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Robbie Dolan is the latest Melbourne Cup winning jockey saluting on $91 outsider Knight’s Choice (2024) in his first ever Melbourne Cup ride!  

2024 Melbourne Cup Jockey News

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES TO THE 2024 MELBOURNE CUP FIELD & ORDER OF ENTRY

• Jan Brueghel (Aidan O’Brien) was set to be ridden by Ryan Moore but the European raider was ruled out of the Melbourne Cup on October 29 by Racing Victoria vets – click here for the full story.
• Eliyass (Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott) was to be ridden by Tim Clark but connections have confirmed the horse will miss the Melbourne Cup in favour of a drop back in distance to target the Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) on November 9.
• Point King (Anthony & Sam Freedman) was to be ridden by Jamie Kah but connections confirmed the horse would be a non-acceptor in the Melbourne Cup.
• Jamie Kah picked up a subsequent ride on Okita Soushi (Ciaron Maher).
• Daniel Moor will miss the Melbourne Cup ride on Muramasa (Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young) due to suspension.
• Tyler Schiller subsequently picked up the ride on Muramasa.
• Muramasa (Truent Busuttin & Natlie Young) has been officially withdrawn on vet’s advice after a CT scan revealed he was at a “heightened risk of injury” should he run. Tyler Schiller is now without a ride.
• Trust In You (Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley) has now moved inside the Top 24 on the Melbourne Cup order of entry and gains a start with Mark Du Plessis to ride.
• Interpretation (Ciaron Maher) has been ed fit to run on Friday evening after a re-examination by Racing Victoria vets and will don an Equicast on his left fore foot.
• Mission Of Love (John Symons & Shelia Laxon) who was to be ridden by Nikita Beriman has failed her inspection on Friday and has been withdrawn on veterinary advice.
• Onesmoothoperator (Brian Ellison) sustained a cut to his right hind heel bulb and was not ed suitably in his Friday examination but will be reshoed and re-examined on Saturday morning.

2024 Melbourne Cup Jockeys

The confirmed 2024 Melbourne Cup jockeys will be updated below as connections lock in a rider for their Melbourne Cup contenders.

The Melbourne Cup 2024 riders must be declared by 4:30pm (local time) on Saturday the 2nd of November, 2024. 

See what jockeys have locked in a ride aboard one of the 24 Melbourne Cup horses this spring.

CONFIRMED 2024 MELBOURNE CUP RIDES

With such a large prize pool at stake and the eyes of the nation focused on the big race, the quality of Melbourne Cup jockeys is only sured by the quality of stayers that make up the Melbourne Cup field at Flemington Racecourse on the first Tuesday of November each spring.

Many Melbourne Cup jockeys have become as well known as the horses they rode to victory in the ‘Race That Stops a Nation’, such as the following legendary Melbourne Cup riders.

In 2015 Michelle Payne made history becoming the first Melbourne Cup winning female jockey on 100/1 outsider Prince Of Penzance for trainer Darren Weir.

Legendary Melbourne Cup Jockeys

John Dillon

John ‘Cutts’ Dillon rode Archer past the winning post in the first two Melbourne Cup events in 1861 and 1862. John Cutts was one of the most well-respected jockeys in his era and rode for many trainers during his long career on the racetrack.

Peter St Albans

Peter St Albans rode Briseis to success in 1876, while only 13 years old. Controversy surrounded St Albans’ Cup victory as it was believed at the time he was not yet 13 and therefore too young to ride, but this has since been disproved. He went on to have a short-lived racing career, but he had a successful career in training before ing away at the age of 35.

Frank Reys

Frank Reys was the first (and so far only) Aboriginal Melbourne Cup jockey to win the race. He rode Gala Supreme to success in 1973, and confusion surrounds the story of Reys because he frequently claimed to be of Filipino descent. However, evidence now confirms that his maternal grandmother was from the Djiribul aboriginal tribe from Northern Queensland.

