Melbourne Cup 2013 Information

The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s major thoroughbred horse race. Known as “the race that stops a nation”, it is a 3,200 metre race for 3-year-olds and over. It is the richest “2-mile” handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races. Ran at the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, the event starts at 3pm (daylight saving time) on the first Tuesday in November.

The race has been held since 1861 and was originally held over two miles (about 3,218 metres) but following preparation for Australia’s adoption of the metric system in the 1970s, the current race distance of 3,200 metres was established in 1972. This reduced the distance by 18.688 metres (61.31 ft), and Rain Lover’s 1968 race record of 3min.19.1sec was accordingly adjusted to 3min.17.9sec.

Melbourne Cup 2013 Betting Guide

Betting is already underway on the 2o13 Melbourne Cup, you can get the current odds from all major Australian bookmakers, one thing to remember is that you can get some great value for money odds betting in advance. See our the current bookmaker offers on the right of screen for more details and current betting odds and get yourself a winner this coming Melbourne Cup.

Melbourne Cup 2013 Free Bets

What is a free bet? Well they come in a few different shapes and sizes but overall it’s a way for the Australian Online Bookmakers to get the punters in the door, often you will get a matched deposit bonus, meaning that if you deposit 20 bucks then you will get an extra 20 to spend, usually the offer is for first time punters only. Well worth a few minutes of sign up to get these offers.

Melbourne Cup 2013 Field

Of course the field is yet to be decided but these are the horses in the running, betting can take place now and you can great odds backing this far out.