00. 3 lengths. The hot favourite for this year's Melbourne Cup is Incentivise, a star horse trained by Peter Moody. As of Monday, Incentivise was out to $2. the hot favourite for this year's Melbourne Cup is one of the internationals — Vauban, trained in. 2. Once tips are available, please note that these tips can change as race day approaches. 50) are the. Three of Australia's most famous horse races will be run and won in less than three weeks — Andrew McGarry checks out the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup for the favourites and main. being a Melbourne horse who’s had three runs in Sydney. The remaining 23 horses have been passed as suitable to race tomorrow. 1m, and third. Australia's most prestigious horse race - the Melbourne Cup - will once again be held at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November. Duais - The early favourite for the Cup, Duais has fallen out of the market and is now at much bigger odds than previously anticipated. Barrier 11 – 7 wins, last in 2010. 60 with TAB Fixed Odds. 2 million) handicap at. Melbourne Cup betting favourites have won 32 times (until 2021) Fiorente (2013) was the last favourite to. RACE 7 - Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) Favourites don't have the greatest record in our famous two-mile race, but Vauban, albeit priced to his best, is going to be very tough to beat, especially if. 5. October 31st, 2021 10:08 pm. The favourite was a local horse, Morman. Picture: Vince Caligiuri – Getty Images By Racenet 08:42pm • 05 November 2023 0 Comments The Willie Mullins-trained Vauban ($4. Odds: 26 / 6. Who are the favourites? English horse Deauville Legend (No 8) is currently a clear favourite at $3. Choosing a horse at random from the field of 24 gives you about a 4 per cent chance of winning. On Friday, Incentivise was the shortest-priced TAB favourite since Phar Lap. 75m Melbourne Cup has been reduced to 22 runners after a scratching on morning of the race. Win range: 1600-3200m. The Willie Mullins-trained gelding landed in Melbourne in the early hours of Sunday morning. He scored a huge two-length upset with 57. The tips will be based on a $50 win investment and a $50 boxed trifecta. Career: 18: 5-2-1. Deauville Legend is the horse that has everyone talking ahead of the Melbourne Cup. Momentum is everything in the last 600m, you don't want to be stopping and starting. October 16th, 2021 6:32 pm. The punter with online bookmaker Ladbrokes placed a $1,000 bet on a 5 leg multi with the first four legs all winning and the last leg riding on Vauban in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup to return close to one million dollars ($989,120). Caulfield Cup form: All eyes on Melbourne Cup favourite but a $13 hope can spoil the party Incentivise ridden by Brett Prebble winning the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington earlier this month. It is the first time a horse has won the Melbourne Cup at a top weight of 57. The Chris Waller-trained Soulcombe and Willie Mullins-trained Vauban were the favourites in the Futures All-In Market for the Melbourne Cup 2023 after first Melbourne Cup nominations were released on September 6, 2023. A total of 48 horses remains in the hunt for the 2022 Melbourne Cup after third declarations closed on Tuesday. aucomplete Melbourne Cup field analysis – including the case for and against every horse – plus top four tips and suggested $100 betting strategy below, punters. Picture: Getty Images. Brodie Nickson. 40) is the current favourite for Tuesday's $7. Melbourne Cup 2023 final field, barriers and betting odds The final field has been locked in, with the likes of Vauban and Gold Trip at the top of the betting market. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Race favourite surges ahead of $8m Melbourne Cup. 5kg James McDonald - Fixed: WIN $6. 71. These were around 2,400m and. 20 (9/4) or less in the melbourne cup and how they have performed. October 31st, 2023 10:57 am. Leading bookmaker Sportsbet is ruing a decision to pay punters out early on Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise to win the $8 million feature. Future History looks one of the nice value 2023 Melbourne Cup horses for exotics. The defending champ Gold Trip is back looking to become the first multiple Melbourne Cup hero since three-time winning mare Makybe Diva (2003-05). Melbourne Cup second favourite Loft will be scratched from the Cup, his part-owner Ozzie Kheir says. Not saying can't run ITM though. SCRATCHED: Melbourne Cup drama after injured horses’ last-minute vet checks. A horse with a handicap rating of 120 running in the Melbourne Cup would be right among the top weights; a horse rated 110 would naturally carry five kilograms less (half a kilo for each rating. Heavy Melbourne Cup favourite Deauville Legend has jagged a lucky result in the barrier draw ahead of Tuesday's famous race. Melbourne Cup Favourites vs Winners from the past 15 years. 