Rogan Josh was purchased for $13,000 by owner Wendy Green, after he didn't reach his reserve price at the yearling sales and began his. Current favourite to win this prestigious race in 2020 is Irish horse Tiger Moth at a relatively short 11/2, he’s just coming off a convincing win in the Group 3 Kilternan Stakes. Peter Pan (1932. There are three clear favorites to take out this year’s Melbourne Cup. Waller also starts Selino (no. 2023 Melbourne Cup Winner: Without A Fight, Mark Zahra Create History. With the. 75m Melbourne Cup has been reduced to 22 runners after a scratching on morning of the. Anything older than that is pushing it and the last eight-year-old. 5kg below the benchmark weight. He lived it up to it too with an utterly dominant performance. No fault with Declan Bates’s ride – the horse stayed on well but lacks the tactical speed to win a Melbourne Cup. Glen Boss on Sir Dragonet: “Just didn’t step. Every year, Australians come together to celebrate the most popular horse race on the calendar, Melbourne Cup Day. Fiorente (2013) was the last favourite to salute for the punters. 40, Tote: WIN $7. 3. 30 for the win. In 2020, Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck became. com. Past Melbourne Cup Winners. In 2022, the favourite Deauville Legend ran an honest race, finishing 4th. Canberra - Race 1. This year's. INCENTIVISE (57kg) The hottest of hot favourites, Incentivise is on track to break a 20-year Melbourne Cup/Caulfield Cup drought. Trainer: Peter Moody Jockey: B Prebble Barrier: 16 Likes: The. Melbourne Cup horses, field, form guide: SIMON O'DONNELL is a racing commentator, the founder of Wingara Thoroughbreds and a former Australian international cricketer. 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 Cup was unlike any other in the event's 160-year history, with racegoers banned due to. Drop of rain helps and he does boast a win over Francesco Guardi, a horse that likely would have been closer to the top of the market than the bottom for the Melbourne Cup if he was running. See the full list of horses in this year's Melbourne Cup & our prediction for who wins!And the Willie Mullins-trained Thomas Hobson snuck into the field and finished sixth in 2017 Melbourne Cup with 52. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 01: Mark Zahra rides #1 Gold Trip to win race seven the Lexus Melbourne Cup during 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 01, 2022 in. Melbourne Cup 2020 Prize Money. The defending champ Gold Trip is back looking to become the first multiple Melbourne Cup hero since three-time winning mare Makybe Diva (2003. Current Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban, who entered pre-export quarantine in the UK last weekend, has been allotted 55kg, along with Japanese raider Breakup. November 2nd, 2021 8:52 pm. Overwhelming favourite Deauville Legend finished in fourth. ago. Race favourite Tiger Moth, who's now drifted out to $8. Anthony Van Dyck ridden by William Supple at Werribee Racecourse. – Melbourne Cup favourites have won 32 times. Rostropovich suffered a fractured pelvis in the 2019 race and recovered. In 2006 Derby day broke the Flemington crowd record when 129,089 people came through the gates. The last horse to die in the Cup was the Irish four-year-old Anthony Van Dyck in 2020. The next two Melbourne Cup favourites – Yucatan and Finche – were well beaten. If you are looking for the latest on the horses in the 2021 Melbourne Cup field, you have come to the right place. 00 to win the race according to TAB, was dealt a cruel having drawn. Verry Elleegant (no. The best Northern Hemisphere lead-up race has proven to be the Irish St Leger which has produced two Melbourne Cup winners - Cross Current in 2018 and Twilight Payment in 2020. As of Monday, Incentivise was out to $2. Let’s start by discarding the outsiders. Jamkea ($4. 2. (2020) No 5 and No 8 with 8 wins. 55. Day 2 of the coveted Melbourne Cup Carnival gets underway at 10:45am (AEDT) and below the Races. Punters will be looking for a leg up with the bookmakers in picking the winner of this years prestigious event. trained by O’Brien’s father Aidan, to seize glory. Rostropovich suffered a fractured pelvis in the 2019 race and recovered. The $20 million prize pool sees it surpass the iconic Melbourne Cup as the richest Australian horse race. The Irish galloper, second in the Caulfield. Nov 3rd, 2020. Arguably the best horse in Australia. The official 2023 Lexus Melbourne Cup nominations have been released by the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) with 132 early entries for the iconic $8. Avilius (10) — $51 to win, $12 to place. Background information. 