1. Contested over the traditional two-mile Cup distance of 3200m, the Melbourne Cup is run and won on the first Tuesday of November annually at Flemington Racecourse.
2. Melbourne Cup 2020: Race schedule. The Melbourne Cup race is a part of the Melbourne Cup day, traditionally being held every first Tuesday in November. This year, the event will be held on 5 November, and the race itself will start at 3 pm local time. It will be held on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.

• When Is The Melbourne Cup Run Each Year 2019
• When Is The Melbourne Cup Run Each Year 2020

Known as ‘the race that stops a nation’, the Melbourne Cup is the second richest prize in Australian racing following the $15 million The Everest held in Sydney.

This is a list of the winners of the Melbourne Cup.The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major thoroughbred horse race.It is run at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.Each year, internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race. Since 1882, New Zealand–bred horses have won 40 Melbourne Cups, British-bred horses five, American-bred horses four, Irish-bred horses four, German-bred horses two. Every year, Australians come together to celebrate the most popular horse race on the calendar, Melbourne Cup Day. The Melbourne Cup is the premier event of the Spring Racing Carnival and is held on the first Tuesday in November each year, which will be on the 2nd of November in 2021.

Contested over the traditional two-mile Cup distance of 3200m, the Melbourne Cup is run and won on the first Tuesday of November annually at Flemington Racecourse.

The world’s richest handicap race, first run in 1861 with Archer taking out the opening two editions of the event, now offers $8 million in prize money and is the jewel race of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

The Melbourne Cup runs as Flemington Race 7 at 3:00pm (local time) and has been won by many greats of the turf, including a host of international raiders the first of the Northern-hemisphere champions being Vintage Crop (1993).

There has only been one triple Melbourne Cup winner with the mighty mare Makybe Diva securing her hat-trick from 2003-05.

Find out more about the iconic Melbourne Cup winners throughout history here.

Melbourne Cup 2020 – Quick Information

• Race Day: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
• Race Starts:3 PM (AEST)
• Track Location: Flemington Racecourse
• Track Surface: Turf
• Track Direction: Left-handed
• Race Distance: 3,200 metres
• Weight Conditions: Handicap
• Qualification: Three year olds and over
• Type: Thoroughbred
• Grade: Group 1
• Operator: Victoria Racing Club
• Prize Purse: $8,000,000
• Inaugural Race: 1861
• 2020 Melbourne Cup Winner: Twilight Payment

Melbourne cup 2020 RESULTS

The official 2020 Melbourne Cup results will be available below once the race takes place on Tuesday November 3, 2020 at 3:00pm (local Melbourne time).

1. #6 Twilight Payment
2. #21 Tiger Moth
3. #12 Prince Of Arran
4. #17 The Chosen One

The 2020 Melbourne Cup results saw Twilight Payment ($26) score a big upset win for Ireland’s Joseph O’Brien, the Irish raider defeating fellow internationals Tiger Moth ($6.50) and Prince Of Arran ($9.50) with the latter running his third Melbourne Cup placing in as many years.

Kiwi galloper The Chosen One ran fourth, while the first of the Australian-trained horses over the line was Persan (5th) for Ciaron Maher & David Eustace.

The Melbourne Cup 2020 was marred by the loss of top-weight Anthony Van Dyck who was pulled up before the line and subsequently euthanised after fracturing his fetlock.

*Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Melbourne Cup Betting 2020

There are many different ways to bet on the Melbourne Cup, we’ve included some of the most popular options below:

How To Bet On The Melbourne Cup in 2020

1. Log in at neds.com.au
2. Make a deposit, using your credit card, PayPal or other safe electronic method
3. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
4. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on Melbourne Cup Betting above).
5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Melbourne Cup 2020 field

UPDATE: #14 KING OF LEOGRANCE (18) has been scratched from the Melbourne Cup Field having been found to be lame in the off fore leg.

The official Melbourne Cup 2020 field of final acceptances is announced by the VRC on the Saturday prior to the race following the action of Victoria Derby Day, Saturday October 31, live from Flemington Racecourse and will be published in full below.

The Melbourne Cup has a field limit of 24 starters and there are no emergency runners.

The 2020 Melbourne Cup final field and barrier draw has been confirmed with the Aidan O’Brien-trained Irish raider, Anthony Van Dyck, to carry the 58.5kg top weight from barrier three looking to go one better than his Caulfield Cup second.

