New Zealand-bred Melbourne Cup success
| MELBOURNE CUP RECORD | |||||
| NZ-breds have won 30 of the past 57 Melbourne Cups (up to & including 2015). In all New Zealand-breds have won 43 Melbourne Cups; 19 of them have also been owned in New Zealand. The first New Zealand-bred winner of the Melbourne Cup was MARTINI HENRY (1883). The first NZ-owned winner was APOLOGUE (1907). The first NZ-bred, -owned & -trained Melbourne Cup winner was SASANOF (1916). | |||||
| CAULFIELD-MELBOURNE CUPS DOUBLE Eight of the eleven horses that have won the two Cups in the same season have been bred in New Zealand: | |||||
| ETHEREAL | 2001 | ||||
| MIGHT AND POWER | 1997 | ||||
| DORIEMUS | 1995 | ||||
| LET'S ELOPE | 1991 | ||||
| GURNER'S LANE | 1982 | ||||
| GALILEE | 1966 | ||||
| EVEN STEVENS | 1962 | ||||
| RISING FAST | 1954 | ||||
| Seven of Bart Cummings' 12 Melbourne Cup winners have also been bred in NZ: | |||||
| LET'S ELOPE | 1991 | ||||
| HYPERNO | 1979 | ||||
| GOLD AND BLACK | 1977 | ||||
| THINK BIG | 1974 & 1975 | ||||
| RED HANDED | 1967 | ||||
| GALILEE | 1966 | ||||
| LIGHT FINGERS | 1965 | ||||
| Eight New Zealand-breds are members of the Australian Racing Hall of Fame | |||||
| CARBINE (inaugural) | |||||
| GALILEE | |||||
| MIGHT AND POWER | |||||
| PHAR LAP (inaugural) | |||||
| RISING FAST | |||||
| SUNLINE | |||||
| TULLOCH (inaugural) | |||||
| SUPER IMPOSE | |||||
