Melbourne Cup Stats Table

Melbourne Cup winners Sex (last winner in brackets)

Entires - 71 (Gold Trip 2022)

Geldings - 53 (Twilight Payment 2020)

Colts - 21 (Skipton 1941) / (Cross Counter 2018 UK)

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-8, X-0, Y-0, Z-1

Melbourne Cup winners - Words in Name:

Number of words		Winners
One word		89 (Rekindling 2017)
Two words		66 (Gold Trip 2022)
Three-words		7 (Vow And Declare 2019)

Melbourne Cup winner - Registered colour of horse

Color		Winner
Bay		75
Brown		37
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   1   57.0   3   56.5   3   56.0   7   55.5   4   55.0   6   54.5   8   54.0   3   53.5   3   53.0   9

Weights   Wins   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   8   15-2   1   8-1   14   9-1   4

Odds   Wins   10-1   16   11-1   1   12-1   9   14-1   7   15-1   5   16-1   11   17-1   1   20-1   7   25-1   7   30-1   1   33-1   6   40-1   3   50-1   3   66-1   0   80-1   1   100-1   4