Chris Waller’s Caulfield Cup winning mare Verry Elleegant has a task if she is to do the double from gate 15, while the outside alley (24) belongs to the Lexus Hotham Stakes winner Ashrun.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Which Horse Will Win The Melbourne Cup in 2020

The best way to pick who will win the Melbourne Cup is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, consider the weight the horse will carry, among other factors.

Additional factors to take into considerations are as follows:

• Favourites – The favourites in Melbourne Cup betting have a poor record overall in the event.
• Barrier Hoodoo – No horse has ever claimed first place from barrier 18 while barrier 11 is considered the luckiest Melbourne Cup gate.
• Internationals Rule – Since the race opened up to contenders outside of Australia and New Zealand, the internationals from the Northern Hemisphere have dominated the Melbourne Cup results including in 2020 when three ran the trifecta: Twilight Payment (1st), Tiger Moth (2nd) and Prince Of Arran (3rd)
• Six Is It – Six-year-olds have the best recent record in the Melbourne Cup.

Melbourne Cup Last Place

If you want to place bet on which horse will place last in this year’s Melbourne Cup results, then the table below will be of interest to you, displaying who took last place in the past ten years. Often Melbourne Cup sweeps pay out for the last placegetter, so keeping on the unlucky horse at the tail end of the field is popular.

*Note:

• 2020 Anthony Van Dyck was pulled-up 350m out from the line and subsequently euthanised due to fracturing his fetlock.
• 2018 The Cliffsofmoher failed to finish after fracturing a shoulder and sadly having to be subsequently euthanised post-race.

Melbourne Cup Favourites

Early favourites in Melbourne Cup 2020 betting include the Aidan O’Brien-trained Irish raider Tiger Moth, his top-weighted stablemate Anthony Van Dyck and Surprise Baby – an eye-catching fifth in the race last year – who is a son of the 2009 champion Shocking.

Fiorente ($7 in 2013) was the last Melbourne Cup favourite to win.

Melbourne Cup 2020 Form Guide

The final form guide will be available the week prior to the race following the final acceptances for the Melbourne Cup on Derby Day. You can check our full form guide closer to race day to see if the form guide for 2020’s Melbourne Cup has been released.

When Is The Melbourne Cup Run Each Year 2019

Melbourne Cup 2020 Tips

Favourite: #1 Anthony Van Dyck ($7.50 at time of publish)

Best Bet: #13 Surprise Baby ($9 at time of publish)

Best Roughie: #23 Miami Bound ($34 at time of publish)

Our insider Melbourne Cup 2020 betting tips will be provided right here the week of the race and a full Melbourne Cup tipping preview available on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2020 MELBOURNE CUP PREVIEW & TIPS

Melbourne Cup Race Day 2020

Race day takes place on Tuesday, the 3rd of November, 2020. Melbourne Cup Day is the second of the four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival. It follows on from Victoria Derby Day and runs on the first Tuesday of November annually. After Cup Day the Carnival continues with VRC Oaks Day on the Thursday and comes to a close with Mackinnon Stakes Day on the Saturday.

The key support races on the 2020 Melbourne Cup Day Race Card are the:

Group 3 Maribyrnong Plate, and the

Group 3 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes.

Melbourne Cup Race Time 2020

The race is scheduled to start at 3 PM Australian Eastern Daylight time. Melbourne Cup start times for various states appear in the table below.

Melbourne Cup 2020 Barrier Draw

The 2020 Melbourne Cup barrier draw will be released to the public on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 7.30 pm following the VRC Derby Day racing action at Flemington Racecourse and published in full in our above Melbourne Cup Field section.

Melbourne Cup 2020 Nominations

The 2020 Melbourne Cup nominations close on Thursday August 27, 2020. You can view the full list of nominations on our Melbourne Cup 2020 Nominations page.

The Melbourne Cup 2020 nominations are now out with 174 early entries for the ‘race that stops a nation’. Reigning champion Vow And Declare is in the mix for Danny O’Brien along with a host of his quality stablemates such as VRC Oaks champ Miami Bound, the Adelaide Cup winner King Of Leogrance and SA Derby winner Russian Camelot.

There are 30 overseas raiders in the mix including dual Melbourne Cup placegetter Prince Of Arran for Charlie Fellowes and a bumper crop for Aidan and Joseph O’Brien.

