Results 1861-2009
The Melbourne Cup has a long history. Here are the winners, runner-ups and third-place finishers since 1861.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Shocking | Crime Scene | Mourilyan |
| 2008 | Viewed | Bauer | C’est La Guerre |
| 2007 | Efficient | Purple Moon | Mahler |
| 2006 | Delta Blues | Pop Rock | Maybe Better |
| 2005 | Makybe Diva | On a Jeune | Xcellent |
| 2004 | Makybe Diva | Vinnie Roe | Zazzman |
| 2003 | Makybe Diva | She’s Archie | Jardines Lookout |
| 2002 | Media Puzzle | Mr. Prudent | Beekeeper |
| 2001 | Ethereal | Give The Slip | Persian Punch |
| 2000 | Brew | Yippyio | Second Coming |
| 1999 | Rogan Josh | Central Park | *Lahar |
| 1998 | Jezabeel | Champagne | Persian Punch |
| 1997 | Might and Power | Doriemus | Markham |
| 1996 | Saintly | Count Chivas | Skybeau |
| 1995 | Doriemus | Nothin’ Leica Dane | Vintage Crop |
| 1994 | Jeune | Paris Lane | Oompala |
| 1993 | Vintage Crop | Te Akau Nick | Mercator |
| 1992 | Subzero | Veandercross | Castletown |
| 1991 | Let’s Elope | *Shiva’s Revenge | Magnolia Hall |
| 1990 | Kingston Rule | The Phantom | Mr Brooker |
| 1989 | Tawrrific | Super Impose | Kudz |
| 1988 | Empire Rose | Natski | Na Botto |
| 1987 | Kensei | Empire Rose | Rosedale |
| 1986 | At Talaq | Rising Fear | Sea Legend |
| 1985 | What a Nuisance | Koiro Corrie May | Tripsacum |
| 1984 | Black Knight | Chagemar | Mapperley Heights |
| 1983 | Kiwi | Noble Comment | Mr Jazz |
| 1982 | Gurner’s Lane | Kingston Town | Noble Comment |
| 1981 | Just a Dash | El Laurena | Flashing Light |
| 1980 | Beldale Ball | My Blue Denim | Love Bandit |
| 1979 | Hyperno | Salamander | Red Nose |
| 1978 | Arwon | Dandaleith | Karu |
| 1977 | Gold and Black | Reckless | Hyperno |
| 1976 | Van Der Hum | Gold And Black | Kythera |
| 1975 | Think Big | Holiday Waggon | Medici |
| 1974 | Think Big | Leilani | Captain Peri |
| 1973 | Gala Supreme | Glengowan | Daneson |
| 1972 | Piping Lane | Magnifique | Gunsynd |
| 1971 | Silver Knight | Igloo | Tails |
| 1970 | Baghdad Note | Vansittart | Clear Prince |
| 1969 | Rain Lover | Alsop | Ben Lomond |
| 1968 | Rain Lover | Fileur | Fans |
| 1967 | Red Handed | Red Crest | Floodbird |
| 1966 | Galilee | Light Fingers | Duo |
| 1965 | Light Fingers | Ziema | Midlander |
| 1964 | Polo Prince | Elkayel | Welltown |
| 1963 | Gatum Gatum | Ilumquh | Grand Print |
| 1962 | Even Stevens | Comicquita | Aquanita |
| 1961 | Lord Fury | Grant Print | Dhaulagiri |
| 1960 | Hi Jinx | Howsie | Ilumquh |
| 1959 | Macdougal | Nether Gold | White Hills |
| 1958 | Baystone | Monte Carlo | Red Pine |
| 1957 | Straight Draw | Prince Darius | Pandie Sun |
| 1956 | Evening Peal | Redcraze | Caranna |
| 1955 | Toparoa | Rising Fast | Sir William |
| 1954 | Rising Fast | Hellion | Gay Helios |
| 1953 | Wodalla | Most Regal | My Hero |
| 1952 | Dalray | Welkin Sun | Reformed |
| 1951 | Delta | Akbar | Double Blank |
| 1950 | Comic Court | Chicquita | Morse Code |
| 1949 | Foxzami | Hoyle | Benvolo |
| 1948 | Rimfire | Dark Marne | Saxony |
| 1947 | Hiraji | Fresh Boy | Red Fury |
| 1946 | Russia | On Target | Carey |
| 1945 | Rainbird | Silver Link | Leonard |
| 1944 | Sirius | Peter | *Cellini |
| 1943 | Dark Felt | Counsel | Claudette |
| 1942 | Colonus | Phocion | Heart’s Desire |
| 1941 | Skipton | Son Of Aurous | Beau Vite |
| 1940 | Old Rowley | Maikai | Tidal Wave |
| 1939 | Rivette | Maikai | Pantler |
