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The final field for the race was declared on 2 November 2024. [3] The total prize money for the race was A$ 8.56 million, a $150,000 increase from 2023. [ 4 ] It was the first Melbourne Cup to be broadcast by Nine Network after Network 10 , who had broadcast the race since 2019 , dropped out of the bidding for the rights to the race in June 2023.
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 1991 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1991. The race was run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), at Flemington Racecourse . The Cup was won by the New Zealand bred mare Let's Elope and was the ninth of Bart Cummings' twelve victories in the event.
Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, [1] It is home to the Melbourne Racing Club. Horse-racing started there in 1859 on a bush track where the Melbourne Hunt Club met. A racecourse was then laid out on the site of the club's dog kennels.
The Eclipse Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race held under quality handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1800 metres, run at Sandown Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in mid November. [1] Total prize money is A$200,000.
The 2005 Melbourne Cup was the 145th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 1 November 2005 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. It was won by Makybe Diva [2] at the age of seven, trained by Lee Freedman and ridden by Glen Boss. [3]
The Guineas, as the race is known, starts the three-day Caulfield carnival; the G1 Toorak Handicap, G1 Caulfield Stakes and the fillies equivalent, the G1 The Thousand Guineas was also historically held on Guineas day, before moving to the first Saturday after the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Ajax, 1937 winner High Caste, 1939 winner Ammon Ra, 1931 ...
The final field for the race was declared on 4 November 2023. [1] The total prize money for the race was A$ 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.