Melbourne Cup Tips & Odds
Nicknamed "The race that stops a nation", the Melbourne Cup is one of the biggest days in the Australian sporting calendar, and takes place at Flemington each year on the first Tuesday of November. Read More
The race is so popular that it is a public holiday for some parts of Australia, and has a similar kind of popularity to the Grand National in the UK. Run over two miles on the Flat, the race is for stayers, and boasts one of the biggest purses in the world - offering AUS $9 million in 2019. You can find the latest odds for the next running of the race here...
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Flemington 04:00
Lexus Melbourne Cup (Group 1 Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf)
- 3yo+, 120 Runners
- Flat,Turf , 2m
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• 1 (5) = Horse number with the draw number in brackets.
• Number alongside the horse name is the days since the horse last ran.
• Numbers/letters under the jockey silk is the horse form with the most recent figure on the right. Numbers = finishing position (0 = finished outside the top 10), P = pulled up, F = fell, U = Unseated, B = brought down, R = refused, C = carried out, D = disqualified, HR = hit rails, L = left at start, O = ran out, S = slipped up, V = void race. A dash between figures indicates a year between the runs and a slash indicates a new season.
• % alongside jockey/trainer names = strike rate in last 30 days.
• Key to pointers: C = Course winner, D = Distance winner, CD = Course & Distance winner, BF = Beaten Favourite last time out, WS = Has had wind surgery since last run, LT = Longest Travellers, b = Wearing blinkers, b1 = Wearing blinkers for the first time, h = Wearing a hood, h1 = Wearing a hood for the first time, t = Wearing a tongue strap, t1 = Wearing a tongue strap for the first time, v = Wearing a visor, v1 = Wearing a visor for the first time, p = Wearing cheek pieces. OR = Official Rating. RPR = Racing Post Rating. Topspeed is a figure calculated using race times and the going to show how fast the horse can run.
Melbourne Cup Tips
After disappointing as favourite in last year's race, Willie Mullins has employed a different routine for his runners in this year's renewal and that can pay dividends with VAUBAN looking the most likely winner. The classiest horse in the field has been given a kind draw in 11 which just gives him the edge over the home favourite Buckaroo who is drawn out in 21. William Buick takes the ride and he can deliver another big race success for Ireland's master jumps trainer.
What is the Melbourne Cup?
The Melbourne Cup is the biggest race in the Australian calendar, and is a Group 1 handicap over a distance of two miles. Held at Flemington in Victoria, the race is hugely popular, and is watched live in over 70 countries from around the world. As you would expect, Australian-trained horses have a strong grip on the race, though the prize money has continued to increase, the challenge from overseas is getting stronger and stronger.
Traditionally, British raiders have had a terrible time of things in the race, though the tide is slowly turning, and Cross Counter became the first British trained horse to win the race for Charlie Appleby in 2018. The Irish have fared slightly better, and the Dermot Weld-trained Vintage Crop was Northern Hemisphere winner of the race in 1993. Since then, Media Puzzle (2002), Rekindling (2017) and Twilight Payment (2020) have all taken the trophy back to Ireland.
What happened in the 2023 Melbourne Cup?
Without A Fight stormed home to claim victory in the 2023 Melbourne Cup, as the 7/1 shot beat Soulcombe.