2011-2020 Melbourne Cup Winners | Melbourne Cup Results

Melbourne Cup winners between 2011 and 2020, including runners up, third place, times, weights and video replays.

2020 Melbourne Cup Results

1st: #6 Twilight Payment
2nd: #21 Tiger Moth
3rd: #12 Prince Of Arran
4th: #17 The Chosen One

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
1	6	TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Jye McNeil		12	55.5kg		$26
2	21	TIGER MOTH (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy	0.4L	22	52.5kg	2.5kg	$6.50
3	12	PRINCE OF ARRAN (GB)	Charlie Fellowes	Jamie Kah	0.6L	1	54.5kg		$9.50
4	17	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Daniel Stackhouse	2.35L	5	53.5kg		$41
5	24	PERSAN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	2.45L	19	51kg	1.0kg	$41
6	5	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Glen Boss	3.45L	14	55.5kg		$12
7	7	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	3.85L	15	55.5kg	0.5kg	$10
8	15	RUSSIAN CAMELOT (IRE)	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	3.95L	16	53.5kg		$13
9	11	FINCHE (GB)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4.7L	6	54.5kg		$21
10	18	ASHRUN (FR)	Andreas Wohler	Declan Bates	4.8L	23	53kg		$26
11	22	OCEANEX (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall	5.55L	17	51.5kg		$81
12	19	WARNING	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Luke Currie	6.8L	8	53kg		$41
13	13	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	Paul Preusker	Craig Williams	8.8L	7	54.5kg		$6F
14	23	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	10.55L	13	51kg		$41
15	4	MASTER OF REALITY (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Ben Melham	10.75L	11	56kg		$19
16	16	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	William Pike	10.95L	20	53.5kg	1.0kg	$31
17	20	ETAH JAMES (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Billy Egan	12.7L	21	52.5kg		$101
18	3	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Mott	13.95L	4	57kg		$61
19	8	MUSTAJEER (GB)	Kris Lees	Michael Rodd	14.95L	2	55kg		$101
20	9	STRATUM ALBION (GB)	Willie Mullins	Jordan Childs	17.95L	9	55kg		$31
21	10	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	Andrew Balding	Michael Walker	19.2L	18	54.5kg		$101
22	2	AVILIUS (GB)	James Cummings	John Allen	20.95L	10	57kg		$61
FF	1	ANTHONY VAN DYCK (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Hugh Bowman		3	58.5kg		$10
	14	KING OF LEOGRANCE (FR)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane		0

*Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2011 Melbourne Cup – Dunaden

Race Info:

Placings: 1^st Place Dunaden, 2^nd Place Red Cadeaux, 3^rd Place Lucas Cranach

Jockeys: Christophe Lemaire, Michael Rodd, Corey Brown

Trainers: Mikel Delzangles, Ed Dunlop, Anthony Freedman

Winner’s Time: 3:20.84

Weight: 54.5kg

Odds: $8.50

Prize Money: $6,000,000

About the Race

The 2011 Melbourne Cup produced one of the most thrilling photo finishes in history. Dunaden and Red Cadeaux were so closely placed that course officials took over four minutes to determine the winner, and it came down to three pixels difference, with the photo zoomed in four times greater than usual to decide the result. Controversy still rages today, no doubt fuelled by those who backed Red Cadeaux.

Lucas Cranach had the lead 400m out, but Dunaden and Red Cadeaux were too much. Americain ran a relatively poor race, with a disappointing start and a wide turn onto the straight, but still managed to come through into fourth place.

2012 Melbourne Cup – Green Moon

Race Info:

Placings: 1^st Place Green Moon, 2^nd Place Fiorente, 3^rd Place Jakkalberry

Jockeys: Brett Prebble, James McDonald, Colm O’Donoghue

Trainers: Robert Hickmott, Gai Waterhouse, Marco Botti

Winner’s Time: 3:20.45

Weight: 54.5kg

Odds: $19

Prize Money: $6,200,000

About the Race

Prince Charles and Camilla attended the race, with Camilla presenting the trophy to the winner. Americain and Dunaden were favourites going into the race, and they placed 11th and 14th. Glencadam Gold was leader for a good part of the race, managing a respectable 6th place. Green Moon won by a length ahead of a hard-fighting Fiorente. The race saw one of the greatest distances between first and last place, with Ethiopia limping in 63 lengths behind the winner with an injured tendon. The race made Lloyd Williams the most successful owner in Melbourne Cup history with a fourth win. Green Moon was at $22.50 for a good part of the lead-up to the race, well longer than many other horses.

