2010 Melbourne Cup

Billed as the 'race that stops a nation', the Melbourne Cup can boast to being one of the richest and most prestigious two mile handicap horse races in the world. Run on the first Tuesday of November all eyes will be on Flemington Racecourse as the whole of Australia downs its tools for the day to watch the race. 

Get the 2010 Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw.

From a Melbourne Cup betting perspective the race shares a likeness to the Grand National, as punters have their one bet of the year. Part of the Melbourne Spring Carnival it is part of Australian racing heritage, an institution. 

Shocking Bolts Home

Shocking trained by Mark Kavanagh, was the decisive 9/1 winner of the Melbourne Cup after proving too strong for Godolphin's Crime Scene in the final furlong. It was a tremendous feat for the four year old who only won the Lexus Stakes (formally the Saab Quality) three days ago, proving like Viewed did last season that a testing warm up just before the Melbourne Cup is a good idea. Third home was Mourilyan at 20/1.

2009 Melbourne Cup Result

	Horse/SP	Draw	Age	Weight	Jockey	Trainer
1st	Shocking 9/1	22	4	8-1	C Brown	M Kavanagh
2nd	Crime Scene 40/1	11	6	8-5	K McEvoy	Saeed Bin Suroor
3rd	Mourilyan 20/1	14	5	8-8	G Schofield	H J Brown

Check out the full 2010 Emirates Melbourne Cup result.

2010 Melbourne Cup Odds

The Australian trained Efficient is drifting in the betting at the head of the market over doubts to his fitness, with relative unknown Alcopop, 2008 winner Viewed and the Danny O'Brien trained five year old Vigor battling it out with him for favourtism.

Of the bookmakers listed Centrebet, Ladbrokes, Bet365 and VC Bet all allow betting in AUS $. 

After the Melbourne Cup trial the BMW Caulfield Cup, Viewed has shortened in price with his fine top weight winning display.  It's another Bart Cummings trained horse though that is the big market mover for the Melbourne Cup.  Roman Emporer has been tipped up as having good each-way claims but his odds have shortened considerably since finishing second to stablemate Viewed in the race.

Zipping was the major market mover after finishing third in the 2009 WS Cox Plate. John Sadler's eight year old will take his place in his fourth Cup having previously finished fourth twice in 2006 and 2007. The race was won by the Bart Cummings So You Think.

The Geelong Cup winner Leica Ding trained by Danny Weir is likely to recieve enough of a penalty to get into the Melbourne Cup and looks to have a solid each way claim if the Melbourne Cup trends are anything to go by. 

European raider Kirklees finished well after a bad start to finish seventh while the big drifter for the Melbourne Cup is the Luca Cumani trained Cima De Triomphe who ran a dissapointing race to finish fifteenth.

We have all the latest Melbourne Cup odds available featuring all the top bookmakers.

Melbourne Cup Form

As with any horse race the form is an integral part of the betting and we have our very own form guide to help you pick out your bet for the race. The Caulfield Cup and the Cox Plate are amongst the races we have covered in our Melbourne Cup Form Guide.

Melbourne Cup Tips

If its tips your after we have Channel 4 Racing's very own Tom Lee on hand to do all the leg work for you in finding the winner of this years Melbourne Cup. Why don't you check out Tom's Melbourne Cup Tips.

Melbourne Cup Free Bets

We've scouted around for the best free bets on offer so you can get the best added value on your bet for the Melbourne Cup. Make sure to check out our Melbourne Cup free bets section.