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Various Stats for the Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup winners Sex (last winner in brackets)
Entires - 71 (Gold Trip 2022)
Geldings - 55 (Without A Fight 2023)
Colts - 20 (Skipton 1941) / (Rekindling 2017)
Mares - 14 (Verry Elleegant 2021)
Fillies - 3 (Sister Olive 1921)
First initial Melbourne Cup winners
A-11, B-11, C-9, D-9, E-5, F-2, G-11, H-5, I-0, J-3, K-5, L-6, M-12, N-4, 0-1, P-14, Q-0, R-10, S-12, T-17, U-0, V-5, W-9, X-0, Y-0, Z-1
Melbourne Cup winners - Words in Name:
Number of words | Latest Winners |
One word | 89 (Rekindling 2017) |
Two words | 66 (Gold Trip 2022) |
Three-words | 8 (Without A Fight 2023) |
Melbourne Cup winner - Registered colour of horse
Color | Winners |
Bay | 75 |
Brown | 38 |
Chestnut | 35 |
Grey | 6 |
Black | 3 |
Bay or Brown | 4 |
Brown or Black | 2 |
Winning Melbourne Cup Weights:
Highest-weighted winner was Carbine with 66.5kg in 1890. The lightest-weighted winner Banker with 33.5kg in 1863.
Weights | Wins |
59.5+ | 12 |
59.0 | 0 |
58.5 | 3 |
58.0 | 4 |
57.5 | 2 |
57.0 | 3 |
56.5 | 4 |
56.0 | 7 |
55.5 | 4 |
55.0 | 6 |
54.5 | 8 |
54.0 | 3 |
53.5 | 3 |
53.0 | 9 |
52.5 | 8 |
52.0 | 7 |
51.5 | 5 |
51.0 | 8 |
50.5 | 4 |
50.0 | 3 |
49.5 | 7 |
49.0 | 6 |
48.5 | 3 |
48.0 | 7 |
47.5 | 2 |
47.0 | 7 |
46.5 | 3 |
46.0- | 25 |
Winning Melbourne Cup Odds
Favourites have won 25 Cups and equal favourites 7 Cups. Horses at 10-1 have won 15 Cups and there have been 14 winners at 8-1.
Odds | Wins |
8-11 | 1 |
7-4 | 1 |
2-1 | 1 |
5-2 | 3 |
3-1 | 4 |
7-2 | 5 |
4-1 | 12 |
9-2 | 2 |
5-1 | 10 |
11-2 | 4 |
6-1 | 7 |
13-2 | 2 |
7-1 | 9 |
15-2 | 1 |
8-1 | 14 |
9-1 | 4 |
10-1 | 16 |
11-1 | 1 |
12-1 | 9 |
14-1 | 7 |
15-1 | 5 |
16-1 | 11 |
17-1 | 1 |
20-1 | 8 |
25-1 | 7 |
30-1 | 1 |
33-1 | 6 |
40-1 | 3 |
50-1 | 3 |
66-1 | 0 |
80-1 | 1 |
100-1 | 4 |