5kg — Barrier 24 — Odds win $23, place $6. Irish galloper Vauban looks set to run favourite in Tuesday's great race, with last year's winner Gold Trip and Caulfield Cup hero Without. GOLD TRIP (FR) 57. Twilight Payment won $4. Waller also starts Selino (no. Last financial year, Tabcorp’s media and wagering division reported revenues of more than $2bn and Melbourne Cup day is the company’s biggest day of the year – in 2019, it turned over $160m. Melbourne Cup dayTrainer: James Ferguson. Odds: $2. 988 mi), was held on 3 November 2020 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. Bar. Find here all about the Melbourne Cup 2024 race: horses, betting odds & tips with our complete guide here. Racing. The 2020 Melbourne Cup trophy (Getty) PRIZEMONEY. 5. The majority of Melbourne Cups are won by four and five-year-olds. Subzero and 5 other grey horses have won the Melbourne Cup; World Wars I and II stopped most major races in Australia, but. * The last three-year-old to win was Skipton (1941). And its fatal legacy. Visit Races. com. Rogan Josh (30 September 1992 − 24 June 2022) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, who won the 1999 Melbourne Cup when ridden by John Marshall for the trainer Bart Cummings. Archer was the first Melbourne Cup winner, beating a field of 17 horses in the inaugural race held in 1861. Don’t like the. The first two of the big three races on the Spring Racing Calendar — the Caulfield Cup and the Cox Plate — have been run and won. 50: 17th. 00 Breeding: Teofilo x Dream On Buddy Trainer: Joseph O’Brien Jockey: Jye McNeil Weight: 58kg Barrier: 2 Career Stats: 36: 9-11-8 Min/Max Distance Wins: 2414m/3218m Career Best Win: Melbourne Cup, November 3 2020, Flemington, Good Surface Dry Track Stats: 18: 4-7-2 Wet Track Stats: 18: 5-4-6. The jockey, trainer and owner of. A few years later, Think Big joined the club with his back-to-back wins in 1974 and 1975. HERE’S THE LATEST FROM TAB. 75 Cup favourites have finished in the first three placings; When you put money down on an underestimated horse with good odds, the win will be much more lucrative. 9) at $41 and Great House (no. 4YOs have won 45 times and 5YOs have won 44 times. 00pm. VAUBAN - TAB Odds: $4. 65L in this event last year but that was on a Good 4 track and. We have a full Melbourne Cup 2024 runners list and horse-by-horse guide. No 1 has the third-best record in this race, with 10 wins. Wet: 11: 4-1-2 . GOLD TRIP (FR) 57. The experts at Racenet have selected their early top tips to win the Melbourne Cup in 2024. The late Bart Cummings, known as the "Cups King" for training the winners of 12 Melbourne Cups, had what he called the 10,000-metre rule. 50 1 2018 Winx: 1. Anthony Van Dyck (3) — $10 to win, $3. Race 6 results (1000m) 1. Wet: 5: 5-0-0 . The record before this was held by the 2003 Melbourne Cup in which Makybe Diva won her first Cup. Kingston Rule (1993) won in a time of 3 minutes 16. 00 PLACE $2. 7. We make it super simple and beneficial for everyone from once. 80 favourite with online bookmaker Ladbrokes for the 2023 Melbourne Cup is the Willie Mullins-trained Vauban. 5. The 2020 Melbourne Cup, which will have a prize purse of $8 million, will be run at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday, November 3. The 2019 Melbourne Cup Results saw the Danny O’Brien-trained Vow And Declare become the first Australian-bred Melbourne Cup winner since Shocking (2009). Tiger Moth came in second, Prince Of Arran finished in the places. The shortest-priced favourite was Phar Lap who. The 2020 Melbourne Cup results saw the internationals secure a fourth win in five years with the Joseph O’Brien-trained Twilight Payment scoring an upset at 25/1. Melbourne Cup Horses. – Phar Lap was the shortest-priced favourite to win when 8/11 in 1930. Melbourne Cup 2022: Favourite Horse. The raceday flower for Victoria Derby day is the blue cornflower. November 2nd, 2021 8:53 pm. The 2020 Melbourne Cup has been won and run at Flemington, with Twilight Payment leading all the way to take home the famous race. While Tiger Moth remains the $7 favourite to take out the famous race, there’s plenty of money going on a wealth of other names. Fiorente was the 34th favourite to win the Cup. If any of the 24 horses in the final field are scratched, the field size will be reduced, as there are no emergencies. 