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LET'S ELOPE

1st Melbourne Cup, Gr.1 (3200m beating Shiva's Revenge and Magnolia Hall)

1st VATC Caulfield Cup, Gr.1 (2400m beating Ivory Way and Royal Creation)

1st VRC Australian Cup, Gr.1 (2000m beating Shiva's Revenge and Prince Salieri)

1st LKS Mackinnon S., Gr.1 (2000m beating Super Impose and Prince Salieri)

1st VRC Turnbull S., Gr.2 (2000m beating Prince Salieri and Renteeno)

1st VATC CF Orr S., Gr.2 (1400m beating Prince Salieri and Braashee)

1st St George S., Gr.2 (1800m beating Dr Grace and Shavano Miss)

1st Manawatu RC Centaine S., Gr.3 (2000m beating Bonjour Vienna and Blood Sgor)

Australian Horse of the Year 1991-92

TYCOON LIL

1st New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1 (1600m beating Alavana and Basso)

1st New Zealand Oaks, Gr.1 (2400m beating Pavan and Kilmore Quay)

1st STC Canterbury Guineas, Gr.1 (1800m beating Tricove and Brave Prince)

1st Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Gr.2 (2000m beating Crimson and Star of Mercury)

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1st Counties RC Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' S., Gr.2 (1400m beating Aimee Jay and Palia)

1st ARC Royal S., Gr.3 (2000m beating Champagne and Kilmore Quay)

Horse of the Year & Champion 3YO in NZ in 1997-98. Champion Older Female in NZ in 1998-99. Joint Head of The 1997-98 3YO Free H.

RICHFIELD LADY

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1st VRC Oaks, Gr.1 (2500m beating India's Dream and Yodells)

1st VATC One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1 (1600m beating Rouquin and Electrique)

1st VRC Wakeful S., Gr.2 (2000m beating Yodells and Dancefloor Doll)

1st Edward Manifold S., Gr.2 (1600m beating Lovey and Lusty Habit)

1st CJC South Island 2YO S., L (1200m beating Staring and Martine Michelle)

JUST CALL ME SIR

1st Hawkes Bay Kelt Capital S., Gr.1 (2050m beating Batavian and Fayreform)

1st Avondale Guineas, Gr.2 (2000m beating Nahayan and So Casual)

1st Wanganui Guineas, L (1300m beating The Mambo Prince and Light Opera)

GAMINE

1st South Australian Oaks, Gr.1 (2400m beating Star Worship and Super Trend)

1st SAJC Laelia S., L (2000m beating Wych Hill Way and Northwood Blue)

1st VATC Eclipse S., L (2100m beating Eastern Classic and City Gossip)

GROOMING

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1st QTC Brisbane Cup, Gr.1 (3200m beating Eurostar and Mountain Rule)

SIR KINLOCH

1st WRC Thorndon Mile, Gr.1 (1600m beating Sedecrem and Elendil)

GUST OF WIND

1st ATC Oaks, G1 (2400m beating Winx and Candelara)

NIGHTLIGN

1st Manawatu Sires' Produce S., Gr.1 (1400m beating Fleur De'here and Alamosa)

WAIKATO

1st Kranji Mile, L (former Singapore-Group 1) (1600m beating Big Maverick and Cheyenne Dancer)

1st Singapore 4YO Sprint, L (1200m beating Royal Smile and Watch the Crab)

1st Singapore TC Jumbo Jet Trophy, L (1400m beating Fantastic Owners and Lim's Fighter)

1st Singapore TC Jumbo Jet Trophy, L (1400m beating Any Humour and Coins of Gold)

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1st Saas Fee S., L (1400m beating Lim's Fighter and Cheyenne Dancer)

1st Singapore TC Queen Elizabeth II Cup, L (2000m beating New Rose Wood and Flax)

Elyse Knowles chats with Kim Wilson ahead of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington...

Elyse Knowles chats with Kim Wilson ahead of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington

Damian Lane rides Mer De Glace. (AAP Image/Vince Caligiuri)Source:AAP

No international horse has won the Melbourne Cup twice and Frankie Dettori has not won the race at all.