Bobby Lewis

Bobby Lewis is one of two jockeys to win the Melbourne Cup 4 times. He took out the grand prize on The Victory in 1902, Patrobas in 1915, Artilleryman in 1919 and Trivalve in 1927.

Harry White

The other jockey to win the Cup 4 times is incredible Harry White, who won on Think Big in 1974 and 1975, Arwon in 1978 and Hyperno in 1979. His Melbourne Cup winning rides for Bart Cummings, the greatest of all the Melbourne Cup trainers, made for a wonderful partnership between two legends of Australian racing. White is also in the Melbourne Cup history books for having ridden in a record 26 editions of the ‘race that stops a nation’.

Glen Boss

Glen Boss is perhaps the most famous Melbourne Cup jockey in recent years, as he rode the mighty Makybe Diva past the winning post in three successive years: 2003, 2004 and 2005. This set a new record both for horse with most wins and jockey with most consecutive Melbourne Cup wins – a feat that is unlikely to be replicated any time soon.

List of Past Melbourne Cup Winning Jockeys 

See below for a list of past Melbourne Cup winning horses and their jockeys dating back to the year 1960.

Year	Winning Horse	Jockey
2024	Knight’s Choice	Robbie Dolan
2023	Without A Fight	Mark Zahra
2022	Gold Trip	Mark Zahra
2021	Verry Elleegant	James McDonald
2020	Twilight Payment	Jye McNeil
2019	Vow And Declare	Craig Williams
2018	Cross Counter	Kerrin McEvoy
2017	Rekindling	Corey Brown
2016	Almandin	Kerrin McEvoy
2015	Prince of Penzance	Michelle Payne
2014	Protectionist	Ryan Moore
2013	Fiorente	Damien Oliver
2012	Green Moon	Brett Prebble
2011	Dunaden	Christophe Lemaire
2010	Americain	Gerald Mosse
2009	Shocking	Corey Brown
2008	Viewed	Blake Shinn
2007	Efficient	Michael Rodd
2006	Delta Blues	Yasunari Iwata
2005	Makybe Diva	Glen Boss
2004	Makybe Diva	Glen Boss
2003	Makybe Diva	Glen Boss
2002	Media Puzzle	Damien Oliver
2001	Ethereal	Scott Seamer
2000	Brew	Kerrin McEvoy
1999	Rogan Josh	John Marshall
1998	Jezabeel	Chris Munce
1997	Might And Power	Jim Cassidy
1996	Saintly	Darren Bean
1995	Doriemus	Damien Oliver
1994	Jeune	Wayne Harris
1993	Vintage Crop	Michael Kinane
1992	Subzero	Greg Hall
1991	Let’s Elope	Steven King
1990	Kingston Rule	Darren Bean
1989	Tawrrific	Shane Dye
1988	Empire Rose	Tony Allan
1987	Kensei	Larry Olsen
1986	At Talaq	Michael Clarke
1985	What A Nuisance	Pat Hyland
1984	Black Knight	Peter Cook
1983	Kiwi	Jim Cassidy
1982	Gurner’s Lane	Mick Dittman
1981	Just A Dash	Peter Cook
1980	Beldale Ball	John Letts
1979	Hyperno	Harry White
1978	Arwon	Harry White
1977	Gold And Black	John Duggan
1976	Van der Hum	Robert J. Skleton
1975	Think Big	Harry White
1974	Think Big	Harry White
1973	Gala Supreme	Frank Reys
1972	Piping Lane	John Letts
1971	Silver Knight	R. Bruce Marsh
1970	Baghdad Note	Midge Didham
1969	Rain Lover	Jim Johnson
1968	Rain Lover	Jim Johnson
1967	Red Handed	Roy Higgins
1966	Galilee	John Miller
1965	Light Fingers	Roy Higgins
1964	Polo Prince	Ron Taylor
1963	Gatum Gatum	Jim Johnson
1962	Even Stevens	Les Coles
1961	Lord Fury	Ray Selkrig
1960	Hi Jinx	William A. Smith