The Cup win that made Australia cry

A New Zealand equine trained by Mike Moroney, Brew had finished 10th successful the 1999 Melbourne Cup erstwhile jumping arsenic a $40 outsider.

The pursuing year, helium was assigned the lightweight of 49kg and won his mode into the Cup tract by winning the Saab Quality - present known arsenic the Lexus Stakes - connected Derby Day. Brew had to backmost up 3 days aboriginal to vie successful the 3200m epic.

With then-apprentice jockey Kerrin McEvoy onboard, Brew stormed location to bushed the tract by 2 lengths paying $14. "My beingness changed aft that win," trainer Moroney said later.

Brew retired the pursuing twelvemonth to go a mounted constabulary horse, and these days calls Living Legends home.

Another New Zealand product, Ethereal had first-class breeding and was a champion stayer, being recognised arsenic specified astatine the 2002 Australian racing awards.

The mare completed the Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup treble successful 2001, trained by Sheila Laxon and with jockey Scott Seamer connected her back.

Paying $10 successful the large race, Ethereal pipped Give The Slip ($31) to the station by 0.8 lengths, some good up of third-placed Persian Punch ($13).

The 2002 triumph of Media Puzzle was the astir affectional Melbourne Cup successful memory.

Champion jockey Damien Oliver had mislaid his older brother, Jason, a week earlier the Cup. Jason had fallen portion riding a equine successful Perth and died from his injuries.

Damien managed to thrust connected Cup time successful the look of tremendous grief, and steered Media Puzzle location successful the diagnostic lawsuit for trainer Dermot Weld. Damien was wearing Jason's breeches successful tribute.

He said aft the race; "the Melbourne Cup doesn't mean thing to maine immoderate more. I'd springiness it distant close present to person my member back".

Sadly, Media Puzzle was euthanised aft breaking his limb portion competing successful 2006.

One of Australia's large racing icons changeable to prominence connected this time successful 2003, erstwhile Makybe Diva stormed location to triumph her archetypal of 3 consecutive Melbourne Cups with jockey Glen Boss onboard.

Makybe Diva - 5 years aged astatine that clip - was fashionable with punters connected the time and was crunched successful betting to leap astatine astir $7. She kicked wide of the tract to bushed She's Archie location by 1-1/4 lengths.

"She got determination truthful easy, she had a brushed run," Boss said. "The runs kept coming. It was conscionable similar it was meant to be."

Makybe Diva became lone the 4th horse, and the archetypal ever mare, to triumph consecutive Melbourne Cups erstwhile Glen Boss steered her to triumph with a beauteous rails tally successful the wet. This clip she was trained by Lee Freedman, aft David Hall had handed her implicit erstwhile helium moved to Hong Kong.

She was the $4.10 contention favourite and justified the likelihood by streaking distant from Vinnie Roe and Zazzman successful the last 200 metres.

"Mate, I'm not a legend," Boss said aft the win. "Makybe Diva - she's the legend. I'm conscionable the fortunate bastard who gets to beryllium connected her back."

"A champion becomes a legend!"

The telephone of Makybe Diva's 3rd consecutive Melbourne Cup triumph has go arsenic iconic arsenic the red, achromatic and bluish silks Glen Boss wore astride the large mare. Video replays of the 2005 triumph volition instrumentality galore Australians backmost to that celebrated time astatine Flemington.

Entering favourite by paying arsenic overmuch arsenic $4.20, she became the archetypal equine to ever triumph the contention 3 times. She had besides won the Cox Plate a week and a fractional anterior to this. She carried 58kg this clip around, becoming the heaviest weighted victor of the Cup since 1975.

Trainer Lee Freedman said, "Go find the smallest kid connected this course, and determination volition beryllium the lone illustration of a idiosyncratic who volition unrecorded agelong capable to spot that (three successful a row) again".

The twelvemonth Japan took implicit Australia's large race, with apical jockey Yasunari Iwata steering Delta Blues to a thrilling triumph implicit Katsuhiko Sumii-trained stablemate Pop Rock, ridden by Damien Oliver.

The 2 Japanese raiders made it a lucifer contention down the consecutive and went stride-for-stride, with Delta Blues getting to the station a half-head earlier his peer.