5kg. Author(s)Melbourne Cup 2021: Horses, field, form and betting guide; two runners in doubt. 2020 Melbourne Cup Tips: Warning A Chance at Odds. But there is so much to play out between now and when the field. Chris Waller’s Australian Racehorse of the Year Verry Elleegant has won the 2021 Melbourne Cup becoming just the 12th individual mare to do so. 6:06pm - Favourite Purple Sector has taken out the Furphy Plate at Flemington, paying $2. He’s got. To find out additional details regarding the. Horses with their manhood have won nine Melbourne Cups since 2008. Check out the full Melbourne Cup weights here. Irish galloper Vauban looks set to run favourite in Tuesday's great race, with last year's winner Gold Trip and Caulfield Cup hero Without A Fight flying the flag for the Australian-trained. Dry Track Stats: 6: 3-0-1. The tips will be based on a $50 win investment and a $50 boxed trifecta. Melbourne Cup form guide: Every horse rated and. Anthony Van Dyck Odds 💰: $9. 2021 Melbourne Cup Results. Nov 7,. Anthony Van Dyck. 40, Tote: WIN $7. Home > News > Tips. Incentivise went into the Caulfield Cup holding a daunting title - favourite for the Melbourne Cup. TAB reports that Delphi is one of the best backed. The internationally-trained horses have a dominant recent record with three wins in the past five years: Twilight Payment (2020), Cross Counter. In 2022, the favourite Deauville Legend ran an honest race, finishing. It was somewhat lost amid the chaos of the finish and the sad aftermath, but the Melbourne Cup was won well before the post. AGE OF EMPIRES – Four- and five-year-old horses have the best record in the Melbourne Cup. ANTHONY VAN DYCK Barrier: (3) Approx win/place odds: $9 / $3 . He returned to Victoria for a second Melbourne Cup race in. Get the lowdown on all of the Melbourne Cup contenders, including their trainers and jockeys plus big-race odds, in our comprehensive runner-by-runner guide. All of this has led to a safer Melbourne Cup, with no horse having died today. The 2021 Melbourne Cup results saw an upset with Chris Waller’s reigning Australian Racehorse of the Year Verry Elleegant producing a supreme effort to defeat the short-priced favourite Incentivise by four lengths. 2. 12 min read November. The owners of What A Nuisance received $650,000 and a $23,000 Cup. THE MELBOURNE CUP WILL BE RUN AT 3PM (AEDT) TUESDAY NOV 2. Markets are already available on the winner of the 2021 Melbourne Cup, with Tuesday's runner-up Tiger Moth the early favourite. 50 fav Barrier: 16 Weight 57kg. Direct (5), 3. 25/08/2020 . Gold Trip (2) 58. Was 22nd in the 3200m of the Melbourne Cup soon after, but had chances ended by a fallen horse. 00) 2nd – Soulcombe ($9. The shortest-priced horses in the Melbourne Cup. Once tips are available, please note that these tips can change as race day approaches. Outsider Twilight Payment scored a thrilling all-the-way victory in the 2020 Melbourne Cup as the race was marred by the tragic death of one of the pre-race favourites Anthony Van Dyck. The $20,000 wager on Anthony Van. You can also view the current odds below. 1. Hegan said the. By Kyle French. T: Joseph O’Brien. English import Deauville Legend is the favourite on what is likely to be a wet track on a bitterly cold Melbourne day. Irish horse Serpentine, winner of the Epsom Derby in 2020, has joined master owner Lloyd Williams — who has won the Melbourne Cup a record seven times — and will run for trainer Robert. 58kg: Makybe Diva (2005). VAUBAN - TAB Odds: $4. 4th: #17 The Chosen One. Trained. As a general rule, try to stick to horses that have a price below $20 when you review the leading Melbourne Cup tips. It takes a very good horse to win a Melbourne Cup and each winner goes into the history books although there are some horses who have won the race on multiple occasions. Six Richmond premiership stars are celebrating a first win for the horse they own shares in - and are already looking 12 months ahead to the Melbourne Cup. It's billed as a race that stops a nation but it has a big impact on this side of the Tasman too. Sportsbet promoted Deauville Legend to $12 favourite for the $8 million Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) following his comprehensive 2. INCENTIVISE (57kg) The hottest of hot favourites, Incentivise is on track to break a 20-year Melbourne Cup/Caulfield Cup drought. Sokolski is the chief investment officer at property fund manager MaxCap. 