Melbourne Cup day is the biggest event on the Australian racing calendar with ‘the race that stops the nation’ featuring.
All of Victoria goes on a public holiday, while the rest of Australia knocks off work at lunch-time and heads to the pub.
The Sporting News has all the details on the Melbourne Cup day schedule.
Melbourne Cup day race schedule
The Melbourne Cup will be the seventh of 10 races during the event on Tuesday, November 5 at Flemington Racecourse.
It will start at 3pm (AEDT).
The other nine races scheduled and their details are yet to be announced – but will be in the coming days.
Melbourne Cup field: When are the 24 runners confirmed?
The final field for this year’s Melbourne Cup will be finalised on Saturday, November 2 after the running of the Victoria Derby at Flemington.
Nominations for the 2024 field were released in early September, and have been updated weekly.
The Melbourne Cup field of final acceptances is …