Melbourne Cup Facts:

The Melbourne Cup was first run in 1875

There has not been a grey Melbourne Cup horse that has won the race since 1992 when Subzero won it.

There are only 5 horses in the history of the Melbourne cup who have won the race more than once.  They are

  • Archer (1861, 1862)
  • Peter Pan (1932, 1934)
  • Rain Lover (1968, 1969)
  • Think Big (1974, 1975)
  • Makybe Diva (2003,2004,2005)
Bart Cummings holds the record for the most Melbourne cup wins with 12.
4 and 5 year old horses have had the most wins in the Melbourne Cup.
Favourites have only won 32 of the previous 151 Melbourne Cups which is below average of favourites winning overall.
Our Tipping Predictions and who can win the Melbourne Cup in 2013.
For the WIN we are tipping Dandino
EACH WAY we are tipping Brown Panther
QUINELLA is Dandino, Brown Panther
TRIFECTA is Dandino, Brown Panther and Hawkspur
VALUE MULTI QUINELLA is as follows 8,5 / 8, 18 / 18, 5 / 8, 11 / 18, 11 / 11, 5.
VALUE MULTI TRIFECTA is 4,5,6 / 4,5,6,7,8,9 / 4,5,6,7,8,9,13,15 . ($10 for 11.11%)