Melbourne Cup 2020 first acceptances

When Is The Melbourne Cup Run Each Year 2020

Melbourne Cup 2020 second acceptances

Melbourne Cup Weights

Handicap conditions apply to this race. The early 2020 Melbourne Cup weights on the nominated horses were released on Tuesday September 8, 2020 and headed by the Aidan O’Brien-trained Irish raider Anthony Van Dyck (58.5kg).

Melbourne Cup 2020 Acceptance Dates

• 2020 Melbourne Cup Nominations: Closed on Thursday August 27, 2020 – 174 nominations taken
  
• 2020 Melbourne Cup Late Nominations: Closed on Tuesday September 1, 2020
• 2020 Melbourne Cup Weights: Declared on Tuesday September 8, 2020 – Anthony Van Dyck (58.5kg) top-weight
• 2020 Melbourne Cup First Declarations: Closed on Tuesday September 29, 2020 – 94 remaining runners
• 2020 Melbourne Cup Second Declarations: Closed on Tuesday October 13, 2020 – 65 still in the mix
• 2020 Melbourne Cup Third Declarations: Close on Monday October 26, 2020
• 2020 Melbourne Cup Final Field: Announced Saturday October 31, 2020 at 4:30pm (local time)
• 2020 Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw: Took place Saturday October 31, 2020 at 7:00pm (local time)

Melbourne Cup 2020 Scratchings

Scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Tuesday, the 3rd of November, 2020.

2020 Melbourne Cup Scratchings:

• #14 King Of Leogrance (18)

Melbourne Cup Prize Money

The Melbourne Cup prize purse is worth $8,000,000 in total, distributed from places first through to twelfth including $4.4 million going to the Melbourne Cup winner in 2020.

Melbourne Cup Race Number

The Melbourne Cup runs as Flemington Race 7 on the 3rd of November, 2020 part of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Day, the second race day event of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. There are ten races in total that day at Flemington Racecourse.

Melbourne Cup Live

You can watch or listen to the 2020 Melbourne Cup live, across the following mediums.

Telecast: Channel Seven

Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)

Radio: Radio Sport National

Streaming: 7Live

Melbourne Cup Sweep

All around the country, workplaces participate in putting together a Melbourne Cup sweep, allotting a horse (usually at random) to each person that decides to join the sweep. Please note that sweeps are a casual gambling environment organised among peers. You can learn more about sweeps here.

Melbourne Cup Tickets

Tickets for the Melbourne Cup Carnival are available through Ticketek. Note: Melbourne Cup tickets in 2020 are not on sale to the public due to COVID-19.

Melbourne Cup Carnival

The 2020 Melbourne Cup Carnival is from October 31st until the 7th of November, 2020

The first race day is the AAMI Victoria Derby Day on Saturday the 31st of October, followed by the Lexus Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday the 3rd of November. The next race meet is Kennedy Oaks Day on the Thursday the 5th of November, followed by the final race meet for the carnival, Mackinnon Stakes Day held on Saturday the the 7th of November, 2020.

Australian Horses In The Melbourne Cup

Australian horses in the 2020 Melbourne Cup field are headed by Surprise Baby whose sire Shocking won the race in 2009 and who ran an eye-catching fifth in the event last year along with Vow And Declare.

Vow And Declare in 2019 beat out a host of international fancies to become the last Australian horse to win the Melbourne Cup.

International Horses In The Melbourne Cup

International horses dominate the Melbourne Cup field each year. From 2010 – 2020 six internationally-trained raiders prepared from outside of Australian / New Zealand saluted in the Melbourne Cup most recently Cross Counter (2018) for Godolphin followed in 2020 by Twilight Payment (Joseph O’Brien) who beat fellow internationals Tiger Moth (2nd) and Prince Of Arran (3rd).

There are eight internationally-trained raiders from outside of Australia / New Zealand in the 2020 Melbourne Cup field with:

• #1 Anthony Van Dyck
• #4 Master Of Reality
• #6 Twilight Payment
• #9 Stratum Albion
• #10 Dashing Willoughby
• #12 Prince Of Arran
• #18 Ashrun
• #21 Tiger Moth

Grey Horse In The Melbourne Cup

Grey horses which have seen success in the Melbourne Cup include Subzero (first place in 1992), Gunsynd (third place in 1972) Manighar (fifth place in 2010). A total of six grey horses have won the Melbourne Cup throughout history.

Melbourne Cup Winners

Winners of the Melbourne Cup going back to 1999 displayed in the table below. If you would like to view the full list of Melbourne Cup winners, going all the way back to 1861, please visit our Melbourne Cup Winners page.