But both Cross Counter, to be ridden by William Buick, and the flamboyant Dettori aboard Master Of Reality, will bid to rewrite the record books at Flemington on Tuesday.

And they won’t be alone.

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Vow And Declare, Surprise Baby and Youngstar are the patriotic favourites as the only horses with a local trainer, a local jockey and solely local form.

Along with another nine Australian-trained runners, the trio has the task to stop the flow of Melbourne Cup trophies overseas with five of the past nine winners, and the past two in succession, trained internationally.

As the defending titleholder, Cross Counter has to overcome a 6.5kg weight rise to become the first dual Cup winner from the northern hemisphere while Dettori must beat a Melbourne Cup hoodoo that spans more than 25 years.

Having ridden in Australia’s most famous race 16 times, with his best results seconds aboard Central Park (1999) and Max Dynamite (2015), one of the world’s most celebrated jockeys is desperate to add the Melbourne Cup to his resume.

“I know him well and I can tell you this race at this point of his career means more to him than any race in the world right now because it’s probably one of the few things he hasn’t been able to win,” Nick Williams, part owner of Master Of Reality said.

Frankie Dettori. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)Source:Getty Images

Also trying to snare the Cup for the first time is Craig Williams on Vow And Declare after missing the winning ride on Dunaden in 2011 through suspension.

Vow And Declare’s trainer Danny O’Brien says his charge is the quintessential Melbourne Cup horse and can keep the trophy in Australia.

“He is owned by an Australian, trained by an Australian and ridden by an Australian,” O’Brien said. “Every part of him is Australian.

“It would be nice to turn the tide back a little bit on what’s been going on for the last decade and show we’ve still got the ability to have a Melbourne Cup horse born, bred and trained in Australia.”

29 FACTS ABOUT THE MELBOURNE CUP

FIRST run in 1861 under the banner of the Victorian Turf Club and won by the Etienne de Mestre-trained Archer who beat the favourite Mormon by six lengths. The prize was 1420 pounds and the trophy a gold watch.

ARCHER came back the following year to beat Mormon, this time by eight lengths, a record margin that still stands (it was equalled in 1968 by Rain Lover).

DE MESTRE would go on to train three other winners of the Melbourne Cup – Tim Whiffler (1867), Chester (1877) and Calamia (1878).

BART Cummings claimed the first of his 12 Melbourne Cups in 1965 with Light Fingers. The following year stablemate Galilee was the only horse to prevent Light Fingers making it back-to-back Cups and in 1967 Red Handed gave the legendary trainer his third straight victory.

CUMMINGS’ other winners were Think Big (1974, 1975), Gold And Black (1977), Hyperno (1979), Kingston Rule (1990), Let’s Elope (1991), Saintly (1996), Rogan Josh (1999) and Viewed (2008).

Racehorse trainer Bart Cummingsydney.Source:News Limited

OTHER trainers to have multiple Cup wins include: 5 – Lee Freedman: Tawrrific (1989), Subzero (1992), Doriemus (1995), Makybe Diva (2004, 2005); 4 – John Tait: The Barb (1866), Glencoe (1868), The Pearl (1871), The Quack (1872); Richard Bradfield: Patron (1894), The Victory (1902), Night Watch (1918), Backwood (1924); James Scobie: Clean Sweep (1900), King Ingoda (1922), Bitalli (1923), Trivalve (1927); W S Hinkenbothem: Mentor (1888), Carbine (1890), Newhaven (1896), Blue Spec (1905).

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IN 1972 the race was altered to the metric distance of 3200m, 18.7 metres or 61.5 feet short of two miles.

KINGSTON RULE holds the metric race record of 3:16.30.

THE YEAR 1985 marked the dawn of a new era for the Cup with prize money raised to $1 million. The owners of What A Nuisance received $650,000 and a $23,000 Cup.

THIS YEAR the race is worth $4.4 million to the winning owners.

FOUR-YEAR-OLDS (45) and five-year-olds (44) have the best record of any age group. Other age groups are three-year-old (23), six-year-old (32), seven-year-old (10) and eight-year-old (2).

