The first race was held in 1861 over two miles (3.219km) but was shortened to 3,200 metres (1.988mi) in 1972 when Australia adopted the metric system. This reduced the distance by 18.688 metres (61.312ft), and Rain Lover's 1968 race record of 3:19.1 was accordingly adjusted to 3:17.9. The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3:16.3.
Qualifying and race conditions
The race is a quality handicap for horses 3 years old and over, run over a distance of 3,200 metres, on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington Racecourse. The minimum handicap weight is 50kg. There is no maximum weight, but the top allocated weight must not be less than 57kg. The weight allocated to each horse is declared by the VRC Handicapper in early September.
The 2013 Emirates Melbourne Cup was the 153rd running of the Melbourne Cup, Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race. The race, held on 5 November 2013, at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, was won by Fiorente. The horse, owned by Andrew Roberts, was bred in Ireland, trained in Australia by Gai Waterhouse, and ridden by jockey Damien Oliver. It was Oliver's third victory in the event, after previous wins in 1995 and 2002, and his first start after a ten-month ban for a betting offence. Waterhouse, the daughter of Tommy J. Smith, who trained winners in 1955 and 1981, became the first Australian woman to train a winner. The race was attended by 104,169 people—the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) had capped attendance at 110,000 for the Melbourne Cup and the Victoria Derby, but this mark was not reached at either race. Approximately A$90.6 million was wagered on the race through Totalisator Agency Boards in Victoria and New South Wales, with another $37.5 million wagered through equivalent agencies in Queensland, South Australia, and Tasmania.
The 2007 Melbourne Cup, the 147th running of Australia's most prestigious thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, 6 November 2007, going at 3:00pm local time (0400 UTC). The race was sponsored by Emirates Airline. The winner of the race was Efficient, by a half a length, followed by Purple Moon and Mahler in third.
Due to the 2007 Australian Equine influenza outbreak, believed to have been started by a horse brought into Australia from Japan, neither 2006 Melbourne Cup winner Delta Blues nor runner-up Pop Rock participated in the 2007 Melbourne Cup.
Race starters
These were the confirmed starters, with barrier positions, jockeys, and trainers, for the 2007 Melbourne Cup:
The favourites for this year's Melbourne Cup were:
The Melbourne Cup is the world's richest and most prestigious greyhound race.
Run over 515m at Sandown Park in Melbourne, Australia, the Cup was first run in 1956 and was worth £500 to the winner. In 2012, the race will carry a winner's cheque of $350,000, with the final carrying a total of $500,000. The race is the final event of the three-week Superdogs series which carries over $1 million in total prize money.
History
Some of Australian greyhound racing's most memorable moments and most significant events have occurred in the Melbourne Cup. A short history of the event:
1956 - First Melbourne Cup staged at Sandown Park on the grass track over 565 yards under handicap conditions worth £500
1962 - Race worth £2000; race won by Saskagay, the first bitch to win the race
1964 - A sand track is installed, resulting in the race distance being reduced to 555 yards
1966 - First Melbourne Cup not conducted under handicap conditions; Cheltenham Lass wins the event after finishing second in 1965
Melbourne is a compilation album by the Models, recorded in the early 1980s and released in 2001. The album was distributed by Shock Records.
The album was compiled by dedicated Models fan, Mark Burchett (a band booking agent for Premier Artists), who compiled sixteen cuts of the Models' material before they signed with Mushroom Records, consisting of demos, studio cuts and live tracks with the assistance of Melbourne public radio station 3RRRFM. The liner notes for the album are written by Australian Rock historian Ian McFarlane.
Track listing
"Body Shop" - 5:37
"Current Affair" - 3:30
"Whisper Through The Wall" - 3:43
"Party Girls" - 4:58
"Atlantic Romantic" - 5:09
"The Other People Incident" - 5:27
"Golden Arches" - 3:59
"John From Earth" - 4:32
"Brave New World" - 3:46
"Early Morning Brain (It's not quite the same as Sobriety)" - 4:26
"Melbourne" is the second single by The Whitlams from their breakthrough album, Eternal Nightcap. It was released on 27 January 1998. The song peaked at #70 on the Australian ARIA singles chart. It was also included on The Whitlams' best-of album, Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You. A music video edit of this song is shorter and features more strings. This mix was included on the compilation album. Melbourne was also performed live with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in September 2007. Also, on the single, an earlier version of the song "400 Miles from Darwin" was included, which was later re-recorded for their 1999 album, Love This City. The demo was also included on the 2002 limited edition album, Rarities: 1992–2003.
