Where did your horse finish in Melbourne Cup 2024? From the outsider that claimed victory to the disappointments down the stretch

Published: 04:47 GMT, 5 November 2024 | Updated: 04:47 GMT, 5 November 2024

Plenty of Aussies would be ripping up their betting slips after Knight’s Choice became the roughest horst to win the Melbourne Cup since Prince of Penzance in 2015, but where did your tip finish?

The Melbourne Cup proved once again to be no place for favourites, with the short-backed horses finishing well back in the pack.

Daily Mail Australia has you covered with the final finishing order and form of every horse and rider in the Melbourne Cup and how they performed at the 2024 event.

A full house cheered him the runners at the 2024 Melbourne Cup, where did your tip finish?

Robbie Dolan celebrates victory after riding Knight’s Choice to glory at the 2024 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse

Winner: Knight’s Choice

Defied all of the so-called experts and odds that bloated out to as high as 81-1 to storm home down the infamous Flemington straight and bust its way to the lead. Robbie Dolan put in the ride of his life to claim just his third Group 1 win.

2: Warp Speed

The Japanese rider engaged in a duel with Okita Soushi that looked like it was going to determine the winner of the Cup, only to be rudely pipped by Knight’s Choice with the line in sight.

3: Okita Soushi

Found the perfect line down the straight and kicked clear, looking certain to win. But the extra length of the Melbourne Cup sapped its speed and it slipped back to duel with Warp Speed before also being overshone by Knight’s Choice.

4: Zardozi

5: Absurde

6: Circle of Fire

7: Fancy Man

8: Land Legend

9: Buckaroo

10: Kovalica

11: Vauban

12: Onesmoothoperator

13: Valiant King

14: Sea King

15: Interpretation