00. The Melbourne Cup has been thrown into chaos after the withdrawal of a second high-profile horse in the space of 24 hours. Trainer: Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott; Jockey: Tim Clark. Watch, Stream & Catch Up with your favourite Horse Racing events on the home of Seven's Horse Racing coverage 7plus >> Jump to top. The 2023 Melbourne Cup took place on Tuesday the 7 th of November 2023 at Flemington Racecourse at 3:00pm local time and was won by the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Caulfield Cup champion Without A Fight ($8) who was ridden to victory by Mark Zahra. Odds: $41 (courtesy of TAB) Simon O'Donnell says: A good closing. The 2022 Melbourne Cup field has been reduced to 23 runners after the first official scratching ahead of Tuesday’s $8 million race at Flemington. Form watchers took notice when Vauban smashed the field at Royal Ascot in June — now the Willie Mullins-trained galloper is the Melbourne Cup favourite. THE MELBOURNE CUP WILL BE RUN AT 3PM (AEDT) TUESDAY NOV 2. 2023 Melbourne Cup Weights: Declared Tuesday September 19, 2023 – Gold Trip 58. The three-year-old's odds slimmed to 11-4 (from 4-1) with bet365 for Australia's biggest race at Flemington following Saturday's barrier draw. 2. Since the year 2000, the most successful Melbourne Cup winning weights have been 51 to 51. 2010 – So You Think ($3) 3rd 1992 – Veandercross (9/4 - $3. View the Melbourne Cup 2024 Field, Odds, Tips, Results, Horse Form Guides and Winners. 3 days to claim & 7 days to place a qualifying bet to receive 4x Free Bets: 1 x £10 Horse racing, 1 x £10 Free Bet Builder, 1 x £10 Acca and 1 x £10 Football. Odds: $41 (courtesy of TAB) Simon O'Donnell says: A good closing. Oliver hoping for Melbourne Cup swansong Champion jockey Frankie Dettori has tipped the heavily backed Absurde to upset long-time Melbourne Cup favourite and stablemate Vauban in the race that. The official 24-horse. The total prize money for the Melbourne Cup sits at $8 million, with the connections of the winning horse set to pocket $4. THE stable has taken a patient approach with this five-year-old son of Tavistock since he was withdrawn from last year’s Melbourne Cup after failing to receive veterinary clearance. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Irish-bred seven-year-old Without a Fight won the 163rd running of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday ahead of Soulcombe and. The early markets for next year's race have already opened and the Ciaron Maher and Dave Eustace-trained star $17 with Sportsbet and $21 with. Melbourne Cup Favourites Who will win the Melbourne Cup in 2023? Looking at the field for the 2023 Melbourne Cup, TABtouch has outlined three standouts that are likely to. He lived it up to it too with an utterly dominant performance. So an $11 outlay would result in you collecting 10. The Mark & Levi Kavanagh-trained First Immortal is firm favourite to claim victory in Wednesday’s Geelong Cup 2023 field as the up-and-comer continues to chase a start in this year’s Melbourne Cup. 50 would be the shortest-priced foreign-trained horse in Melbourne Cup history. Hegan said the handicapping panel. Irish horse Vauban was the clear favourite but drifted to $6 before the race, and its defeat marked the 10th consecutive running of the Melbourne Cup in which the favourite has been beaten. . Willie Mullins-trained thoroughbred Vauban looks set to start the 2023 Melbourne Cup as the favourite,. Twilight Payment won the 2020 Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most prestigious horse race, although the event was overshadowed by the death of Anthony Van Dyck, the Aidan O’Brien trained colt who. Don’t Back a 3-Year-Old. The star hoop had the headache many of his rivals wish they had for the Cups double: picking between his favourite horse, last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Gold. Speaking after the release of nominations on Tuesday, Racing Victoria's international recruiter Paul Bloodworth said. Favourite Horse for Melbourne Cup 2024. The win crowned a 7th Melbourne Cup win for owner Lloyd Williams and a second for trainer Joseph O’Brien who had won the race 2 years prior for Williams with young distance horse, Rekindling. The colour Bay (reddish-brown coat with black mane, tail and lower legs) has produced 12 of the last 15 winners. In 2020, Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck became. The defending champ Gold Trip is back looking to become the first multiple Melbourne Cup hero since three-time winning mare Makybe Diva (2003-05). 