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MELBOURNE CUP – ORIGINAL TOP WEIGHTS

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Melbourne Cup - Original Handicapped Top Weight (Since Introduction of Metric weights)

Twilight Payment ran in 2021 as an Original Topweight Picture: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Year Top Weight WT FP
2024 Without A Fight 58.5kg DNR
2023 Gold Trip 58.5kg 17TH
2022 Spanish Mission 58.0kg DNR
2021 Sonnyboyliston 58.0kg DNR
  Twilight Payment 58.0kg 11TH
2020 Anthony Van Dyck 58.5kg DNF
2019 Kew Gardens 58.0kg DNR
2018 Humidor 58.0kg DNR
2017 Order Of St George 58.0kg DNR
2016 Order Of St George 58.0kg DNR
  Protectionist 58.0kg DNR
2015 Protectionist 58.0kg DNR
  Snow Sky 58.0kg 23RD
2014 Admire Rakti 58.0kg 22ND
2013 Dunaden 58.5kg 11TH
2012 Americain 58.0kg 11TH
  Dunaden 58.0kg 14TH
2011 Americain 58.0kg 4TH
2010

Alandi

Efficient

58.0kg

58.0kg

DNR

DNR

2009 Efficient 58.0kg DNR
  Maldivian 58.0kg DNR
2008 Yeats 59.0kg DNR
2007 Yeats 59.0kg DNR
2006 Yeats 59.0kg 7TH
2005 Kitten's Joy 59.0kg DNR
2004 Northerly 60.0kg DNR
2003 Vinnie Roe 59.0kg DNR
2002 Vinnie Roe 59.0kg 4TH
2001 Mutafaweq 58.5kg DNR
2000 Fantastic Light 61.0kg DNR
1999 Kayf Tara 58.5kg DNR
  Nedawi 58.5kg DNR
1998 Swain 62.0kg DNR
1997 Swain 63.0kg DNR
1996 Classic Cliche 61.5kg DNR
1995 Double Trigger 60.5kg 17TH
1994 Vintage Crop 60.0kg 7TH
1993 Drum Taps 58.5kg 9TH
  Naturalism 58.5kg DNR
  Subzero 58.5kg 15TH
1992 Better Loosen Up 59.0kg DNR
  Super Impose 59.0kg 15TH
1991 Better Loosen Up 61.0kg DNR
1990 Better Loosen Up 57.0kg DNR
  Savage Toss 57.0kg 7TH
  Super Impose 57.0kg DNR
1989 Almaarad 59.0kg DNR
  Beau Zam 59.0kg DNR
1988 Royal Grit 60.0kg DNR
1987 Longboat 59.0kg DNR
1986 Bonecrusher 57.5kg DNR
1985 Gildoran 59.0kg DNR
1984 Gurner's Lane 57.5kg DNR
  Trissaro 57.5kg DNR
1983 Gurner's Lane 60.0kg DNR
1982 Just A Dash 59.5kg 16TH
1981 Kingston Town 60.5kg DNR
1980 Kingston Town 59.5kg DNR
1979 Ming Dynasty 58.0kg DNR
1978 Gold And Black 60.0kg DNR
1977 Exceller 62.5kg DNR
1976 Think Big 62.0kg DNR
1975 Fury's Order 59.5kg 14TH
1974 Battle Heights 61.0kg 7TH
1973 Apollo Eleven 60.0kg DNR
1972 Gay Icarus 61.0kg DNR