Burt Cummings has won the most Melbourne Cups as a trainer with 12 (1965,1966,1967,1974,1975,1977,1979,1990,1991,1996,1999 and 2008) and he is often referred to as the 'Cups King, and Bobby Lewis (1902,1915,1919 and 1927) and Harry White (1974,1975,1978,1979) shared the record for most Melbourne Cups for a jockey with 4 each.