6 to victory in 2020). The horse, who pulled up at the 400m mark, is the seventh to die in the Melbourne Cup since 2013. Twenty-three runners are set to go to post for the Flemington feature - the race that stops the nation with Willie Mullins Vauban the favourite; watch all the action from Australia live on Sky. The Melbourne Cup is still happening at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November, but the effects of coronavirus restrictions means this year's edition will not look like it has done for the. Trainer: Peter Moody Jockey: B Prebble Barrier: 16 Likes: The. On Friday, Incentivise was the shortest-priced TAB favourite since Phar Lap. The Melbourne Cup (3200m) is ‘the race that stops the nation’. October 7th, 2023 7:12 pm. com reports that Melbourne Cup top weight Anthony Van Dyck has been euthanised after breaking down in the race. Check out a full breakdown of the Melbourne Cup prize money here. In 2020, Tiger Moth came close, but ultimately lost out to $26 outsider Twilight Payment. Archer was the first Melbourne Cup winner. Following the release of Melbourne Cup weights on September 19, 2023, Vauban. With the 2023 Melbourne Cup race worth $8,410,000 set to run at 3:00pm AEST. 60, with Odeon third. 00 PLACE $2. The new favourite for the Melbourne Cup is. We rate the chances of all Melbourne Cup contenders. OK, I’ve only. 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. The owners of What A Nuisance received $650,000 and a $23,000 Cup. Download your Melbourne Cup sweepstake here. Nov 3, 2020Melbourne Cup start time, race information, prize money, full field of horses and favourites; your Ultimate Guide to the great race. The Everest run at Royal Randwick is worth a staggering $20 million in prize money in 2023. If you find trawling through a Melbourne Cup form guide more daunting than public speaking, don’t fret, we’ve got a simple way to help you choose which horse to. Only three horses have ever won the Melbourne Cup and then gone on to win the Cox Plate the following year: Phar Lap, Might and Power and Makybe Diva. 30 seconds – still the current Melbourne Cup time record. Originally published as Melbourne Cup 2022 form guide, tips, horses odds, favourite, find a winner in 5 minutes. 5 lengths, with Andrew Balding’s UK raider Spanish. 90, finished 2nd in the Melbourne Cup. Raging Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise has been upstaged with reigning Australian horse of the year Verry Elleegant taking out the 2021 Melbourne Cup in a thrilling upset victory. 80 on debut and finished ninth in August 2020). The Melbourne Cup has been rocked after one of the pre-race favourites had to be put down in a horrific aftermath to the race. Twenty-three runners are set to go to post for the Flemington feature - the race that stops the nation with Willie Mullins Vauban the favourite; watch all the action from Australia live on Sky. 4) won the 2020 Caulfield Cup and will be a genuine chance, with McDonald onboard, at odds of 14-1. Australia's reigning horse of the year Verry Elleegant bolts in the Melbourne Cup by four lengths to deny a brave Incentivise who finished second. Prince of Arran finished third, while other pre-cup favourites. The favourite for this year's race a day out from the jump, Tiger Moth is a lightly-raced horse from Ireland. Latest Melbourne Cup field and favourites as Cox Plate winner slashed in betting market Melbourne Cup 2020 field, order of entry, odds, horses, betting, who is the favourite, start time and date. The Irish five-year-old ridden by Australian champion Hugh Bowman failed to finish the race at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday. The winning horses' strapper will also be presented with a trophy. * The oldest horses to win the race were the eight-year-olds Toryboy (1865), Catalogue (1938) and Twilight Payment (2020). The $8 million prize money also attracts plenty of international gallopers, particularly from Europe. Melbourne Cup betting is open all-year round but ramps up in the week leading up to the 3200m battle for stayers run at Flemington