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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]
The shortest-priced favourite in Cup history was Phar Lap when he won in 1930 at 8-11 ($1.72).; Metrication – The race was originally held over two miles (about 3,218 metres), but following Australia's adoption of the Metric system in the 1970s the current distance of 3,200 metres was adopted in 1972.
The Melbourne Cup race is a handicap contest in which the weight of the jockey and riding gear is adjusted with ballast to a nominated figure. Older horses carry more weight than younger ones and weights are adjusted further according to the horse's previous results.
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 .
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.
Melbourne Cup betting tips. Absurde - 9/1 each-way Betfred. Melbourne Cup betting preview. The Melbourne Cup returns to Flemington on Tuesday, 5 November as the so-called ‘Race that stops a ...
The VRC Champions Stakes, registered as the LKS Mackinnon Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 2000 metres at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia on the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup.
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.