75 million Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) is one of the world’s most iconic horse races and has attracted a typically top-class field of both local and international talent this year. A favourite horse has won the Melbourne Cup 34 times out of 154. (Image: Racing Photos) Current Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban ($5) headlined the latest arrival of international raiders to touch down in Melbourne for Spring Carnival campaigns. Yes, three former Kiwi jockeys who began their careers in New Zealand before shifting to greener pastures across the ditch will ride in the 2021 Cup: James McDonald rides no. By Simon Brunsdon01 Nov 2021 23:10. Mark Zahra answers the critics for his choice in rides, becoming the first jockey in 44 years to win back-to-back Melbourne Cups on different horses, as Without A Fight beats the field at Flemington. 5kg less than those horses. 2. The Melbourne Cup 2023 field is finalised on Victoria Derby day, with the barrier draw done at the conclusion of racing on that day, Saturday November 4 2023. Career: 30: 9-1-5. 1. Some of the most famous winners of the Melbourne Cup include inaugural champion Archer who won the first two events, the legendary Phar Lap, and the sole triple Melbourne Cup winner between 2003-05, Makybe Diva. The full field for the 2023 Melbourne Cup has been set with 23 horses competing for the greatest prize in Australian horse racing. 5kg last year and carries a kilo more as the top-weight in 2023. 60 with TAB Fixed Odds. Cox Plate Honour Roll Melbourne Cup Honour Roll The biggest day on the Australian racing calendar is finally here! Not sure who to back? Not to worry, as we take you. 10/$2. This brings us to the current Melbourne Cup favourite ahead of Tuesday – Deauville Legend. 5kg was Think Big in 1975. Direct (5), 3. However, that was obviously quite a while ago, and his form has been a little. But weights are compressed these days with the race more a quality handicap favouring horses higher up in. A year later, in front of a crowd of 7000, Archer returned to Flemington for the 1862. Leading sectionals analyst Vince Accardi has honed in on six horses for Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup, including one at a big price. However, no. 50 (courtesy of Bet365 as of 1pm Sunday) Simon O'Donnell says: Was very ordinary in the Melbourne Cup. 25 per cent, or well above the. Damien Oliver is set to have his last ride in the Melbourne Cup on Alenqeur so he will have to wait until Tuesday morning to know his fate. Both wins were on a track rated "good". 1 October, 2023. 4. ago. Makybe Diva is the only horse to have. The six-year-old subsequently qualified for the Melbourne Cup with a comfortable win in a Group 3 race in Ireland in August. McDonald, win the competition in an intriguing race. But there is one horse that stands head and shoulders above the rest in. THE MELBOURNE CUP WILL BE RUN AT 3PM (AEDT) TUESDAY NOV 2. Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban turned heads when he stepped out at Flemington for the first time on Tuesday morning - a week out from the. Phar Lap has the record of shortest. Yes, three former Kiwi jockeys who began their careers in New Zealand before shifting to greener pastures across the ditch will ride in the 2021 Cup: James McDonald rides no. 2. Maher has left the door ajar to withdraw Gold Trip should the. The heavy favourite. Melbourne Cup jockeys 2023: Who is riding the favourites? Feedback. Race favourite Vauban will wear the No. It is the first time a horse has won the Melbourne Cup at a top weight of 57. WATCH IN THE VIDEO ABOVE: Damien Oliver. Which horse is the most prolific Melbourne Cup winner of all time? Melbourne Cup History: Facts The first was Archer, who won the first two Melbourne Cups in 1861 and 1862. The six-year-old. French stayer brought to Australia in 2022 with Cups/Cox Plate ambitions, Gold Trip finished second in the 2022 Caulfield Cup carrying 57. 