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The 2024 Melbourne Cup, known commercially as the 2024 Lexus Melbourne Cup, was the 164th running of the Melbourne Cup, an Australian thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 5 November 2024 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. [2] The final field for the race was declared on 2 November 2024. [3]
Last updated on 5 November 2024 Knight's Choice (foaled 20 September 2019) is a Thoroughbred racehorse . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Bred by Norm and Di Bazeley at Elswick Park, a stud in Walcha , northern New South Wales, [ 3 ] he was the winner of the 2024 Melbourne Cup , ridden by Robbie Dolan and trained by John Symons and Sheila Laxon .
Each year, internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race. Since 1882, New Zealand–bred horses have won 40 Melbourne Cups, British-bred horses have won five, American-and Irish-bred horses have won four, German- and French-bred horses have won two each, and Japanese-bred horses have won one. [2] [needs update]
Without A Fight stormed to victory at this year’s Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, handing jockey Mark Zahra consecutive wins in Australia’s most prestigious horse race.
Brian Ellison’s Onesmoothoperator is priced around 7/1 on most betting sites, and though he came seventh in a key Melbourne Cup pointer – the Ebor Handicap at York – he also won the Geelong ...
The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse.It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club that forms part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
Robbie Dolan (aged 28) is an Irish thoroughbred racing jockey.On 5 November 2024, Dolan rode the winning horse Knight's Choice in the 2024 Melbourne Cup. [2] [3]In 2022, Dolan appeared on the Australian tv series The Voice, where he was eliminated during the battles.
The Breeders' Cup hasn't had a horse fatality since 2019, ... a 99.97% safety record based on a made-up timetable of the fall meeting of 2023 and the long winter/spring meeting of 2024. It also ...