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View the Melbourne Cup winners between 2021 and 2030 as the latest editions of the 'race that stops a nation' are run and won on the first Tuesday of November. Melbourne Cup winners, placegetters, times, weights and video replays.
- 2021 Melbourne Cup – Verry Elleegant
- 2022 Melbourne Cup – Gold Trip
- 2023 Melbourne Cup – Without A Fight
- 2024 Melbourne Cup – Knight’s Choice
- 2025 Melbourne Cup – Half Yours
- 2026 Melbourne Cup –Â Point Of Law
- 2027 Melbourne Cup – TBD
- 2028 Melbourne Cup – TBD
- 2029 Melbourne Cup – TBD
- 2030 Melbourne Cup – TBD
2026 Melbourne Cup – Point Of Law
Race Info:
Placings: 1st Place Point Of Law ($7), 2nd Place Zahrann ($26), 3rd Place Juja Kibo ($14)
- #20 Point Of Law
- #15 Zahrann
- #11 Juja Kibo
Winning Jockey: Ethan Brown (1st win)
Winning Trainer/s: Ciaron Maher (2nd win)
Winner’s Time: 3:21.88
Weight: 58kg
Odds: $7 favourite
Total Prize Money: $10,200,000
First Prize: $4,500,000
Edition: 166th
About the Race
The 166th edition of the Lexus Melbourne Cup will took place at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday the 3rd of November offering a record $10.2 million in total prize money and was won in a huge late burst by the impressive Ciaron Maher-trained import Point Of Law ($7) who saluted for favourite backers off a patient ride by jockey Ethan Brown.
The most lightly raced Melbourne Cup winner in the modern era, the four-year-old Frankel entire saluted in The Cup at just his sixth start and second in Australia off a lead-up victory in the Geelong Cup. He became the first Geelong Cup – Melbourne Cup double champion since Dunaden (2011).
The 2026 Melbourne Cup winner had 3.75 lengths to spare on the line over stablemate Zahrann ($26) while Juja Kibo ($14) rounded out a stable trifecta. Maher trained five of the Top 6 finishers in the Melbourne Cup with the front-running Royal Supremacy ($51) hanging onto fifth while Shockletz ($10) ran sixth.
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2025 Melbourne Cup – HALF YOURS
Race Info:
Placings: 1st Place Half Yours, 2nd Place Goodie Two Shoes, 3rd Place Middle Earth
Winning Jockey: Jamie Melham
Winning Trainer/s: Tony & Calvin McEvoy
Winner’s Time: 3 minutes 22.46 seconds
Weight: 53kg
Odds: $9
Total Prize Money: $10,000,000
First Prize: $4,500,000
Edition: 165th
About the Race
Half Yours made history in the 2025 Melbourne Cup becoming the 13th horse in history to do the Spring Cups double after his lead-up Caulfield Cup victory.
Jamie Melham famously joined Michelle Payne as the only female Melbourne Cup winning jockeys in history when she guided the Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained galloper to his emphatic 2.75 length win over Irish mare Goodie Two Shoes and the imported Middle Earth.
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2024 Melbourne Cup – Knight’s Choice
Race Info:
Placings: 1st Place Knight’s Choice, 2nd Place Warp Speed, 3rd Place Okita Soushi
Winning Jockey: Robbie Dolan (1st Melbourne Cup ride)
Winning Trainer/s: John Symons & Shelia Laxon (Sunshine Coast)
Winner’s Time: 3 minutes 19.53 seconds
Weight: 51.5kg
Odds: $91
Total Prize Money: $8,560,000
First Prize: $4,400,000
Edition: 164th
About the Race
The John Symons & Shelia Laxon-trained Queenslander, Knight’s Choice ($91), flashed home from the back late with Robbie Dolan aboard to score a thrilling upset in the 2024 Melbourne Cup results narrowly denying the Japanese raider Warp Speed in a remarkable finish.
Okita Soushi for Ciaron Maher ran third with the James Cummings-trained mare Zardozi briefly looking the winner before holding for fourth.
Click here to read more on the upset 2024 Melbourne Cup victory by Knight’s Choice.
2023 Melbourne Cup – Without A Fight
Race Info:
Placings: 1st Place Without A Fight, 2nd Place Soulcombe, 3rd Place Sheraz
Winning Jockey: Mark Zahra
Winning Trainer/s: Anthony & Sam Freedman
Winner’s Time: 3:18.37
Weight: 56.5kg
Odds: $8
Total Prize Money: $8,410,000
First Prize: $4,400,000
Edition: 163rd
About the Race
The 163rd edition of the Group 1 $8.41 million Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) was won by the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight who drew clear the closing stages off a gun ride by last year’s winning jockey Mark Zahra to become the 12th horse in history to complete the Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup double.
Zahra got into a lovely position on the fence settled back from barrier 16 after the first 400m before slicing his way through the field the closing stages, getting the gap on the home straight, and charging down the middle to hit the line over two lengths clear from Soulcombe.
Soulcombe was brave in second after missing the start by some three lengths while his stablemate, the fellow Chris Waller-trained Sheraz at triple-figures, was an upset third adding value to the 2023 Melbourne Cup trifecta.
Click here to read more on the 2023 Melbourne Cup win by Without A Fight.
2022 Melbourne Cup – Gold Trip
Race Info:
Placings: 1st Place Gold Trip, 2nd Place Emissary, 3rd Place High Emocean
Winning Jockey: Mark Zahra
Winning Trainer/s: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
Winner’s Time: 3:24.04
Weight: 57.5kg
Odds: $21
Total Prize Money: $7,750,000
First Prize: $4,400,000
Edition: 162nd
About the Race
Earlier Caulfield Cup runner-up Gold Trip was excellent carting the 57.5kg top-weight to victory in the 2022 Melbourne Cup results at Flemington.
The classy import from the Maher/Eustace stable enjoyed a notable upset at Melbourne Cup odds of $21 to become the heaviest-weighted Melbourne Cup winner since the mighty Makybe Diva for her third with 58kg back in 2005.
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2021 Melbourne Cup – Verry Elleegant
Race Info:
Placings: 1st Place Verry Elleegant, 2nd Place Incentivise, 3rd Place Spanish Mission
Winning Jockey: James McDonald
Winning Trainer: Chris Waller
Winner’s Time: 3:17.43
Weight: 57kg
Odds: $18
Total Prize Money: $7,750,000
First Prize: $4,400,000
Edition: 161st
About the Race
Verry Elleegant became the 12th Melbourne Cup winning mare and the first since three-time hero Makybe Diva (2003-05). Trainer Chris Waller celebrated his first Melbourne Cup victory with James McDonald guiding the brilliant daughter of Zed to a dominant four-length triumph over the beaten favourite Incentivise.
Verry Elleegant enjoyed a notable upset as an $18 shot in Melbourne Cup betting, and she broke the barrier 18 hoodoo becoming the first champion from the gate since barriers were introduced.
Click here to read more on the 2021 Melbourne Cup win by Verry Elleegant.
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