45pm – Cup favourite drifts late Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban has drifted in the betting markets. This aged well. Out of the $8 million prize money, first place will take home $4. Favourites better than random picks. Fiorente (2013) was the last favourite to win for the punters. Trainer: Michael Moroney. An impressive 17 domestically trained horses will start the 2021 Melbourne Cup with a number of impressive runners amongst them. Saying that however, the favourite horse does have a good history in this event, winning 35 out of 150 races, or 23 percent. There were no nasty surprises for Willie Mullins at the announcement of the weights for the Lexus Melbourne Cup with ante-post favourite Vauban being allocated 55kg, a burden the jumps supremo said he was "happy enough" with. The Melbourne Cup field, just like all other racing fields, is the line-up of runners for a horse race. 3 lengths. However, no. You can check out all the horses, barriers and latest odds below for the two-mile race that is set to get underway at 3pm AEDT on Tuesday, November 7. Point Nepean, a $51 chance, was withdrawn on Monday morning due to elevated blood results. The top challengers. The jockey, trainer and owner of. Vauban’s reputation precedes him as he has been a long-time favourite for the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) and late on Monday was rated at $4. Incentivise was. To find out additional details regarding the performance of past Melbourne Cup favourites, please explore the hub dedicated to Melbourne Cup Favourites. But there are a few other things to consider than. Table Credit: Racing Australia. By Ben Dorries. Backed by experienced jockey Ryan Moore and a favourable barrier draw, Vauban is a firm contender. Trainer: Ciaron Maher and. " TAB has Vauban as a $5 favourite in its latest Melbourne Cup market while. The one thing that hasn’t changed about the 2023 Melbourne Cup is the horses. Finishing positions are listed next to each horse's name. Verry Elleegant. 2022 Melbourne Cup Race Horse Ratings. My horse just won the Melbourne Cup? READ MORE. Jameka has been well supported $8. The Melbourne Cup is held at Flemington Racecourse, which is about 6km northwest of Melbourne's CBD. Punters has the latest info on all 2023 Melbourne Cup horses! When available, get a full list of all the Melbourne Cup 2023 horses with expert analysis and tips. The prize for winning first place in the 2023 Melbourne Cup is $4,400,000, with the winning owners, trainer, and jockey also awarded versions of the Melbourne Cup trophy. Melbourne Cup trifecta result. Like most bookies Ms Watts is hoping runaway. But a favourite horse has won the Melbourne Cup 32 times out of 163 races - that’s 19. 5. 4. Avilius (10) — $51 to win, $12 to place. The Melbourne Cup trophy, which contains 1. In breaking Melbourne Cup news from Friday morning, the highly fancied German raider Loft has come out due to tendon swelling. We take a look at each of the 24 horses in the Melbourne Cup Field and we provide Video Form for each of them including the International horses in the field. Earnings: $2,421,401. Finche and Mer De Glace are the current favourites for Race 7 Lexus Melbourne Cup at Flemington. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained galloper led home a Tulloch Lodge quinella,. 40 hope but it will have to carry 57kg and only 11 horses have ever won the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double — Ethereal the last to do so 20 years ago. 'VERY NASTY': Horse racing world stunned by jockey's shock act The scan revealed the $13 equal-third favourite for the Melbourne Cup had a “grey area” in his left hind leg. TALKING POINTS: Melb Cup favourite ‘probably will win well’; debate over jockey call. Dry Track Stats: 6: 3-0-1. You can check out all the horses, barriers and. Melbourne Cup prize money. Usually, a horse is tagged as favourite when it wins multiple major races. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) 16. • 32 horses left in contention for the Melbourne Cup. Prior to that, the 2021 AJC Derby runner-up gave last year’s Cup favourite Incentivise an awful fright when second in the G1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington. Deauville Legend at his quote of $3. * The longest-priced horses to win: Four horses have won at 100-1: The Pearl (1871), Wotan (1936), Old Rowley. 8%) have won the Melbourne Cup; 74 Cup favourites have finished in the first three placings; Fiorente (2013) was the last favourite to win for punters. au started betting on the race 369 days ago, including the favourite Vauban. The Peter Moody-trained horse is rated a $2. A Melbourne Cup horse sweep is a delightful tradition associated with the Melbourne Cup horse race in Australia. 2020 — Twilight Payment: $23. Of the Australian-trained horses, 2019 Cup winner Vow And Declare is racing very well and. JAMES McDONALD (2021 winner on Verry Elleegant) via Racenet . Melbourne Cup 2023:. Soulcombe($11) who also impressed in the Caulfield Cup, is the fifth favourite. Thanks for joining us and if. Jockey: Damien Oliver. Earnings: $7,342,739. Favourites starting at less than $2. 