Delta Blues aboriginal became a showjumper.

Efficient became the archetypal equine since the fable Phar Lap to triumph the Victoria Derby and past travel backmost to triumph the Melbourne Cup the pursuing year.

Only 21 runners contested the 2007 contention aft 3 were scratched earlier the barriers owed to injury. Efficient jumped paying $17, past ran down the wrong of Purple Moon ($5.50) and stole the pb successful the last 50 metres, steered perfectly by Michael Rodd.

Efficient was the archetypal grey equine to triumph the Melbourne Cup since Subzero successful 1992.

The 2008 lawsuit volition beryllium remembered everlastingly arsenic the 12th and last clip legendary trainer Bart Cummings would triumph the Melbourne Cup.

Known arsenic the King of the Cup, Cummings was synonymous with Australia's top equine contention and won it for a 12th clip erstwhile little-fancied Viewed bushed location Bauer by hardly a whisker, ridden by Blake Shinn.

It was Cummings' archetypal Melbourne Cup triumph since Rogan Josh successful 1999. When asked what it meant to him, the fable simply replied - "It's my job. You bash your best".

Corey Brown yet broke done for his archetypal Melbourne Cup win, piloting Shocking to triumph successful 2009.

It followed 2nd spot finishes for Brown successful 2008 and 2002, portion he'd besides tally 3rd successful 1999.

Shocking became the 11th horse, and archetypal since Brew successful 2000 to triumph the Lexus Stakes (formerly the Hotham Handicap)-Melbourne Cup double. It remains the astir caller occurrence of a equine winning some races.

It was besides the past triumph for an Australian-bred thoroughbred for a decade, with Vow and Declare yet breaking the drought successful 2019.

As a six-year-old Americain took retired the 150th moving of the Melbourne Cup, becoming the archetypal French-trained equine to triumph the race.

Favourite So You Think took the pb astatine the apical of the straight, lone for Americain, ridden by Gérald Mossé, to expanse into the pb successful the last 200m, yet winning by conscionable implicit 2 lengths.

"The occupation is truthful casual erstwhile we person the champion contention and the champion horse," Mossé said.

"The favourite was successful beforehand of maine and I took my time.

"I pressed the fastener astatine the close clip and I knew successful the past 250 I was going to drawback [So You Think]."

Americain started favourite successful the 2011 Melbourne Cup, finishing 4th down Dunaden.

Dunaden became the 2nd equine successful 2 years to triumph the Geelong Cup-Melbourne Cup double, getting the motion successful the closest ever photo-finish to the race.

After 3200 metres, Dunaden won by millimetres from Red Cadeaux, successful what initially looked similar a dormant heat.

"I person to accidental I didn't look astatine the photo, but watching the contention and watching the replay I thought we were beaten," trainer Mikel Delzangles said.

Dunaden besides won the 2012 Caulfied Cup, earlier before being retired from racing successful 2015 to basal astatine stud. He died successful 2019 pursuing a paddock mishap successful England.

"It is with large sadness that we denote triple Group One winner, Dunaden, victor of the 2011 Melbourne Cup, sadly died astatine Overbury Stud yesterday owed to complications pursuing a paddock accident," Qatar Racing said successful a statement.

Owner Lloyd Williams won the Melbourne Cup for a 4th clip erstwhile Green Moon saluted successful 2012, making Williams the adjacent astir palmy proprietor successful the race's history.

A disappointing seventh successful the Cox Plate had seen Green Moon's likelihood drift anterior to the Cup, but helium took the pb astatine the apical of the straight, holding disconnected Fiorente by a length.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were connected manus astatine Flemington for the race, with Camilla presenting the winner's trophy.

"He was ne'er going to get beat," jockey Brett Prebble said.

"He got a terrible cheque astir 250 metres aft the commencement but yet got into a bushed and past I enactment it to him connected straightening."

Green Moon was trained by Robert Hickmott, who played 2 AFL matches for Melbourne successful 1990.

Gai Waterhouse became the archetypal Australian pistillate to bid a Melbourne Cup winner, erstwhile Fiorente took the honours successful 2013.

It gave jockey Damien Oliver his 3rd triumph successful the race, but possibly his astir controversial.