| 1938 | Cataloque | Bourbon | Ortelle’s Star |
| 1937 | The Trump | Willie Win | Sarcherie |
| 1936 | Wotan | Silver Standard | Balkan Prince |
| 1935 | Marabou | Sarcherie | Sylvandale |
| 1934 | Peter Pan | Sarcherie | LaTrobe |
| 1933 | Hall Mark | Shadow King | * Topical |
| 1932 | Peter Pan | Yarramba | Shadow King |
| 1931 | White Nose | Shadow King | Concentrate |
| 1930 | Phar Lap | Second Wind | Shadow King |
| 1929 | Nightmarch | Paquito | Phar Lap |
| 1928 | Statesman | Strephon | Demost |
| 1927 | Trivalve | Silvius | Son O’Mine |
| 1926 | Spearfelt | Naos | Pantheon |
| 1925 | Windbag | Manfred | Pilliewinkie |
| 1924 | Backwood | Stand By | Spearfelt |
| 1923 | Bitalli | Rivoli | Accarak |
| 1922 | King Ingoda | The Cypher | Mufti |
| 1921 | Sister Olive | The Rover | Amazonia |
| 1920 | Poitrel | Erasmus | Queen Comedy |
| 1919 | Artilleryman | Richmond Main | Two Blues |
| 1918 | Night Watch | Kennaquhair | Gadabout |
| 1917 | Westcourt | Lingle | Wallace Isinglass |
| 1916 | Sasanof | Shepherd King | St Spasa |
| 1915 | Partobas | Westcourt | Carlita |
| 1914 | Kingsburgh | Sir Alwynton | Moonbria |
| 1913 | Posinatus | Belove | Ulva’s Isle |
| 1912 | Piastre | Hallowmas | Uncle Sam |
| 1911 | The Parisian | Flavian | Didus |
| 1910 | Comedy King | Trafalgar | Apple Pie |
| 1909 | Prince Foote | Alawa | Aberdeen |
| 1908 | Lord Nolan | Tulkeroo | Delaware |
| 1907 | Apologue | Mooltan | Mountain King |
| 1906 | Poseidon | Antonius | Proceed |
| 1905 | Blue Spec | Scot Free | Tartan |
| 1904 | Acrasia | Lord Cardigan | Blinker |
| 1903 | Lord Cardigan | Wakeful | Seaport |
| 1902 | The Victory | Vanity Fair | Abundance |
| 1901 | Revenue | San Fran | Khaki |
| 1900 | Clean Sweep | Maltster | Alix |
| 1899 | Merriwee | Voyou | Dewey |
| 1898 | The Grafter | Wait-A-Bit | Cocos |
| 1897 | Gaulus | The Grafter | Aurum |
| 1896 | Newhaven | Bloodshot | The Skipper |
| 1895 | Auraria | Hova | Burrabari |
| 1894 | Patron | Devon | Nada |
| 1893 | Tarcoola | Carnage | Jeweller (Late Limerick) |
| 1892 | Glenloth | Ronda | Penance |
| 1891 | Malvolio | Sir William | Strathmore |
| 1890 | Carbine | Highborn | Correze |
| 1889 | Bravo | Carbine | Melos |
| 1888 | Mentor | Tradition | The Yeoman |
| 1887 | Dunlop | Silvermine | The Australian Peer |
| 1886 | Arsenal | Trenton | Silvermine |
| 1885 | Sheet Anchor | Grace Darling | Trenton |
| 1884 | Malua | Commotion | Plausible |
| 1883 | Martini-Henri | First Water | Commotion |
| 1882 | The Assyrian | Stockwell | Gudarz |
| 1881 | Zulu | The Czar | Sweetmeat |
| 1880 | Grand Flaneur | Progress | Lord Burghley |
| 1879 | Darriwell | Sweetmeat | Suwarrow |
| 1878 | Calamia | Tom Kirk | Waxy |
| 1877 | Chester | Savanaka | The Vagabond |
| 1876 | Briseis | Sibyl | Timothy |
| 1875 | Wollomai | Richmond | Goldsborough |
| 1874 | Haricot | Protos | The Diver (late Dolphin) |
| 1873 | Don Juan | Dagworth | Horatio |
| 1872 | The Quack | The Ace | Dagworth |
| 1871 | The Pearl | *Romula | Irish King |
| 1870 | Nimblefoot | Lapdog | Valentine |
| 1869 | Warrior | The Monk | Phoebe |
| 1868 | Glencoe | Strop | Shenendoah |
| 1867 | Tim Whiffler | Queen of Hearts | Exile |
| 1866 | The Barb | Exile | Falcon |
| 1865 | Toryboy | *Panic | Riverina |
| 1864 | Lantern | Poet | Rose of Denmark |
| 1863 | Banker | Musidora | Rose of Denmark |
| 1862 | Archer | Mormon | Camden |
| 1861 | Archer | Mormon | Prince |
