The 2019 Melbourne Cup Results saw the Danny O’Brien-trained Vow And Declare become the first Australian-bred Melbourne Cup winner since Shocking (2009).

Improving off a lead-up second in the Melbourne Cup, the Declaration Of War four-year-old relished the step-up to two-miles and held off a string of internationals to secure the famous three-handled trophy.

The official Melbourne Cup 2019 results saw the previous year’s third placegetter, Charlie Fellowes’ UK raider Prince Of Arran, finish second following a successful protest that demoted original second-past-the-post, Master Of Reality, to fourth.

The protesting horse was the Aidan O’Brien-trained Il Paradiso, successfully elevated into third to complete the post-protest Melbourne Cup 2019 trifecta.

Jockey Craig Williams celebrated his first victory in the ‘race that stops a nation’ aboard the 2019 Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare, giving the galloper a brilliant ride.

It was also the second year the horse donning the Number 23 Melbourne Cup saddlecloth was successful following Cross Counter (2018).

Read the full story on the Melbourne Cup 2019 results by following the link, and view the complete 24-horse Melbourne Cup finishing order for 2019 below.

2019 Melbourne Cup Results & Finishing Order

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty
1	23	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	–	21	52kg	–
2	12	PRINCE OF ARRAN (GB)	Charlie Fellowes	Michael Walker	0.2L	8	54kg	1.0kg
3	20	IL PARADISO (USA)	Aidan O’Brien	Wayne Lordan	0.3L	17	52.5kg	–
4	3	MASTER OF REALITY (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Frankie Dettori	0.4L	1	55.5kg	–
5	18	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	Paul Preusker	Jordan Childs	0.9L	20	53.5kg	1.0kg
6	2	MER DE GLACE (JPN)	Hisashi Shimizu	Damian Lane	1.2L	2	56kg	1.0kg
7	11	FINCHE (GB)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	1.4L	4	54kg	–
8	1	CROSS COUNTER (GB)	Charlie Appleby	William Buick	1.6L	5	57.5kg	–
9	21	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony Freedman	Brett Prebble	2.1L	16	52.5kg	–
10	15	MAGIC WAND (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	3.6L	24	53.5kg	–
11	10	TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Hugh Bowman	3.8L	19	55kg	–
12	17	SOUND (GER)	Michael Moroney	James Winks	3.9L	10	53.5kg	–
13	19	CONSTANTINOPLE (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Joao Moreira	4.1L	7	52.5kg	–
14	4	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Ben Melham	4.3L	13	55.5kg	–
15	6	HUNTING HORN (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Seamie Heffernan	4.5L	11	55kg	–
16	13	RAYMOND TUSK (IRE)	Richard Hannon	Jamie Spencer	5L	3	54kg	–
17	22	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Tim Clark	5.2L	18	52kg	0.5kg
18	7	LATROBE (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	James McDonald	6.45L	22	55kg	–
19	5	SOUTHERN FRANCE (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	6.55L	14	55.5kg
20	24	YOUNGSTAR	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	7.3L	9	52kg	–
21	16	NEUFBOSC (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	8.3L	23	53.5kg	–
22	14	DOWNDRAFT (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	John Allen	8.6L	15	53.5kg	–
23	8	MUSTAJEER (GB)	Kris Lees	Damien Oliver	10.85L	6	55kg	–
24	9	ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	40.85L	12	55kg	–