THE OLDEST oldest horses to win the race were the eight-year-olds Toryboy (1865) and Catalogue (1938).

THE LAST three-year-old to win was Skipton (1941), who gave champion jockey Billy Cook his first Cup win. (Technically 2018 winner Cross Counter was three but considered four in the southern hemisphere).

THERE HAVE been no dead-heats for first in the race but Topical and Gaine Carrington dead-heated for third in Hall Mark’s 1933 Cup and Lahar and Zazabelle also dead-heated for third in the 1999 Cup won by Rogan Josh.

BOBBY LEWIS and Harry White are the most successful jockeys. In 33 rides in the Cup Lewis saluted the judge four times with The Victory (1902), Patrobas (1915), Artilleryman (1919) and Trivalve in 1927. He was also runner-up four times and finished third on Phar Lap in 1929.

HARRY WHITE steered the Bart Cummings-trained Think Big to successive victories in 1974 and 1975. He was back in the winner’s circle again with Arwon in 1978 and another Cummings’ runner Hyperno in 1979.

Think Big ridden by jockey Harry White.Source:News Limited

THINK BIG failed to win a race between his two Melbourne Cup wins.

MAKYBE Diva is the only horse to win the Cup three times in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

PERHAPS the unluckiest of all Melbourne Cup runners was Shadow King who ran in six Cups between 1929 and 1935 finishing third to Phar Lap in 1930, second to White Nose in 1931, third to Peter Pan in 1932 and second again behind Hall Mark in 1933.

THE LONGEST-PRICED horses to win: Four horses have won at 100-1: The Pearl (1871), Wotan (1936), Old Rowley (1940) and PrinceOf Penzance (2015).

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THE SHORTEST-PRICED are Archer 2-1 (1862), Tim Whiffler 5-2 (1867), Revenue 7-4 (1901), Phar Lap 8-11 (1930), Even Stevens 3-1 (1962), Let’s Elope 3-1 (1991) and Makybe Diva at 5-2 in 2004.

MELBOURNE CUP winners to produce other Melbourne Cup winners: Grand Flaneur (1880) sired Bravo (1889) and Patron (1894); Malua (1884) sired Malvolio (1891); Comedy King (1910) sired Artilleryman (1919) and King Ingoda (1922); Spearfelt (1926) sired Dark Felt (1943); Marabou (1935) sired Skipton (1941); Silver Knight (1971) sired Black Knight (1984).

SURPRISE Baby is a son of 2009 winner Shocking.

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HEAVIEST weights carried in the Cup: Winners – Carbine 10.5 (65.5kg), Archer 10.2 (64.5kg), Poitrel 10.0 (63.5kg), Redcraze 10.3 (65kg). Others: Rising Fast 10.0 (65.5kg) 2nd, Eurythmic 10.5 (65.5kg) broke down, Phar Lap 10.10 (68kg) in 1931 8th, Peter Pan 10.6 (66kg) in 1935 15th.

Vintage Crop winning the 1993 Melbourne Cup.Source:News Limited

IN 1993, Vintage Crop became the first northern hemisphere-trained horse to win. The Irish stayer was trained by Dermot Weld and ridden by Mick Kinanne and is credited with putting the race on the world stage.

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IN 2015, Michelle Payne became the first woman to ride the winner of the Melbourne Cup when she steered the Darren Weir-trained Prince Of Penzance to a famous victory.

CRAIG WILLIAMS and Damian Lane both need a Cup win to become the eighth jockey to complete the Grand Slam of Australian racing – Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup.

LANE, who rides Mer De Glace, can complete the grand slam in a calendar year after wins in the Golden Slipper (Kiamichi), Caulfield Cup (Mer De Glace), Cox Plate (Lys Gracieux). Williams rides Vow And Declare.

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TRAINER Lee Freedman completed the big four in the same season, 1992/93 with Mannerism (Caulfield Cup), Super Impose (Cox Plate), Subzero (Melbourne Cup), Bint Marscay (Golden Slipper).