Melbourne Cup
Annual Thoroughbred horse race in Melbourne
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| 2024 |
Melbourne Cup placings
Okita Soushi finished third in the Melbourne Cup, ridden by Jamie Kah and trained by Ciaron Maher
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| 2024 |
Melbourne Cup placings
Warp Speed finished second in the Melbourne Cup, ridden by Akira Sugawara and trained by Noboru Takagi
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| 2024 | Ratings system for Melbourne Cup was modified to include only total viewers, changing the previous method of calculating viewership. |
| 2024 | Largest crowd since 2016, with 91,168 attendees at the Melbourne Cup. |
| 2024 | Melbourne Cup prize money reaches $8,560,000, marking the highest prize money in the table's recorded history. |
| November 2024 |
Melbourne Cup placings
Zardozi, trained by James Cummings and ridden by Andrea Atzeni, finishes fourth in the Melbourne Cup with odds of 13/1, finishing 1.31 lengths behind the winner.
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| November 5 2024 |
Knight's Choice
Won 1st place in the 2024 Melbourne Cup at Flemington, ridden by Robbie Dolan, with Warp Speed in 2nd place and Okita Soushi in 3rd place
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| November 5 2024 |
2024 Melbourne Cup
The 164th Melbourne Cup was held at Flemington Racecourse, with Knight's Choice ridden by Robbie Dolan winning the race. This marked Robbie Dolan's first Melbourne Cup victory.
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| November 2 2024 |
2024 Melbourne Cup
The final field for the 164th Melbourne Cup was officially declared.
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| October 30 2024 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 5th in the Bendigo Cup (Group 3, 2400m) at Bendigo, ridden by Robbie Dolan
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| October 19 2024 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 14th in the Caulfield Cup, ridden by Robbie Dolan
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| October 8 2024 |
Delta Blues
Delta Blues died due to complications from laminitis at the Japanese thoroughbred retirement facility, Old Friends Japan, at the age of 23.
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| October 5 2024 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 16th in the Turnbull Stakes, ridden by Jordan Childs
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| September 21 2024 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 9th in the Underwood Stakes, ridden by Craig Williams
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| July 14 2024 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 4th in the Coloundra Cup (listed 2400m) at Sunshine Coast, ridden by Robbie Dolan
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| June 2024 |
2024 Melbourne Cup
Network 10 dropped out of the bidding for Melbourne Cup broadcast rights, ending their coverage since 2019.
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| June 29 2024 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 3rd in the Tattersall's Cup (Group 3, 2400m) at Eagle Farm, ridden by Robbie Dolan, with Vow and Declare winning and Young Werther in 2nd place
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| June 15 2024 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 2nd in the HKJC World Pool (Group 2, 2200m) at Eagle Farm, ridden by Robbie Dolen, with Fawkner Park winning and Bois D'argent in 2nd place
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| June 1 2024 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 4th in the Lord Mayor's Cup (Group 3, 1800m) at Eagle Farm, ridden by Vlad Duric
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| May 18 2024 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 2nd in the Sky Racing Members Handicap over 1600m at Doomben, ridden by Craig Williams, with Gringotts winning and Nikau Spur in 3rd place
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| 2023 |
Melbourne Cup placings
Soulcombe finished second in the Melbourne Cup, ridden by João Moreira and trained by Chris Waller
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| 2023 |
Melbourne Cup placings
Sheraz finished third in the Melbourne Cup, ridden by Beau Mertens and trained by Chris Waller
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| December 2 2023 |
Knight's Choice
Won 1st place in the Vale Wayne Purchase Open Handicap over 2000m at Doomben, ridden by Jaden Lloyd
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| November 2023 |
Protectionist
Protectionist passed away at the age of 13, marking the end of his life after a notable racing career.
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| November 14 2023 |
Protectionist
Protectionist passed away at the age of 13.
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| November 13 2023 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 13th in the Golden Eagle over 1500m at Rosehill, ridden by Jaden Lloyd
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| November 7 2023 |
2023 Melbourne Cup
Without A Fight won the 163rd Melbourne Cup, with jockey Mark Zahra securing his second Melbourne Cup victory after winning in 2022 with Gold Trip.
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| November 4 2023 |
2023 Melbourne Cup
The final field for the 163rd Melbourne Cup was officially declared.
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| October 21 2023 |
Knight's Choice
Finished 5th in the Filante Handicap (1600m) at Randwick, ridden by Zac Lloyd
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| September 10 2023 |
Kiwi
Bronze statue of Kiwi was unveiled at Gulley Park in Waverley, followed by a race meeting at the Waverley Racing Cup.
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| July 2023 |
Knight's Choice
Knight's Choice's owners declined an offer of more than $2.3 million for the horse.
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| July 1 2023 |
Knight's Choice
Won 1st place in the Winx Guineas (Group 3, 1600m) at Sunshine Coast, ridden by Jaden Lloyd
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| June 2023 |
2023 Melbourne Cup
Network 10 dropped out of the bidding for Melbourne Cup broadcast rights after broadcasting the race since 2019.
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| June 21 2023 |
Knight's Choice
Won 1st place in a Benchmark 65 race over 1650m at Doomben, ridden by Jaden Lloyd
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| June 11 2023 |
Knight's Choice
Won 1st place in a Benchmark 65 race over 1600m at Sunshine Coast, ridden by Michael Hellyer
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| May 26 2023 |
Knight's Choice
Won 1st place in a 3YO maiden race over 1600m at Sunshine Coast, ridden by Micheal Hellyer
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| February 2023 |
2023 Melbourne Cup
Nine Entertainment announced they will broadcast the Melbourne Cup from 2024 until 2029.
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| 2022 |
Melbourne Cup placings
Emissary finished second in the Melbourne Cup, ridden by Patrick Moloney and trained by Mike Moroney
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| 2022 |
Kiwi
A life-size plasticine mould of Kiwi with jockey Jim Cassidy was created by New Plymouth artist Fridtjof Hanson.
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| 2022 | Recorded as the coldest Melbourne Cup Day since 1913. |
| 2022 | Melbourne Cup prize money stabilized at $8,000,000 after remaining constant from 2020. |
| 2022 | The Roy Higgins Quality was added to the list of races that provide automatic Melbourne Cup ballot exemption. |
| November 1 2022 |
2022 Melbourne Cup
Gold Trip, ridden by jockey Mark Zahra and trained by Ciaron Maher & David Eustace, won the 162nd Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse.
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| October 29 2022 |
2022 Melbourne Cup
Final field for the 162nd Melbourne Cup was officially declared.
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| 2021 |
Melbourne Cup placings
Spanish Mission finished third in the Melbourne Cup, ridden by Craig Williams and trained by Andrew Balding
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| 2021 |
Melbourne Cup placings
Incentivise finished second in the Melbourne Cup, ridden by Brett Prebble and trained by Peter Moody
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| 2021 | Melbourne Cup maintained its $8,000,000 prize money level, continuing the previous year's amount. |
| 2021 |
Might and Power
The Caulfield Stakes was renamed 'Might and Power Stakes' in honor of the horse's legacy, commemorating his 1998 victory in the race.
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| November 2 2021 |
2021 Melbourne Cup
Verry Elleegant, ridden by jockey James McDonald and trained by Chris Waller, won the Melbourne Cup from barrier 18 - a historic first in the race's 161-year history. The race was held at Flemington Racecourse with a limited crowd of 10,000 vaccinated attendees due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
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