50 Defending champ Gold Trip. On Monday, Oliver said: "What will be will be". To Surprise: #15 Lastotchka ($21) and #21 Future History ($18) – BET NOW. Two horses are under Melbourne Cup eve scrutiny as a mare who has beaten the odds to race again emerged as the best chance of keeping one of sport’s most iconic trophies on Australian soil. 3rd: #14 Sheraz. Although the odds for next year are out shortly after the last horse in the Melbourne Cup passes the post, the field is far from set. The shortest-priced horses in the Melbourne Cup odds only have a fair recent record in the time-honoured clash with the only favourite to win since Makybe Diva (2005) being Fiorente (2013). It is normal for the horse that is a favourite for the Melbourne Cup to have a good track record in recent races. Put your money on the horse you think will win the Melbourne Cup. Yep 😂. This bloke ran super in the Caulfield Cup when third, and is going to love the soft track on Tuesday. History is against him, though. Full career record, stats. Last 6: 00x059. The talk of the town, the shortest Cup favourite since Phar Lap in 1930. The horse may have disappointed punters when beaten into fourth as a short-odds favourite in last week's Moonee Valley Cup (2,500m), but he's still a competitive first Melbourne Cup ride for. The Melbourne Cup, the race that stops a nation, has arrived and with that a flood people ready and willing to lay down their hard-earned cash for the chance to pick a winner. 2. Incentivise — the shortest-priced favourite since Phar Lap — finished in second with import Spanish Mission in third. 2023 Melbourne Cup field and nomination announcement dates: 2023 Melbourne Cup Nominations: Closed on Tuesday September 5, 2023 at 12:00pm (local time) – 132 nominees taken including 15 internationals. For 2024, the early markets have been released and Without A Fight is currently the favourite. Place Bet:. Key Replay: Caulfield Cup (2400m), October 15 2022, Caulfield, Soft Surface. He didn’t try and ride him cute, wait to let him down. 4 million. The gelding bred in southern Queensland is going into the race a short-priced favourite (as low as $2. This horse is the favourite by quite a margin, with odds of 3. The six-year-old gelding brings superb form from the UK to a race like the Melbourne Cup and his form over hurdles and on the flat is some of the best that we have seen from any International galloper in some time. Willie Mullins-trained duo Vauban and Absurde have fared well in the draw, being allotted stalls three and eight respectively. Dating back to 2010, there have been some surprise winners in the Melbourne Cup, from the $101. 2. Melbourne Cup veterinarians have made two big decisions after fitness tests on the morning of the $8 million race. MELBOURNE, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Australian-bred stayer Incentivise will look to cap a golden Spring with victory in the A$8 million ($6 million) Melbourne Cup on Tuesday as the runaway favourite in. Who are the favourites? Vauban, a French horse trained in Ireland by Willie Mullins, is the bookmakers’ choice, though it has been rare for the favourite to win,. Soulcombe looks to be another great chance to win the 2023 Melbourne Cup having grown in form each time he steps up in distance. Incentivise was. Track: 2: 2-0-0 . Win range: 1408-2406m. 50 (courtesy of Bet365 as of 1pm Sunday) Simon O'Donnell says: Was very ordinary in the Melbourne Cup. Favourite Deauville Legend was as short as $3. au/sport from 8am AEDT as Andrew McGarry and Mick Doyle live blog all the. Exclusions apply. European raider Vauban is the red-hot favourite to win the 2023 Melbourne Cup, but there are 23 other horses vying to roll him at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November. Duais ridden by Joshua Parr wins the Australian Cup at Flemington racecourse on March 12, 2022. A. Last 6: 00x059. 5kg to victory in the Cup since Think Big notched his second successive win in 1975. related stories. 50. 5kg. • 32 horses left in contention for the Melbourne Cup. October 16th, 2021 6:32 pm. Race 6 results (1000m) 1. WHO BACKED THE WINNER? The experts who nailed it BIGGEST BETS LANDED: Who cashed in on the Cup? ‘HORRIBLE’: Delta’s Melb Cup spectacular. 00. But there are a few other things to consider than. Career: 30: 9-1-5. This is a SERIOUS horse. 00. Caulfield Cup winner Durston’s withdrawal on Thursday was followed by the shock new on Friday that second favourite Loft. 75 in 1930, followed by Revenue ($2. 