List of Melbourne Cup winners

This is a list of the winners of the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major thoroughbred horse race, which is run at Flemington Racecourse[1] in Melbourne. Each year, internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race. Since 1882, New Zealand–bred horses have won 40 Melbourne Cups, British-bred horses have won five, American-and Irish-bred horses have won four, German- and French-bred horses have won two each, and Japanese-bred horses have won one.[2][needs update]

  1. ^ "Flemington Racecourse | Flemington Track Map | Melbourne Cup 2017". www.racenet.com.au. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. ^ ASB VRC Melbourne Cup Race Winners 8D Retrieved on 2009-7-25