Kingston Rule (1986, Kentucky – December 2011) was an American-bred racehorse who raced in Australia, where he won the 1990 Melbourne Cup in a record time of 3:16:3.
Triple Crown Champion Secretariat and, out of the 1982 Australian Horse of the Year, Rose of Kingston.
He won two races at Sandown over a mile and was later placed second in the Carlyon Cup at Caulfield to Marwong.
[3] The horse was unable to get a start in the Mackinnon Stakes and he was ridden by young Sydney jockey, Darren Beadman in the Hotham Handicap for second.
Beadman again rode him in his Melbourne Cup win ahead of the New Zealand horses The Phantom (Murray Baker, G Cooksley) and Mr Brooker (Peter Hurdle, Greg Childs) in a race record time.