Gold Trip Claims the 2022 Melbourne Cup

Jockey Mark Zahra celebrates after riding Gold Trip to win race seven, the Lexus Melbourne Cup during the 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. AAP Image/Joel Carrett

An old-fashioned approach has given a new-age racing partnership its finest moment, with top-weight Gold Trip winning the Melbourne Cup.

In a triumph for spring perseverance, Gold Trip defeated Emissary and stablemate High Emocean in Australia’s greatest race.