Melbourne Cup 2010
The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s most famous horse race and one of the major horse racing events throughout the world. The Melbourne Cup is known as The Race That Stops a Nation, taking place every year on the first Tuesday of November. Millions of Australians, in schools, at work, in their homes stand eyes glued to the television to watch a single horse race that lasts no more than a few minutes. (View the 2010 Melbourne Cup nominations.)
The Melbourne Cup is a 3200m handicap and one of Melbourne’s biggest annual sporting events since 1861. It’s actually so big that the Cup Day is a public holiday in the state. No where else in the world has a horse race become so important that is declared a public holiday!
What makes the Melbourne Cup different from other horse races is that it is not just about racing – it’s the atmosphere and the fashion and the after-parties. Naturally the Melbourne Cup is also the biggest single betting event in Australia with millions of Australians seeking better odds online and even more visiting their local betting shops and tens of thousands betting at the race.
The sprint to the finish at the Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup draws more than 100,000 people to the Flemington Racecourse every year. If you are heading to Melbourne from overseas and like to wager on racing, you might want to first check the latest odds online, and perhaps even the Australian punting glossary on Wikipedia.
Learn more about the Melbourne Cup Day and what it means to Australians.
