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Jockeys with the Most Wins in the Melbourne Cup
This list features jockeys with the most race wins in the Melbourne Cup.
RANK | JOCKEY | WINS | WINNING HORSES |
1 | Bobbie Lewis | 4 | The Victory (1902) Patrobas (1915) Artilleryman (1919) Trivalve (1927) |
2 | Harry White | 4 | Think Big (1974, 1975) Arwon (1978) Hyper (1979) |
3 | William H. McLachlan | 3 | Prince Foote (1909) Comedy King (1910) Westcourt (1917) |
4 | Darby Munro | 3 | Peter Pan (1934) Sirius (1944) Russia (1946) |
5 | Jack Purtell | 3 | Hiraji (1947) Wodalla (1953) Rising Fast (1954) |
6 | Jim Johnson | 3 | Gatum Gatum (1963) Rain Lover (1968, 1969) |
7 | Glen Boss | 3 | Maybe Diva (2003, 2004, 2005) |
8 | Oliver Damien | 3 | Doriemus (1995) Media Puzzle (2002) Fiorente (2013) |
9 | Kerrin McEvoy | 3 | Brew (2000) Almandin (2016) Cross Counter (2018) |
10 | P. Pigott | 2 | Haricot (1874) Chester (1877) |
11 | Mick O’Brien | 2 | Sheet Anchor (1885) Mentor (1888) |
12 | Tom Clayton | 2 | Acrasia (1904) Poseidon (1906) |
13 | Albert Shanahan | 2 | Piastre (1912) Posinatus (1913) |
14 | Titch Wilson | 2 | King Ingoda (1922) Bitalli (1923) |
15 | James L. Munro | 2 | Windbag (1925) Statesman (1928) |
16 | Bill Duncan | 2 | Night Watch (1918) Peter Pan (1932) |
17 | Billy Cook | 2 | Skipton (1941) Rainbird (1945) |
18 | Nevile Selwood | 2 | Delta (1951) Toparoa (1955) |
19 | Pat Glennon | 2 | Comic Court (1950) Macdougal (1959) |
20 | John Cutts | 2 | Archer (1961, 1962) |
21 | Roy Higgins | 2 | Light Fingers (1965) Red Handed (1967) |
22 | John Letts | 2 | Piping Lane (1972) Beldale Ball (1980) |
23 | Peter Cook | 2 | Just A Dash (1981) Black Knight (1984) |
24 | Darren Breadman | 2 | Kingston Rule (1990) Saintly (1996) |
25 | Jim Cassidy | 2 | Kiwi (1983) Might and Power (1997) |
26 | Corey Brown | 2 | Shocking (2009) Rekindling (2017) |
27 | Mark Zahra | 2 | Gold Trip (2022) Without A Fight (2023) |
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