MOST FAMOUS MELBOURNE CUP RACE | MAKYBE DIVA & PHAR LAP

Today, the Melbourne Cup held at Flemington Racecourse in Victoria, is the richest thoroughbred handicap run in Australia, while the prize money and trophies make it among the richest horseraces in the world.

In 1861, at the first running of the Melbourne Cup, the VRC committee could hardly have envisaged the Cup lasting a century and a half, growing to become a significant part of Australia’s social and sporting culture.

Run on the first Tuesday of every November, it is widely known as ‘the race that stops a nation’, boasting an honour roll of jockeys such as Craig Williams, Kerrin McEvoy, Corey Brown, Michelle Payne, Ryan Moore and trainers Charlie Appleby, Joseph O’Brien and Gai Waterhouse.

CARBINE (1890)
Jockey: Robert Ramage
Trainer: Walter Hickenbotham
Notable wins:
Cumberland Stakes
Sydney Cup
All Aged Stakes
AJC Plate
Melbourne Stakes
Craven Plate
AJC Spring Stakes
Australian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
New Zealand Horse Racing Hall of Fame

MAKYBE DIVA (2005, 2004, 2003)
Jockey: Glen Boss
Trainer: Lee Freedman
Notable wins:
Cox Plate
BMW Classic
Sydney Cup

PHAR LAP (1930)
Jockey: Jim Pike
Trainer: Harry Telford
Notable wins:
Rosehill Guineas
AJC Derby
Craven Plate
Victoria Derby
VRC St Leger
Chipping Norton Stakes
AJC Plate
Chelmsford Stakes
Hill Stakes
Cox Plate
Melbourne Stakes
Linlithgow Stakes
C.B. Fisher Plate
St George Stakes
Futurity Stakes
Underwood Stakes
Memsie Stakes
Agua Caliente Handicap

SAINTLY (1996)
Jockey: Darren Beadman
Trainer: Bart Cummings
Notable wins:
C F Orr Stakes
Australian Cup
Cox Plate

EFFICIENT (2007)
Jockey: Michael Rodd
Trainer: Graeme Rogerson
Notable wins:
Turnbull Stakes

DELTA BLUES #デルタブルース (2006)
Jockey: Yasunari Iwata
Trainer: Katsuhiko Sumii
Notable wins:
Kikuka Sho

PETER PAN (1932, 1934)
Jockey: Bill Duncan
Trainer: Frank McGrath
Notable wins:
AJC Derby
Melbourne Stakes
Hill Stakes
AJC Plate
Randwick Stakes
AJC St Leger
AJC Cumberland Plate
AJC Autumn Plate
All Aged Stakes
Rawson Stakes
Craven Plate
AJC Jubilee Cup
Spring Stakes

GALILEE (1966)
Jockey: John Miller
Trainer: Bart Cummings
Notable wins:
Toorak Handicap
Caulfield Cup
C.B.Fisher Plate
VRC Queens Plate
VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes
AJC Autumn Stakes
Sydney Cup
Memsie Stakes
Turnbull Stakes

Other recent Melbourne Cup winners:
2019 Vow And Declare
2018 Cross Counter
2017 Rekindling
2016 Almandin
2015 Prince of Penzance
2014 Protectionist
2013 Fiorente
2012 Green Moon
2011 Dunaden
2010 Americain
2009 Shocking
2008 Viewed
2007 Efficient
2006 Delta Blues
2005 Makybe Diva
2004 Makybe Diva
2003 Makybe Diva
2002 Media Puzzle
2001 Ethereal
2000 Brew
1999 Rogan Josh
1998 Jezabeel
1997 Might And Power
1996 Saintly
1995 Doriemus
1994 Jeune
1993 Vintage Crop
1992 Subzero
1991 Lets Elope
1990 Kingston Rule
1989 Tawrrific
1988 Empire Rose
1987 Kensei
1986 At Talaq
1985 What A Nuisance
1984 Black Knight
1983 Kiwi J. Cassidy
1982 Gurners Lane
1981 Just A Dash
1980 Beldale Ball
1979 Hyperno
1978 Arwon
1977 Gold And Black
1976 Van Der Hum
1975 Think Big
1974 Think Big
1973 Gala Supreme
1972 Piping Lane
1971 Silver Knight
1970 Bagdad Note
1969 Rain Lover
1968 Rain Lover
1967 Red Handed
1966 Galilee
1965 Light Fingers
1964 Polo Prince
1963 Gatum Gatum
1962 Even Stevens
1961 Lord Fury
1960 Hi Jinx

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