The 2015 Melbourne Cup is scheduled to start at 3:00pm AEDT, on Tuesday November 3 at the Flemington racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria.
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The race will be broadcast on both Free-to-Air television via Channel Seven, and on Foxtel via Sky Racing 1.
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Channel Seven’s coverage of the Melbourne Cup will begin at 10:00am AEDT, while Sky Racing 1 rolling coverage will cover all racing across Australia all day. The first race of the day at Flemington is scheduled for 10:40am AEDT. Sky Racing will have additional dedicated Cup coverage from midday.
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The Melbourne Cup itself is scheduled to get underway at 3:00pm AEDT. Based on past results, the race should go for about three and a half minutes before the winner passes the post.
The Channel Seven broadcast will end at 5:30pm AEDT, while the Sky Racing 1 broadcast will continue through until 6:00pm AEDT.
Japanese horse Fame Game is the current favourite to win the race at $4 in the betting, Trip to Paris at $8.5 is the only other horse below double figures. Preferment ($10), Criterion and Max Dynamite (both $13) are the closest beyond that.
Melbourne Cup betting odds
1. Snow Sky – $61
2. Criterion – $13
3. Fame Game – $4 (Favourite)
4. Our Ivanhowe – $21
5. Big Orange – $51
6. Hartnell – $31
7. Hokko Brave – $34
8. Max Dynamite – $13
9. Red Cadeaux – $34
10. Trip to Paris – $8.5
11. Who Shot Thebarman – $17
12. Sky Hunter – $41
13. The Offer – $41
14. Grand Marshal – $41
15. Preferment – $10
16. Quest For More – $101
17. Almoonqith – $14
18. Kingfisher – $34
19. Prince of Penzance – $81
20. Bondi Beach – $21
21. Sertorious – $301
22. The United States – $20
23. Excess Knowledge – $31
24. Gust of Wind – $34
The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s most prestigious racing event and is known as ‘the race that stops a nation’.
It is held at 3:00pm AEDT on the first Tuesday of November every year, meaning that in 2015 it falls on November 3.
The first race was held in 1861 and was held over two miles, but that has since been adjusted to the metric measurement of 3200m.
Kingston Rule currently holds the record for the fastest finish at the race with a time of 3:16.3 set in 1990.
Only five horses in history have claimed victory in the Melbourne Cup twice, and only one of those, Makybe Diva, has won on three occasions (2003, 2004, 2005).
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