trainer responsible for more than five victories.
The fastest horses ever to win the Cup
Bart Cummings, the Cups King, not only won 12 Melbourne Cups, he trained three of the top 10 fastest winners to ever win the Cup, including Kingston Rule, the fastest ever.
Makybe Diva became the first horse to win consecutive Melbourne Cups since Think Big in 1974 – 75.
There have only been a handful of exceptional horses who have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three times. 'Steeplechaser of the Century' Golden Miller had five wins, Cottage Rake had three wins, Arkle took his three and then the most recent was Best Mate, who completed a hat trick in 2004.
13 horses have won the Triple Crown: Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), American Pharoah (2015), and Justify (2018).
Makybe Diva (foaled 21 March 1999) is a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to win three Melbourne Cups and the only mare to win it more than once. She achieved the feat in 2003, 2004, and 2005.
Only three horses have ever won the Melbourne Cup and then gone on to win the Cox Plate the following year: Phar Lap, Might and Power and Makybe Diva.
How much prize money does the jockey get for winning the Melbourne Cup? Jockeys are entitled to 5% of the prize money earned and will usually also receive a small amount for booking the ride. That was $220,000 in 2022. The winning jockey is entitled to 5% of the prize money earned.
A phenomenal chaser – the first horse ever to win (2007), lose (2008) and then regain the Gold Cup (2009), the public took KAUTO STAR to their hearts. Alongside his Gold Cup double he also won the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park a record-breaking five times.
Melbourne Cup winners by barrier
The outside alleys haven't fared well either, as a wide draw means more work to get into the race. Since 1974, barriers 15 and 24 haven't had a winner.
3YO Fillies that Won the Melbourne Cup
The last three-year-old to win the Cup was the colt Skipton in 1941. The first female winner was the filly Briseis in 1876. The other two fillies were Auraria in 1895 and Sister Olive in 1921.
Bresis, a 3 year old filly, won the Cup in 1876. She is not the only 3 year old filly to win the race however, she has a unique record because in six days she won the Victoria Derby, The Cup and the Oaks. The most versatile horse to win the race was Malua.
The oldest horses to win the race were the eight-year-olds Twilight Payment (2020), Toryboy (1865) and Catalogue (1938). The last three-year-old to win was Skipton (1941), who gave champion jockey Billy Cook his first Cup win.
Phar Lap ran in the Melbourne Cup three times between 1929 and 1931. However, his only win in the race came during his incredible 1930 season, when he also won the Cox Plate and 14 other weight-for-age races. He paid 8/11 odds for his Melbourne Cup victory that year – still the shortest winning price in history.
The race almost had its first tie in its 151 years last week, with Dunaden and Red Cadeaux only separated after three minutes and a magnifying glass wielded by judge Bill Quin. But then that was only two horses.
Featherweight Peter St Albans was eight days short of 13 years old when he and Briseis set their record that is likely to last for all Melbourne Cup history. Phar Lap is the most famous horse of his day and was the champion of the 1930 Melbourne Cup.
Maiden: A horse that has never won a race; or a race for horses that have never won a race.
The most successful post position in history is the number five, which has produced four winners since 2000 and 11 percent of all winners. What is this? Other relatively successful post positions include the number ten (10.7% winners) and the number 15 with 10.2%.
After the weights have been allocated, each horse owner must pay a series of entry and acceptance fees, including a $600 initial entry fee, $960 first acceptance, $1,450 second acceptance, $2,450 third acceptance, and $45,375 final acceptance on the Saturday prior to the big race.
Secretariat didn't go undefeated in his career, but he did finish "in the money" in all but one of his 21 lifetime races. One of Secretariat's defeats was to a horse named Sham, another one of history's greatest race horses.
Secretariat set records that are still standing today.
Accelerating with each quarter-mile segment, he crossed the finish line at 1:59 2/5th, a new (and still standing) course record. In the 40 years since, only one other horse, Monarchos, has finished in under 2 minutes.
Have you heard the name Seattle Slew? He won the Derby in 1977? "He sold at auction for $17,500," Chris said. "Went on to win the Triple Crown, and also had a successful breeding career."