1st $4. Local times as below: 3pm AEDT - Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and ACT; 2. No time to do the Melbourne Cup form? Check out our five-minute guide with likes, dislikes and verdict on. 1. When it comes to betting on the Melbourne Cup, punters should consider a mix of strategies. Favourites better than random picks. SHORTEST MELBOURNE CUP. The $3. 25 per cent, or well above the. Neds has high odds, features like same race multis, and an extensive selection of Melbourne Cup previews, tips and guides making it our experts' favourite betting site for the Melbourne Cup. Just go for home and break their hearts, which. The Melbourne Cup! Russia was a horse; Fashions on the field was first held in 1962; Melbourne Cup Race Record. Before this year’s race, that was a strike rate of 21. Picture: Getty Images. Flemington opened in 1840 and now features a six furlong or 1200m straight, known as 'the. Leading bookmaker Sportsbet is ruing a decision to pay punters out early on Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise to win the $8 million feature. Once tips are available, please note that these tips can change as race day approaches. Last 6: 1x1343. 80, with Shelby Sixtysix ($3. 55. Melbourne Cup Field 2024 Tips. Melbourne Cup favourite Goldman scored his first victory of the campaign when taking out a 1000m barrier trial at Rosehill Gardens on Friday. INCENTIVISE (57kg) The hottest of hot favourites. Melbourne cup winner 2020 👀 #SharedAmbition — Tim Kennedy. “He’s certainly the most exciting lightly raced horse [in the Cup]. org. A favourite has never won the Melbourne Cup more than two years in a row. 00 (Even money – 1/1) have a win rate of 70%. 2 November, 2022. Melbourne Cup favourite in SAS-style training run. The overall prize money for the Melbourne Cup 2023 is $8 million dollars. Desperately unlucky when finishing. Twilight Payment was the winner of the 2020 Melbourne Cup, which took place behind close doors due to the Covid-19 restrictions last year. Odds: $8 (courtesy of TAB) Simon O'Donnell says: Last year's winner, and form is even better going into the race. Still. Three of Australia's most famous horse races will be run and won in less than three weeks — Andrew McGarry checks out the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup for the favourites and main. Best long-distance form: 1st in Caulfield Cup on Oct 16. Assessing the odds, watching lead-up races, and considering track conditions can significantly inform betting decisions. In 2024, the Melbourne Cup is slated for 3pm local time on Tuesday 5th November . GOLD TRIP (FR) 57. FORM GUIDE: Explore our interactive guide to the horses in today's Melbourne Cup race. while Montefilia is into $9 after sitting at $11 for much of cup day. The winning horses' strapper will also be presented with a trophy. 50 but shortened to $6. Willie Mullins-trained thoroughbred Vauban looks set to start the 2023 Melbourne Cup as the favourite, with many tipping the French raider to take home the $4. Find out the Melbourne Cup horses list for 2024 here. The 2024 Melbourne Cup order of entry lists the elite stayers that are currently contending for a coveted place in the race that stops a nation. Was a red hot favourite for the Caulfield Cup but was disappointing, finishing 7th, beaten 2. It was first run in 1861 and was won by Archer who would win the first two Cups. Career: 18: 5-2-1. History is against him, though. See where every horse, including the nag you pulled in the office sweep. High Emocean was one of punters' least favourite horses but managed to prove everyone wrong by placing third in the Melbourne Cup. Here is the punters. While other bookmakers offer betting on which horse will finish 1st, 2nd or 3rd, Picklebet take it one step further and offer four places for betting, meaning you can back a horse to finish in 4th place too. Fresh from his fairytale finish at his last Royal Ascot meeting, Frankie Dettori has confirmed he will have one final crack at winning the Melbourne Cup. 15pm Tuesday, November 2) 1. Best Horse Racing Offers for Melbourne Cup Betting. 55. 65kg of 18-carat gold, is worth $250,000 on its own. Ryan Reynolds @Reynolds_R. 5kg James McDonald - Fixed: WIN $6. For a punter looking for an edge in Melbourne Cup betting, logic indicates that a favourite jumping out of barrier five should. Max Dynamite was second in a landmark 2015 Melbourne Cup won by Michelle Payne and Prince Of Penzance and placed third in 2017 behind Rekindling. However, no international stayer has started favourite and won the Melbourne Cup – and there has been some spectacular flops since Ireland's Vintage Crop won at. 500 Who is favourite for the 2023 Melbourne Cup? Vauban is favourite for the Melbourne Cup. Melbourne Cup Race Details.