Racecourse. INCENTIVISE (57kg) The hottest of hot favourites, Incentivise is on track to break a 20-year Melbourne Cup/Caulfield Cup drought. Twilight Payment gave owner Lloyd Williams a seventh triumph in the. First run in 1861, the. Outside chances often perform well at the Melbourne Cup, either coming home with places or even a win. Foreman David Casey walks Irish-trained horse and favourite Vauban after early morning track work a day before the Melbourne Cup horse race. O’Brien also lost a horse in 2018. Twilight Payment. We have rated the chances of every runner for the 2020 Melbourne Cup. The 2022 Melbourne Cup winner was Gold Trip. Irish raider Twilight Payment won the coveted $8 million Melbourne Cup at an eerily quiet Flemington on Tuesday with the “race that stops a nation” run behind. Race favourite Vauban will wear the No. The connections of the horse are now celebrating a staggering AU$4. Horsham horse Surprise Baby had late support and started favourite, but finished mid-field in 13th. A healthy Rostropovich. It is usually a stepping stone for the Melbourne Cup with horses that can do the double going into racing folklore. Racecourse: Flemington. Only three horses in the past 30 years — Twilight Payment ($27 in 2020), Prince Of Penzance ($101 in 2015) and Viewed ($41 in 2008) — have won the. By Tim Elbra02 Nov 2020 20:41. The previous three winning horses are Verry Elleegant (2021), Twilight Payment (2020), and Vow And Declare (2019). Short Summary: Similar to Duais, has been solely focused on the Melbourne Cup and she was one of the better runs in the key lead up. The 2020 Melbourne Cup field has been locked in and the the all-important barrier draw conducted. Like most bookies Ms Watts is hoping runaway. It couldn’t have been gone much worse for race favourite Tiger Moth, who drew gate number 23. Melbourne Cup Field 2024 Tips. Picture: Michael Klein. Race start time is 3:00pm on 5/11/2024 at Flemington racecourse. The Bart Cummings provides a valuable. The Melbourne Cup may be finished, but there's still racing to be had at Flemington. RELATED: Ultimate form guide for the Melbourne Cup. Melbourne Cup 2022: Prize Money, Trophies &. 2020 Melbourne Cup Tips: Warning A Chance at Odds. Insider news: Russian Camelot made history as the first northern hemisphere-bred colt to win a derby in Australia in May 2020 Other Horses To Keep An Eye On All. This is the first win today for the jockey 'J Mac', he will be confident going into the Melbourne cup riding his other horse Verry Elleegant. It is the richest two-mile handicap in the world and one of the richest turf. However, the list certainly does not stop there, with other notable Melbourne Cup winners including Carbine in 1890, Peter Pan in 1932. The 2020 Melbourne Cup field and barrier draw is officially locked in. October 16th, 2021 6:32 pm. jayzavv • 1 yr. Was 22nd in the 3200m of the Melbourne Cup soon after, but had chances ended by a fallen horse. 5. Visit the Melbourne Cup Favourites page for more detailed info. View the 2020 Melbourne Cup replay and watch Twilight Payment win the historic race. The Caulfield Cup runner-up and last year’s English Derby winner arrived in Melbourne with high hopes of giving O’Brien his first Melbourne Cup victory. The entries for the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) saw a total of 174 horses nominated including 30 internationals, which was up on last year’s figure of 152 nominations. Melbourne Cup 2023 field. Despite the size of the 24-horse Melbourne Cup field, just two other contenders are currently under double-figures for the win including Tiger Moth’s stablemate Anthony Van Dyck ($9). Melbourne Cup 🏆: View the BEST ODDS on the Melbourne Cup . The Melbourne Cup 2023 result will be published here just as soon as the race is completed on Tuesday November 7th 2023. It’s jockey Mark Zahra’s second successive Melbourne Cup, after he rode Gold Trip to. 00 to win the race according to TAB, was dealt a cruel having drawn. * This year the race is worth $4. The winner of the 2020 Melbourne Cup Twilight Payment is back to defend his crown 12 months on from his crowning achievement and is arguably in good enough form to be competitive here. Exceldia comes in second and. The field for the $7. 