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Melbourne Cup Horses News
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Melbourne Cup 2025 Results
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1st
14. Half Yours (8)
J: Jamie Melham 53kg
T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy |
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2nd
20. Goodie Two Shoes (20)
J: W M Lordan 51.5kg
T: Joseph O'Brien |
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3rd
7. Middle Earth (13)
J: Ethan Brown 54.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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4th
21. River Of Stars (14)
J: Beau Mertens 51.5kg
T: Chris Waller |
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5th
23. Torranzino (18)
J: Celine Gaudray 51kg
T: Paul Preusker |
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6th
4. Vauban (2)
J: Blake Shinn 56.5kg
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
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7th
1. Al Riffa (19)
J: Mark Zahra 59kg
T: Joseph O'Brien |
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8th
9. Absurde (4)
J: Kerrin McEvoy 53.5kg
T: Willie Mullins |
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9th
13. Changingoftheguard (24)
J: Tim Clark 53kg
T: Kris Lees |
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10th
8. Meydaan (22)
J: James McDonald 54kg
T: Simon & Ed Crisford |
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11th
17. Furthur (7)
J: Michael Dee 52kg
T: Andrew Balding |
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12th
3. Arapaho (15)
J: Rachel King 56.5kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
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13th
10. Flatten The Curve (17)
J: Thore Hammer-Hansen 53.5kg
T: Henk Grewe |
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14th
12. Smokin' Romans (11)
J: Ben Melham 53.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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15th
22. Royal Supremacy (21)
J: Robbie Dolan 51kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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16th
24. Valiant King (10)
J: Jye McNeil 51kg
T: Chris Waller |
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18th
15. More Felons (23)
J: Tommy Berry 53kg
T: Chris Waller |
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19th
6. Presage Nocturne (9)
J: Stephane Pasquier 55.5kg
T: Alessandro Botti |
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20th
18. Parchment Party (3)
J: John R Velazquez 52kg
T: William I Mott |
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21st
19. Athabascan (1)
J: Declan Bates 51.5kg
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
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22nd
11. Land Legend (16)
J: Joao Moreira 53.5kg
T: Chris Waller |
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23rd
5. Chevalier Rose (5)
J: Damian Lane 55.5kg
T: Hisashi Shimizu |
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24th
2. Buckaroo (12)
J: Craig Williams 57kg
T: Chris Waller |
The 2025 Melbourne Cup Horses are officially known when final acceptances are announced on the Saturday prior to the race following the VRC Derby Day action.
The Melbourne Cup 2025 field is released on November 1, 2025, with the confirmed Melbourne Cup horses to be detailed below.
As one of the most prestigious horse racing events in the world, the Melbourne Cup horses that line-up in the world’s richest handicap are the best in the business.
Many Australian trainers go through their entire career with the hope of someday having a horse good enough to enter the $10 million race on the first Tuesday of November, and more and more we are seeing imported Melbourne Cup horses bred to stay the testing two-mile distance.
It is also becoming very common place to find a strong international charge with Northern Hemisphere-trained Melbourne Cup horses making a raid for the ‘Loving Trophy’.
Melbourne Cup history shows a number of recent internationally trained Melbourne Cup winners including most recently Rekindling (2017), Cross Counter (2018) and Twilight Payment (2020) who held out two other raiders in an all-international Melbourne Cup trifecta.
In 2019 the locals were back in winning form with the Danny O’Brien-trained Vow And Declare becoming the first Australian-bred Melbourne Cup winner meanwhile since Shocking back in 2009.
The 2021 Melbourne Cup was won by the Chris Waller-trained Verry Elleegant over Queensland-bred Incentivise, while UK raider Spanish Mission ran third.
All three Melbourne Cup horses in the 2021 trifecta carried 57kg.
In 2022 the French-bred but Australian-trained Gold Trip for Ciaron Maher & David Eustace won the Melbourne Cup carrying the 57.5kg top-weight.
With only the very best stayers from around the globe being granted the honour of a start in the capacity 24-horse Melbourne Cup field, you can be assured that each year’s race will possess an incredible amount of talent and staying ability.
In 2023 the Melbourne Cup winner was the Irish-bred but Australian-trained Without A Fight for Anthony & Sam Freedman with the horse become the 12th in history to do the Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup double in the same year.
The winning Melbourne Cup horse in 2024 was Knight’s Choice for Sunshine Coast trainers John Symons & Sheila Laxon with the son of Extreme Choice becoming the first Australian bred Melbourne Cup winner since Vow And Declare (2019).
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