Melbourne Cup history, facts and stats ahead of 2021 running
BOX 1 is clearly the dominant box in the history of the Melbourne Cup for greyhounds, with our facts, statistics and figures since its first running in 1956, showing the red has dominated the Sandown feature due to be run on November 26, 2021.
Below we run you through all the key statistics, including the winning box statistics, performances of past favourites and some facts that have built this race into arguably no.1 on the Australian greyhound calendar.
Winning box statistics since the first Melbourne Cup in 1956
- Box 1: has produced 17 winners, including two of past four – Aston Dee Bee (2017) and My
Redeemer (2018) - Box 2: 8 winners, most recent Dyna Double One (2015)
- Box 3: 7 winners, most recent Whiskey Riot (2019)
- Box 4: 6 winners, most recent Betty's Angel (2006)
- Box 5: 6 winners, most recent Hard Style Rico (2020) in a race record 28.91sec
- Box 6: 4 winners, most recent Shanlyn Prince (2007)
- Box 7: 8 winners, most recent Dyna Tron (2011)
- Box 8: 7 winners, most recent Dyna Villa (2014)
How have favourites gone in Melbourne Cup greyhounds?
From the past 21 Melbourne Cups, only six favourites have saluted:
- 2000: Go Wild Teddy ($2.20)
- 2002: Excite Ability ($2.70F)
- 2003: Bombastic Shiraz ($2.30)
- 2010: El Grand Senor ($1.70)
- 2013: Black Magic Opal ($2.00)
- 2017: Aston Dee Bee ($2.40).
Melbourne Cup facts and statistics
- Just a nose separated Whiskey Riot and Western Envoy in the 2019 Melbourne Cup, the
smallest margin in the race's history - Fox Hunt (1991) has the biggest winning margin – nine lengths.
- Gold Grotto (1972) is the shortest-priced winner at 1/2.
- The longest-priced winner at Aussie bookmakers in the past 20 years is Classic Capri ($25.90) in 2001.
- 2015 Melbourne Cup runner-up Fernando Bale has sired two of the past three winners –
My Redeemer (2018) and Whiskey Riot (2019). This year he's represented by three finalists. - Aston Rupee is attempting to become only the second winner of the ‘triple crown',
comprising the Topgun, Shootout and Melbourne Cup greyhounds after Bombastic Shiraz achieved the
feat in 2003.
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