Key stats to help you find the winner of the Melbourne Cup

Lexus Melbourne Cup
4am Flemington, November 6

Key trends

• Winner of a Group or Graded race, ten winners in last ten runnings (two were Group/Grade 1 winners)
• Had won over at least 1m4f, 10/10 (two had won over 2m)
• Carried no more than 8st 9lb, 9/10
• Top-four finish last time out, 8/10 (four won)
• Aged four or five, 7/10 (based on northern hemisphere ages)
• Highest previous RPR between 114 and 123, 7/10
• Drawn between four and 13, 7/10
• Bred outside Australia and New Zealand, 7/10
• Had run in a recognised trial (Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Mackinnon Stakes, Geelong Cup, Turnbull Stakes), 5/10

Other factors