2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup 3200M Full Race 7 - Flemington - Gold Trip (HD)
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Honest Government Ad | The Melbourne Cup
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A Champion Becomes A Legend! | Three-Time Melbourne Cup Winner Makybe Diva | The Greatest Mare?
Makybe Diva is regarded as one of Australian racing's greatest racehorses after she became the first horse to win three Melbourne Cups (2003, 2004 & 2005) at Flemington Racecourse.
Australia's star mare also boasts a Cox Plate, Sydney Cup, Memsie Stakes and The BMW among her Group 1 haul.
Racecaller Greg Miles summed it up best with his call of Makybe Diva's record-breaking third Melbourne Cup, "But a champion, becomes a legend."
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2015 Melbourne Cup - Prince of Penzance
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VAUBAN books Melbourne Cup ticket with Group Three Ballyroan Stakes success
Vauban staked his Melbourne Cup claim with an impressive victory in the 2023 Ballyroan Stakes at Naas.
Willie Mullins’ five-year-old is a three-time Grade One winner over obstacles, but has begun to make a real name for himself on the Flat, winning the Copper Horse Handicap by seven and a half lengths at Royal Ascot.
He needed to finish in the first three of this mile-and-a-half Group Three to secure his berth in the Flemington showpiece on November 7 and did so in fine style.
Vauban was ridden forward, tracking the pace set by Gooloogong and Pivotal Trigger in the hands of Colin Keane and loomed up menacingly as they straightened for home.
Keane soon asked his mount to launch his challenge and he immediately set about putting the race to bed, storming clear up the home straight with J...
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Makybe Diva is regarded as one of Australian racing's greatest racehorses after she became the first horse to win three Melbourne Cups (2003, 2004 & 2005) at Fl...
Makybe Diva is regarded as one of Australian racing's greatest racehorses after she became the first horse to win three Melbourne Cups (2003, 2004 & 2005) at Flemington Racecourse.
Australia's star mare also boasts a Cox Plate, Sydney Cup, Memsie Stakes and The BMW among her Group 1 haul.
Racecaller Greg Miles summed it up best with his call of Makybe Diva's record-breaking third Melbourne Cup, "But a champion, becomes a legend."
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Makybe Diva is regarded as one of Australian racing's greatest racehorses after she became the first horse to win three Melbourne Cups (2003, 2004 & 2005) at Flemington Racecourse.
Australia's star mare also boasts a Cox Plate, Sydney Cup, Memsie Stakes and The BMW among her Group 1 haul.
Racecaller Greg Miles summed it up best with his call of Makybe Diva's record-breaking third Melbourne Cup, "But a champion, becomes a legend."
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Full race of the 162nd running of the 2022 Melbourne Cup, presented by Lexus; from the Flemington Racecourse.
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Outsider 'Prince of Penzance' wins the big race, with female jockey Michelle Payne riding into the history books (first female ever, to win Australia's biggest ...
Outsider 'Prince of Penzance' wins the big race, with female jockey Michelle Payne riding into the history books (first female ever, to win Australia's biggest race).....
Outsider 'Prince of Penzance' wins the big race, with female jockey Michelle Payne riding into the history books (first female ever, to win Australia's biggest race).....
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Vauban staked his Melbourne Cup claim with an impressive victory in the 2023 Ballyroan Stakes at Naas.
Willie Mullins’ five-year-old is a three-time Grade One ...
Vauban staked his Melbourne Cup claim with an impressive victory in the 2023 Ballyroan Stakes at Naas.
Willie Mullins’ five-year-old is a three-time Grade One winner over obstacles, but has begun to make a real name for himself on the Flat, winning the Copper Horse Handicap by seven and a half lengths at Royal Ascot.
He needed to finish in the first three of this mile-and-a-half Group Three to secure his berth in the Flemington showpiece on November 7 and did so in fine style.
Vauban was ridden forward, tracking the pace set by Gooloogong and Pivotal Trigger in the hands of Colin Keane and loomed up menacingly as they straightened for home.
Keane soon asked his mount to launch his challenge and he immediately set about putting the race to bed, storming clear up the home straight with Joseph O’Brien’s Valiant King the only horse to get near the winner as the 4-6 favourite recorded a bloodless length-and-a-half triumph.