2013 Melbourne Cup – Fiorente

Race Info:

Placings: 1^st Place Fiorente, 2^nd Place Red Cadeaux, 3^rd Place Mount Athos

Jockeys: Damien Oliver, Gerald Mosse, Craig Williams

Trainers: Gai Waterhouse, Ed Dunlop, Luca Cumani

Winner’s Time: 3:20.30

Weight: 55kg

Odds: $7.50

Prize Money: $6,000,000

About the Race

Fiorente returned to improve his 2012 result, making Gai Waterhouse the first official female trainer to win a Melbourne Cup. The race also gave Damien Oliver his third Melbourne Cup victory in his first start after a ten month suspension. Nearly $130 million was wagered on the race across Australia. Fiorente went into the race as favourite and was able to secure victory by almost a full length over Red Cadeaux, who finished more than a length ahead of Mount Athos in third.

There was some controversy regarding another of Gai’s horses, Tres Blue, and Dunaden, who both received medical treatment on the day of the race, a prohibited practice. French horse Verema was put down following the race, due to breaking her cannon bone during the event.

2014 Melbourne Cup – Protectionist

Race Info:

Placings: 1^st Place Protectionist, 2^nd Place Red Cadeaux, 3^rd Place Who Shot Thebarman

Jockeys: Ryan Moore, Gerald Mosse, Glen Boss

Trainers: Andreas Wohler, Ed Dunlop, Chris Waller

Winner’s Time: 3:17.71

Weight: 56.5kg

Odds: $8

Prize Money: $6.2 million

About the Race

There was considerable hype surrounding Caulfield Cup winner Admire Rakti, who was favourite heading into this event. Lucia Valentina was also expected to perform well following her second place in that event. Red Cadeaux lined up for his fourth Melbourne Cup and walked away with his third second place.

Protectionist was able to pull off a stunning finish, blitzing past his rivals to secure a four length victory. Signoff, racing over that distance for the first time, produced a great run to secure fourth. Unfortunately, during the race Admire Rakti, who was leading for the most part, was pulled back by Ryan Moore. He died from Sudden Death Syndrome within half an hour of the race’s conclusion. Araldo was later put down after getting spooked and breaking his leg against a metal rail due to somebody waving a flag.

2015 Melbourne Cup – Prince Of Penzance

Race Info:

Placings: 1^st Place Prince Of Penzance, 2^nd Place Max Dynamite, 3^rd Place Criterion

Jockeys: Michelle Payne, Frankie Dettori, Michael Walker

Trainers: Darren Weir, William Mullins, David Hayes & Tom Dabernig

Winner’s Time: 3:23.10

Weight: 53kg

Odds: $101

Prize Money: $6.2 million

About the Race

Prince Of Penzance made Melbourne Cup history as a $101 winner of the ‘race that stops a nation’, the first ever female Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne aboard. He came from a well back with a swooping late run, beating Irish raider Max Dynamite and the classy local Criterion.

It was just the second start from a year long break for Prince Of Penzance, who got a nice trail into the race late when Payne got on the back of Trip To Paris. The Melbourne Cup winner wasn’t fancied by the bookies, but he had the devastating turn of foot to score the upset.

2016 Melbourne Cup – Almandin

Race Info:

Placings: 1^st Place Almandin, 2^nd Place Heartbreak City, 3^rd Place Hartnell

Jockeys: Kerrin McEvoy, Joao Moreira, James McDonald

Trainers: Robert Hickmott, Tony Martin, John O’Shea

Winner’s Time: 3:20.58

Weight: 52kg

Odds: $11

Prize Money: $6.2 million

About the Race

Almandin handed owner Lloyd Williams with a fifth Melbourne Cup victory and jockey Kerrin McEvoy his second – 16 years apart – with his close win in the ‘race that stops a nation’ over Irish raider Heartbreak City. The top two went stride for stride after joining in late from the back of the field, battling it out in the final few hundred meters. Almandin with the 2kg weight advantage – having his first Group 1 start and first 3200m run – just nosed out the brave runner-up. Beaten favourite Hartnell held for third.