He is set to contest his third Melbourne Cup in 2010.

This is a list of horses which ran in the 2002 Melbourne Cup.

He went on to run 12th in the Melbourne Cup.

He was one of the very few horses to win the Melbourne Cup more than once.

Russia won a further 10 races following his Melbourne Cup win.

The winner of the first Melbourne Cup in 1861 received a gold watch.

The 2005 Melbourne Cup was held before a crowd of 106,479.

Melbourne Cup day has been a well celebrated event since the foundation of the town.

Her campaign in the spring of 2004, was aimed at winning the Melbourne Cup for a second time.

It was also the first Melbourne Cup to offer $1,000,000 in prize money.