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About the Melbourne Cup |
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| Place your Melbourne Cup bets at IASbet.com and receive top odds*! The Melbourne Cup is an unparalleled horse racing spectacle. Managed by the Victoria Racing Club, it's the annual race that stops the nation and is the richest and most prestigious "two-mile" (3200m) handicap on the planet. High society gathers in decadent fashion, extravagant style and sometimes amusing costumes to witness the world's best thoroughbreds thunder around the famous Flemington Racecourse. |
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| International Field | |||
| Stables from the United Kingdom, Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Europe and South Africa send their finest thoroughbreds in the quest for victory and the pride of taking home the trophy and cash. |
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| The Richest Handicap Race on the Planet | |||
| Total prize money for the event is AUD$5.5 million. There is also a bonus prize of AUD$500,000 for the owner of any horse that wins the Irish St Leger (G1) and the Melbourne Cup in the same year. | |||
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| The Trophy | |||
| The current trophy, awarded since 1919, is a three-handled gold loving cup worth AUD$100,000. The winning trainer and jockey also receive a miniature replica of the cup. The strapper is awarded the Tommy Woodcock Trophy named after the strapper of the incomparable Phar Lap. |
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| Melbourne Cup Day | |||
| Held on the first Tuesday in November by the Victoria Racing Club, the day is a public holiday in Victoria. Attendance is usually over 100,000, making the Cup one of the most popular spectator events in Australia. The record crowd was 122,376 in 2003.
The Melbourne Cup Day is one of four Spring Carnival feature races held over an eight-day period. These include: - Derby Day - 'A Day for Racing Purists' - Oaks Day - 'Ladies Day' - Stakes Day - 'Family Day' |
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