5kg (12) | Jockey: Jye McNeil | Trainer: Joseph O’Brien. The Melbourne Cup field is down to 23 after a late scratching on race-day morning leaving one powerful syndicator. The Melbourne Cup 2022 trifecta result was Gold Trip (1st), Emissary (2nd), High Emocean (3rd). Also affecting the Melbourne Cup betting odds leading up to the famous Flemington clash on the first Tuesday of November are the results of key lead-up races like the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate. Melbourne Cup 2020 Race Betting. Freedman’s words have. The field for the iconic $8 million Cup is dominated by foreign raiders — and there are some important details to be aware of before settling on a betting strategy for the 3200m handicap. Advertisement. Stricter checks on overseas runners will be introduced after a report into the deaths of several horses at the. Gold Trip, a French-bred horse, came fourth in French classic Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe in 2020, before coming to Australia last year to join trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. Verry Elleegant. Melbourne Cup 2020 Favourites At A Glance. Favourites are not always sure-fire winners. 90) never got into the clear running just over two lengths back in a luckless seventh. 4 million. Foxtel’s Sky Racing will provide coverage of Melbourne Cup day, but the race will be shown on delay by a. Crazy night MElbourne Cup favourite Incentivise lost by 16 lengths in nightmare flop. 4m, second takes $1. Melbourne Cup betting Melbourne Cup favourites have won 32 times - Fiorente, a $7 chance in 2013, was the last favourite to salute for the punters. The Bart Cummings is a Group 3 race held at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse in early October over the Spring Racing Carnival. “But you’d rather be on a 5/2 favourite than a 50/1 outsider and this 160-rated Grade One-winning hurdler was pretty awesome for me when winning the Copper Horse at Royal Ascot from his. 30pm Tuesday, November 3) 1. 2020: Johnny. Here is a full list of all 161 Melbourne Cup winners from the first Cup win by Archer in 1861 to Verry Elleegant's win in the 2021 Cup. Horsham horse Surprise Baby had late support and started favourite, but finished mid-field in 13th. Some of the key details of the barrier draw for the Melbourne Cup - hot favourite. 1. Australia’s biggest horse race, the Melbourne Cup, is being run on 1st November 2022 at 3pm. Key Replay:. (Getty)Melbourne Cup 2023 field, horses, form guide and betting. Source: Getty Images. The favourite Deauville Legend has great form. 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. Everything you need to know about every horse in the 2023 Melbourne Cup field, including the latest odds from Australia's best online bookmakers. 50 (as of 2/11) This horse is the one to beat, drawing barrier 3 and with Hugh Bowman on board what’s not to love. ago. Race favourite Tiger Moth, who's now drifted out to $8. November 3rd, 2020 4:32 pm. 4 million in prize money for owner Lloyd Williams, who has now won seven of the great races. Damien Oliver on Russian Camelot: “He ran well. Vow And Declare takes it up with Twilight Payment and Master. 25 in 2016), Verry Elleegant ($5 in 2020) and Incentivise ($2. Vow And Declare takes it up with Twilight Payment and Master. Incentivise – An Australian-trained four-year-old colt. au to become the first international champion since Twilight Payment in. The majority of Melbourne Cups are won by four and five-year-olds. 2021 Melbourne Cup Field: Key Runners Race Favourite: Incentivise (Peter Moody) Last Year’s Champion: Twilight Payment (Joesph O’Brien) One of the Melbourne Cup's early favourites Anthony Van Dyck tragically pulled up lame on the Flemington straight and was unable to finish the race. 3m. In his. This is a list of the winners of the Melbourne Cup. 80 favourite with online bookmaker Ladbrokes for the 2023 Melbourne Cup is the Willie Mullins-trained Vauban. * This year the race is worth $4. 30pm Tuesday, November 3) 1. Still. Hot favourite Incentivise was second, ahead of Spanish. Track: 4: 1-0-0 . 90) never got into the clear running just over two lengths back in a luckless seventh. 2020: Twilight Payment: Jye McNeil: Joseph O'Brien: Bay: Gelding (Male) 8: 23: 6: 12: 55. 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. It's the first Tuesday in November and that means it's Melbourne Cup day. But there is one horse that stands head and shoulders above the rest in. Favourite Horse for Melbourne Cup 2024. .