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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.
The final field for the race was declared on 4 November 2023. [1] The total prize money for the race was A$8.41 million, a $410,000 increase from 2022. [2] It was the last Melbourne Cup broadcast by Network 10, who have broadcast the race since 2019 and dropped out of the bidding for the broadcast rights in June 2023.
The Melbourne Cup [1] is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race.Each year internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race alongside local entrants. Since 1882 New Zealand bred horses have won 40 Melbourne Cups, British bred horses have won five cups, US bred horses four, Irish horses two and one Japanese and German bred horse have each won the Cup.
The 2002 Melbourne Cup was the 142nd running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 5 November 2002 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. It was won by Media Puzzle, trained by Dermot Weld and ridden by Damien Oliver. [2]
The 1966 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1966. The race, run over 2 miles (3,218.7 m), at Flemington Racecourse. [1] The race was won by the gelding Galilee, trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by John Miller. The runner up was Light Fingers also trained by Bart who had won the 1965 ...
The 1979 Melbourne Cup was a handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1979 over 3200m, at Flemington Racecourse. The race was won by the New Zealand bred gelding Hyperno, trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by Harry White. The runner up was Salamander trained by T J Hughes, and third place went to Red Nose trained by T Green. [1]
The 2020 Melbourne Cup (known commercially as the 2020 Lexus Melbourne Cup) was the 160th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 3 November 2020 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. The final field for the race was declared on 31 October. [1]
The race was won by the gelding Think Big, trained by Bart Cummings and ridden by Harry White. The combination of Think Big, Bart Cummings and Harry White had also won the 1974 Melbourne Cup . The runner up was Holiday Waggon also trained by Bart Cummings, and third place went to Medici. [ 2 ]