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Vauban staked his Melbourne Cup claim with an impressive victory in the 2023 Ballyroan Stakes at Naas.
Willie Mullins’ five-year-old is a three-time Grade One winner over obstacles, but has begun to make a real name for himself on the Flat, winning the Copper Horse Handicap by seven and a half lengths at Royal Ascot.
He needed to finish in the first three of this mile-and-a-half Group Three to secure his berth in the Flemington showpiece on November 7 and did so in fine style.
Vauban was ridden forward, tracking the pace set by Gooloogong and Pivotal Trigger in the hands of Colin Keane and loomed up menacingly as they straightened for home.
Keane soon asked his mount to launch his challenge and he immediately set about putting the race to bed, storming clear up the home straight with Joseph O’Brien’s Valiant King the only horse to get near the winner as the 4-6 favourite recorded a bloodless length-and-a-half triumph.
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Makybe Diva is regarded as one of Australian racing's greatest racehorses after she became the first horse to win three Melbourne Cups (2003, 2004 & 2005) at Flemington Racecourse.
Australia's star mare also boasts a Cox Plate, Sydney Cup, Memsie Stakes and The BMW among her Group 1 haul.
Racecaller Greg Miles summed it up best with his call of Makybe Diva's record-breaking third Melbourne Cup, "But a champion, becomes a legend."
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Vauban staked his Melbourne Cup claim with an impressive victory in the 2023 Ballyroan Stakes at Naas.
Willie Mullins’ five-year-old is a three-time Grade One winner over obstacles, but has begun to make a real name for himself on the Flat, winning the Copper Horse Handicap by seven and a half lengths at Royal Ascot.
He needed to finish in the first three of this mile-and-a-half Group Three to secure his berth in the Flemington showpiece on November 7 and did so in fine style.
Vauban was ridden forward, tracking the pace set by Gooloogong and Pivotal Trigger in the hands of Colin Keane and loomed up menacingly as they straightened for home.
Keane soon asked his mount to launch his challenge and he immediately set about putting the race to bed, storming clear up the home straight with Joseph O’Brien’s Valiant King the only horse to get near the winner as the 4-6 favourite recorded a bloodless length-and-a-half triumph.
#horseracing #horses #melbournecup #williemullins
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The first race was held in 1861 over two miles (3.219km) but was shortened to 3,200 metres (1.988mi) in 1972 when Australia adopted the metric system. This reduced the distance by 18.688 metres (61.312ft), and Rain Lover's 1968 race record of 3:19.1 was accordingly adjusted to 3:17.9. The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3:16.3.
Qualifying and race conditions
The race is a quality handicap for horses 3 years old and over, run over a distance of 3,200 metres, on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington Racecourse. The minimum handicap weight is 50kg. There is no maximum weight, but the top allocated weight must not be less than 57kg. The weight allocated to each horse is declared by the VRC Handicapper in early September.
...Race Course in Melbourne back in 2019 ... Jockey Joao Moriera (back left in blue silks) is taken from the track after he fell on racehorse RegalMonarch in race 4 during the 2017 Melbourne Cup Day.
... training session in Melbourne ... The British No 1, Katie Boulter, should go into Melbourne with some confidence after scoring two dominant victories at the United Cup in Sydney over the past few days.
... a Caulfield Cup and seven Golden Slippers ... Ahead of this year's Melbourne Cup, Gai warned young people were treating race days as nothing more than an opportunity to get on the drink with their mates.
At the 2024 Melbourne Cup, the new Nine host proved she was embracing her newfound independence as she pulled out all the stops with a glamorous outfit for a day out at Flemington Racecourse.
Stepping out on Melbourne Cup Day, Samantha cut an elegant figure in a vibrant red gown as she worked the angles for the camera during the solo outing.
VRC said it had not been 'immune to rising costs across the supply chain required to deliver more than 20 Flemington race days, including the four day Melbourne Cup Carnival... The Melbourne Cup Carnival ...
According to Woman's Day, Scott, 61, tried to avoid Kylie at the Melbourne Cup after his 'traumatic' time on the show ... 'He was a nervous wreck in the lead-up to auction day,' they added.
Though she didn't return to the high life when she moved back to Melbourne, Pixie was welcomed when she went to the FlemingtonBirdcage on Melbourne Cup Day in 2016 ...Close friends said she spent her days watching TV, reading books and cooking.