Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup Day is without a doubt Australia's most famous Tuesday. On the first Tuesday in November, At 3.00 pm AEST, Australians everywhere literally stop for one of the world's most famous horse races - the Melbourne Cup. Hence why it has come to be known as "the race that stops a nation".

This year is the running of the 150th Melbourne Cup and we have everything you need to make it a success including Australia's BEST horse racing tips, the lastest Melbourne Cup odds, form guides and the very best betting deals available anywhere on the net!

Betting

We have a reputation for offering the very best Melbourne Cup betting deals, which are available exclusively at Punters Paradise and this year we are delighted to announce one of our best deals yet, a FREE $300 bet!

Not only do we offer the Melbourne Cup's best betting deals but we also have a page dedicated to displaying the latest Melbourne Cup odds from Australai's leading bookmakers and betting exchanges, which means you can get BETTER odds for BIGGER wins!

Tips

Nearly everyone has a tip for the Melbourne Cup but very rarely do their tips ever win. If you're reading this then it's your chance to get some Melbourne Cup tips that make you some serious cash!

Last year our top selling tipster during the Melbourne Cup was DeanJohn and regular visitors of Punters Paradise will still remember how he supplied three tips for two winners! The two winning tips were Shocking, winner of the 2009 Melbourne Cup paying $10 and Right Fong in the very next race paying $14!

At the very least make sure you check out DeanJohn and some of our other top selling tipsters so you can win BIG this Melbourne Cup!

Form guide

Would you like to try and find the winner or maybe even sell your own tips? Our Melbourne Cup form guide has all the tools you'll need to help you select the winner.

The Melbouren Cup form guide is free and will be available on the Friday before the Cup, giving you plenty of time to study the form and find the winner.

The form guide includes the previous 10 starts for every horse, track maps, speed maps, race cards, punters comments and much more.

News

Our Melbourne Cup news is provided by Australia's leading journalists. We've put together a news page dedicated to the Melbourne Cup so you can easily keep up to date with everything there is to know.

The most recent news is at the top of the page and if you're lgged in you can easily comment on or discuss any of the articles published here at Punters Paradise.

Horses

The race is a quality handicap for horses 3 years old and over, run over a distance of 3,200 metres at Flemington Racecourse. The minimum handicap weight is 49 kg. There is no maximum weight, but the top allocated weight must not be less than 57 kg. The weight allocated to each horse is declared by the VRC Handicapper in early September.

The nominations are out now and we've created a page so you can easily see all the Melbourne Cup horses that are currently nominated for the race. The horses will be updated as the final Melbourne Cup field is narrowed down.

Results

See all the Melbourne Cup results since the race was first run and won way back in 1861 by Archer. The results include Year, Horse, Jockey, Trainer, Colour of Horse, Sex, Age, Number of Starters, TAB Numbers, Barriers and Weight carried.

We'll update the table to include the 2010 results and odds within an half an hour of the running of the 150th Melbourne Cup.

History

The first Melbourne Cup was run in 1861 at Flemington race course and was won by Archer. It has run every year since. Through wars and depression, and the good times too, the Melbourne Cup racing carnival has been one of the stayers of Australian cultural experience.

Thanks to Emirates, the major sponsor of the Melbourne Cup, the VRC will now offer record prizemoney of $6 million plus $175,000 in trophies for connections, ensuring it remains the richest handicap race in the world and attracts a star studded line up of International stayers.

The Melbourne Cup has a long history and if you would like to learn more about Asutralia's iconic race simply check out our Melbouren Cup history page to learn everything there is to know about the Melbourne Cup.

Discussions

There are no shortage of opinions at Punters Paradise and one of the hottest topics for discussion throughout the year is always the Melbourne Cup. Last year the Melbourne Cup discussion had over 600 comments and it always makes for some interesting reading and some heated debates.

The Melbouren Cup discussions page will include any discussions related to the Melbourne Cup with the most recent comments at the top, similar to the news. If you would like to contribute to the discussions please log in.