Last year’s race saw Mark Zahra come from a long way back to ensure it was Gold Trip who won the Melbourne Cup 2022 despite carrying the top weight. Find out where your Melbourne Cup horse finished, how the Melbourne Cup favourite got on, and much more.
Melbourne Cup finishing order – Who won Melbourne Cup 2022?
| Position | Horse | Jockey | Weight (kg) | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gold Trip | Mark Zahra | 57.5 | $21 |
| 2nd | Emissary | Patrick Moloney | 51.5 | $26 |
| 3rd | High Emocean | Teodore Nugent | 50 | $41 |
| 4 | Deauville Legend | Kerrin McEvoy | 55 | $4.40fav |
| 5 | Realm Of Flowers | Damien Thornton | 50 | $8 |
| 6 | Daqiansweet Junior | Daniel Moor | 53 | $61 |
| 7 | Smokin’ Romans | Jamie Kah | 51.5 | $17 |
| 8 | Stockman | Sam Clipperton | 54 | $16 |
| 9 | Knights Order | Timothy Clark | 55.5 | $18 |
| 10 | Vow And Declare | Blake Shinn | 54 | $21 |
| 11 | Arapaho | Rachel King | 52.5 | $61 |
| 12 | Hoo Ya Mal | Craig Williams | 53.5 | $13 |
| 13 | Without A Fight | William Buick | 55.5 | $12 |
| 14 | Grand Promenade | Harry Coffey | 53 | $71 |
| 15 | Young Werther | Damian Lane | 54 | $31 |
| 16 | Montefila | Jason Collett | 55.5 | $9.5 |
| 17 | Tralee Rose | Dean Yendall | 51.5 | $51 |
| 18 | Duais | Hugh Bowman | 55.5 | $21 |
| 19 | Numerian | Tommy Berry | 55.5 | $61 |
| 20 | Serpentine | John Allen | 53.5 | $31 |
| 21 | Camorra | Ben Melham | 55 | $41 |
| Pulled up | Interpretation | Craig Newitt | 50 | $51 |
2022 Melbourne Cup results and stats
- Melbourne Cup winner: Gold Trip
- Trifecta:
- 1st: Gold Trip
- 2nd: Emmisary
- 3rd: High Emocean
- Winning margin: 2 lengths
- Winning time: 3 minutes 24 seconds
- Winning weight: 57.5kg
- Winning barrier: 13
- Winning trainers: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
- Winning jockey: Mark Zahra
Melbourne Cup 2022 summary
The 2022 Melbourne Cup took place, as ever, at Flemington racecourse. The favourite Deauville Legend was well placed heading into the final straight but ultimately couldn’t keep pace with the top three finishers, as Gold Trip, Emmisary and High Emocean all pulled past.
The Melbourne Cup result was Mark Zahra’s first victory in the famous race and completed quite a turnaround for the emotional jockey.
Zahra had been due to ride Melbourne Cup 2021 winner Verry Elleegant the year before, but was forced to miss out due to a ban.
Zahra reflected on his Melbourne Cup triumph, saying, “It could have been my ride. Redemption day today. For today to come, it is just unbelievable. Mum used to give me the day off as a kid to watch this race so it’s absolutely surreal to win it.”
Find more on the 2021 race and all the recent Melbourne Cup winners.
