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Here's your quick guide to finding the winner of the Melbourne Cup:
Weights - the majority of winners of the Melbourne Cup have been 4 or 5 year old male horses carrying up to 55kgs. It is possible to win with top weight, but it takes an exceptional horse to do it. The last was the mare Makybe Diva in 2005, who won her third straight Melbourne Cup carrying the number 1. Yes, she was a freak.
Form - some runners will be backing up after running on the previous Saturday. Take these horses very seriously, they often run a place in the Melbourne Cup if they don't win. Otherwise, look for a horse that has won over 2400m or more in the last 6 months (since May).
Age - three year old horses often place in the Melbourne Cup but the last to win was the previous Saturday's Derby winner Skipton back in 1941. Horses over the age of 6 have less success, although this generally does not apply to European stayers who start racing later and usually have had fewer career starts than Australian horses.
Barrier Draw - depends on the racing style of the horse. If they like to race forward an inside gate will assist, if they usually race back and swoop late it doesn't matter where they draw. Keep in mind it is very hard to lead all the way in the Melbourne Cup due to the distance involved.
International Raiders - Melbourne Cup runners from outside Australia carrying 55kgs or less must be included. British & Irish trainers have had success in the race, the winners of the 2010 & 2011 Melbourne Cups are Australian owned but trained in France. If the Japanese manage to get past quarantine restrictions and squeeze a runner into the Melbourne Cup then cash in your life insurance, sell your granny's silver and take whatever odds you can get.
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Melbourne Cup Carnival Preview - White Freesia
Flemington Sunday 7th October 2012
Caulfield Guineas Day - Lavender
Caulfield Saturday 13th October 2012
Thousand Guineas Day - Dutch Blue Iris
Caulfield Wednesday 17th October 2012
Caulfield Cup Day - White Rose
Caulfield Saturday 20th October 2012
Cox Plate Day - Cecile Brunner Rose (Pale Pink)
Moonee Valley Saturday 27th October 2012
Victoria Derby Day - Cornflower
Flemington Saturday 3rd November 2012
Melbourne Cup Day - Yellow Rose
Flemington Tuesday 6th November 2012
Oaks (Ladies) Day - Pink Rose
Flemington Thursday 8th November 2011.
Each day of the Spring Racing Carnival has a special flower for the gentleman's buttonhole, some girls wear them in their hair. Here is a list of flowers for Spring Racing including Melbourne Cup Week:
How to bet on the Melbourne Cup:
Win & Place - the most popular bet type. Place dividends are paid on the first, second and third horses past the post. With Sportsbet.com.au you can choose to bet:
Fixed Odds - the odds given at the time of betting, regardless of the starting price. Early All-In betting is available NOW on selected feature races, including the Melbourne Cup.
City Best – the best odds available from the three state TABs or the Starting Price, available until the jump.
Top Fluc – place your bet early and receive the highest official bookmakers fluctuation. This is the bet that professional punters prefer, but sometimes the price can be better with City Best.
Melbourne Cup Quinella, Trifecta & First Four:
If you like the chances of more than one horse in the Melbourne Cup, consider a multiple/exotic bet. Sportsbet.com.au offers the best TAB dividends on all exotic bets during the Melbourne Cup Carnival:
Quinella – the first two horses past the post in either order.
Exacta – first two horses in exact order.
Trifecta – first three horses, can be in order or any order (boxed)
First Four – just like it sounds, in order or boxed. First Four costs a little more but dividends can be big - sometimes 5 or 6 figures.
Flexi-betting - available on all multiple bets, so you can bet small to win big!
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When? The Melbourne Cup will be run on Tuesday November 6th 2012 at 3pm local time.
Where? Flemington Racecourse, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.
What? The Melbourne Cup is a 3200m (2 miles) Group One Open Handicap for male and female horses three years old and over. Prize money is AU$6,000,000.
Tickets? Must be pre-purchased before you go to Flemington. Melbourne Cup General Admission & Reserved Grandstand Seating tickets can be purchased online from August 2012 HERE.
The Melbourne Cup is Melbourne's favourite horse race, if only because it always makes the first Tuesday in November a public holiday! Since the first Melbourne Cup was run in 1861, Australians have been fascinated by this famous race, even if they didn't have a bet. Whatever they are doing, or wherever in the world they are, most Aussies will stop to watch or listen to the Melbourne Cup - which is why it is known as “the race that stops a nation.”
Since everyone else in the country is going to be obsessed with the Melbourne Cup, you might as well join them and have a little wager on the result. In the past, this meant either joining the crowds at Flemington (which can top 120,000) and betting on course, or queuing up for hours for off-course betting at the local TAB where the lines can stretch into the street.
Luckily, there is now an simpler way to have a bet on the Melbourne Cup - by betting online.
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