De kern van dit waargebeurde verhaal is Damien Oliver, een jonge jockey die zijn enige broer verliest bij een tragisch race-ongeluk, wat op een angstaanjagende wijze de manier weerspiegelt waarop hun vader 27 jaar eerder stierf. Na een reeks ontmoedigende nederlagen te hebben geleden, werkt Damien samen met de Ierse trainer Dermot Weld en triomfeert hij op de Melbourne Cup van 2002 in een van de meest opwindende finales in de sportgeschiedenis.
Nee, helaas is The Cup nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Simon Wincer | Director |
| Writing | Simon Wincer | Writer |
| Production | David Lee | Producer |
| Crew | Reg Roordink | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Luke Gibson | Location Manager |
| Production | Stewart Wright | Production Manager |
| Directing | Robert Donaldson | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Cameron Stewart | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Edward Evennett | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Christine O'Connell | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Virginia Kay | Production Coordinator |
| Writing | Russell Haig | Script Editor |
| Camera | Harry Panagiotidis | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Bruce Phillips | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | David Eggby | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sound | Paul Clark | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Amelia Marasco | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Murray Kelly | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katrina Henley | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jo Fletcher | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jo Fletcher | Hair Supervisor |
| Camera | Suzy Wood | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | Brian Pearce | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Troy Clarke | Unit Manager |
| Editing | Grace McKenzie | Assistant Editor |
| Visual Effects | Suemi Akita | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Rachel Knowles | Post-Production Manager |
| Sound | Andrew Neil | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Andrew Neil | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Chris Goodes | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Andrew Neil | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Steve Burgess | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Glenn Newnham | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Paul Pirola | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Cameron Grant | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Bruce Rowland | Music Arranger |
| Production | Lance Hool | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Eric O'Keefe | Writer |
| Sound | Bruce Rowland | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | David Burr | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lisette Thomas | Production Design |
| Art | Lance Whitehouse | Art Direction |
| Production | Louise Mitchell | Casting |
| Production | Ann Fay | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Middleton | Costume Design |
| Production | Simon Wincer | Producer |
| Production | James M. Vernon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Greg Sitch | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joel Pearlman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter DeRauch | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kirk D'Amico | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jan Bladier | Producer |