Some punters booed Oliver arsenic helium returned to scale, the jockey having lone conscionable returned from a suspension for betting connected a equine successful a contention wherever helium was riding a rival.

Fiorente won the Australian Cup successful the autumn of 2014, but was retired soon aft owed to a tendon injury.

Protectionist became the archetypal German-trained victor of the Melbourne Cup successful 2014, winning by 4 lengths with Ryan Moore connected board.

It gave Moore the antithetic favoritism of winning the Cox Plate-Melbourne Cup treble connected antithetic horses, aft helium rode Adelaide to triumph successful the weight-for-age classic.

Red Cadeaux ran second, becoming the archetypal equine to decorativeness runner-up successful 3 Melbourne Cups (2011, 2013 and 2014).

Protectionist's triumph was overshadowed by the quality of the decease of 2 horses.

Pre-race favourite Admire Rakti died successful his stalls aft finishing last, portion Araldo was enactment down aft breaking a limb pursuing an incidental with a spectator.

Michelle Payne became the archetypal pistillate jockey to triumph the Melbourne Cup, erstwhile she piloted Prince Of Penzance to triumph successful 2015.

"To deliberation that (trainer) Darren Weir has fixed maine a spell and it's specified a chauvinistic sport, I cognize immoderate of the owners were keen to footwear maine off, and John Richards and Darren stuck powerfully with me, and I enactment successful each the effort I could and galloped him each I could due to the fact that I thought helium had what it takes to triumph the Melbourne Cup and I can't accidental however grateful I americium to them," Payne said aft the race.

"I privation to accidental to everyone else, get stuffed, due to the fact that women tin bash thing and we tin bushed the world."

Michelle's member Stevie, who strapped the horse, became astir arsenic celebrated arsenic his sister, highlighting the abilities of radical with Down Syndrome.

Payne's triumph was aboriginal immortalised successful a movie, Ride Like a Girl.

A grounds 5th Melbourne Cup triumph for proprietor Lloyd Williams arsenic Almandin, ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, wore down Heartbreak City successful the closing stages.

It was a 2nd Cup triumph for McEvoy, 16 years aft he'd piloted Brew to triumph successful 2000.

"I said erstwhile I got off, you triumph one, you privation to triumph different one," McEvoy said.

"I americium precise fortunate to beryllium connected this horse.

"He was determination the full way, travelled great, what a buzz."

Rekindling became the archetypal bluish hemisphere three-year-old to triumph the Melbourne Cup successful 2017.

Trained by 24-year-old Joseph O'Brien, Rekindling gave Corey Brown a 2nd triumph successful the race, aft helium rode Shocking successful 2009.

O'Brien's father, Aidan, trained the 2nd placed finisher, Johannes Vermeer.

The Godolphin unchangeable yet tasted Melbourne Cup occurrence erstwhile Kerrin McEvoy piloted Cross Counter to triumph successful 2018.

McEvoy, who carried conscionable 51kg, won the contention for the 3rd time, defying the dense conditions pursuing dense greeting rain.

One of the favourites, the Aidan O'Brien-trained The CliffsofMoher, broke down aboriginal successful the contention and had to beryllium euthanised.

It was a triumph for Australia erstwhile Vow And Declare - 1 of lone 2 locally-bred horses competing successful the 24-horse tract that twelvemonth - clinched triumph successful a arguable finish.

It was the archetypal Melbourne Cup triumph for fashionable Aussie jockey Craig Williams, too, successful a effect that had each equine person and punter from Down Under rejoicing, having staved disconnected the 22 overseas raiders.

Victorian trainer Danny O'Brien was afloat of praise for then-42-year-old Williams aft the race. "I consciousness incredibly blessed to person a equine bully capable to beryllium successful it and past for him to beryllium ridden truthful beautifully by Craig," O'Brien said.

An eerie Melbourne Cup with nary crowds allowed astatine Flemington, the archetypal amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The contention itself was somewhat strange, too, with Irish raider Twilight Payment dictating the tempo from commencement to decorativeness and holding disconnected Tiger Moth and Prince Of Arran. It was the archetypal victor since Might And Power successful 1997 to pb the 2 miles and win.

Twilight Payment returns to contention the 2021 lawsuit connected Tuesday, this clip carrying the apical value of 58kg.