1888 Melbourne Cup

The 1888 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 6 November 1888.

This year was the twenty-eighth running of the Melbourne Cup. This year the VRC lifted the sweepstakes for the Melbourne Cup making the Cup the most valuable race in the world at the time. This was the first of four Melbourne Cup wins for trainor Walter Hickenbotham.

This is the list of placegetters for the 1888 Melbourne Cup.