2004 Melbourne Cup
The 2004 Melbourne Cup was the 144th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over, was held on 2 November 2004 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.
It was won by Makybe Diva at the age of six, trained by Lee Freedman and ridden by Glen Boss.
Field
This is a list of horses which ran in the 2004 Melbourne Cup.| Place | Number | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
| 1st | 5 | Makybe Diva | Lee Freedman | Glen Boss |
| 2nd | 1 | Vinnie Roe | Dermot Weld | Pat Smullen |
| 3rd | 12 | Zazzman | Tony Vasil | Nicholas Ryan |
| 4th | 3 | Elvstroem | Tony Vasil | Nash Rawiller |
| 5th | 10 | Hugs Dancer | Tony McEvoy | Greg Childs |
| 6th | 9 | Distinction | Sir Michael Stoute | Darren Beadman |
| 7th | 2 | Mamool | Saeed bin Suroor | Frankie Dettori |
| 8th | 24 | Catchmeifyoucan | Michael Moroney | Blake Shinn |
| 9th | 7 | Razkalla | Saeed bin Suroor | Kerrin McEvoy |
| 10th | 15 | Strasbourg | Bart Cummings | Mark Du Plessis |
| 11th | 22 | On A Jeune | Peter Montgomerie | Joe Bowditch |
| 12th | 6 | Media Puzzle | Dermot Weld | Damien Oliver |
| 13th | 13 | Grey Song | Tommy Hughes Jnr. | Darren Beasley |
| 14th | 11 | Roman Arch | Mick Whittle | Luke Currie |
| 15th | 20 | Upsetthym | Karen Fursdon | Rhys McLeod |
| 16th | 18 | Another Warrior | Alan Bailey | Jim Byrne |
| 17th | 23 | Winning Belle | Gai Waterhouse | Chris Munce |
| 18th | 14 | Lashed | Graeme Rogerson | Jim Cassidy |
| 19th | 4 | Mummify | Lee Freedman | Danny Nikolic |
| 20th | 21 | Don Raphael | Kerry Parker | Scott Seamer |
| 21st | 16 | Pacific Dancer | Shaun Dwyer | Gary Grylls |
| 22nd | 19 | Hard To Get | Mark Kavanagh | Luke Nolen |
| 23rd | 8 | Delzao | Greg Kavanagh | Steven King |
| Last | 17 | She's Archie | Darren Weir | Corey Brown |