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Races.com.au has all of the horse racing information you need on the 2010 Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate, specifically the 2010 Cox Plate. If you're after more information about races such as the Victoria Derby or Crown Oaks, you can check out their dedicated sites.
Melbourne Cup Form Guide
The Melbourne Cup is famous for attracting the most high-profile thoroughbred horses of the season. Trainers and owners from all over the world have the ambition to enter one of their horses into the Melbourne Cup Form Guide. Naturally, the qualification process is a long and tedious one, judging the potential Melbourne Cup Runners on their past race performances, career earnings and overall horse racing experience. This process ensures that only the most talented equine athletes make it into the final field, making the Melbourne Cup an all-star event no serious racing fan can afford to miss, as well as the Victoria Derby, Crown Oaks and 2010 Cox Plate.
The canon of previous Melbourne Cup Form Guides includes some of the greatest racing legends of all time. From the outrageously gifted Makybe Diva, who won the Melbourne Cup an unprecedented three time (2003, 2004, 2005), to Phar Lap, the greatest Australian racehorse of all time... with company like this it is no surprise that aspirations are high in the racing community to own, train, enter or ride a horse listed in a Melbourne Cup Form Guide.
This section of the site will keep you in the know about the developments on the Melbourne Cup Form Guide with regular updates and some useful information on the individual horses as the race date draws closer.
21 Oct 2011: 2011 Melbourne Cup Horses – Field & Form
There are over 50 Melbourne Cup horses that 
Bet365 has listed in the early antepost 2011 Melbourne Cup betting.
The 2011 Melbourne Cup field will not include all these horses however the top 20 are almost 99% certainties to start. So if you have a hot tip or favourite you can place your bet now (a week and half before the face).
The Melbourne Cup form is generally thought to come from the horses results in lead up races like the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate.
Here are the current favourites 2011 Melbourne Cup horses:
Americain @ $7.50
Lucas Cranach @ $9.00
Dunaden @ $10.00
Bauer @ $15.00
Lion Tamer @ $15.00
Green Moon @ $15.00
Tullamore @ $17.00
Shamrocker @ $17.00
Midas Touch @ $21.00
Jukebox Jury @ $21.00
Mourayan @ $26.00
Manighar @ $26.00
Unusual Suspect @ $26.00
Red Cadeaux @ $26.00
Fox Hunt @ $26.00
Modun @ $26.00
Moyenne Corniche @ $26.00
Lost In The Moment @ $31.00
At First Sight @ $31.00
Join Bet365 today and receive a 100% match bonus up to $200 on all markets including the 2011 Melbourne Cup.
21 Sep 2010: Melbourne Cup 2010 – British Contenders
The Emirates Melbourne Cup, hosted on Tuesday 2nd November, has developed into a truly international event and is celebrating its 150th run in 2010. With the race still months away, the shortlist of hopeful runners includes over 250 horses – and there are quite a few familiar names amongst the potential contenders. The days of British horse racing elitism are well and truly over it seems as some of our finest thoroughbreds are heading down under to compete in the Melbourne Cup 2010.
Rite Of Passage, trained by Irish legend Dermot Weld, is one of the UK contenders hoping to start in the 2010 Melbourne Cup. The six-year-old gelding has an impressive resume to show for his two years on the professional circuit. Rite Of Passage has won seven of his ten career starts, as well as scoring two third places. For most of the 2009/10 season Rite Of Passage remained undefeated, winning five consecutive races before his third place in the Neptune Novice’s Hurdle this March ended his winning streak. However, the Melbourne Cup hopeful bounced back with a win at Ascot and is now one of the UK’s hottest Melbourne Cup tickets. Rite Of Passage is priced at 14-1 at Bet365 and 28-1 at Betfair.
Trainer Richard Hannon is also hoping to send some of his charges to run in the Melbourne Cup 2010, including Martyr. The five-year-old brings a wealth of experience to the track after competing in 21 professional races since bursting on the scene in 2007. The gelding’s most recent victory was recorded in the Summer Handicap at Goodwood, a three lengths win that highlighted the potential Melbourne Cup runner’s potential. However, Martyr’s last start in August 2010, in the Ebor Handicap at York, saw the gelding place a disappointing tenth. Hannon and Martyr’s connections are hoping this slip-up will not ruin Martyr’s Melbourne Cup chances. Martyr is priced at 33-1 at Bet365 .
Another Irish Melbourne Cup applicant is Sans Frontieres from the stables of Jeremy Noseda. The colt may only have started in nine professional races thus far, but he has celebrated a string of three consecutive race wins in 2010, sprinting his way towards a place in the Melbourne Cup 2010. Sans Frontieres victories include the Princess’ Of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket and the Irish Field St. Leger at the Curragh in September – prestigious events that will earn the young runner important points when it comes to scoring the entrants to the Melbourne Cup. Sans Frontieres is priced at 12-1 at Bet365 and 19-1 at Betfair.
Other potential Melbourne Cup runners from the UK include Muir, The Miniver Rover, Our Aristocrat, Mr Medici, Libel Law and Dancing David – however, as the Melbourne Cup 2010 draws closer many of these promising contenders stand to disappear from the shortlist.
If you would like to get a piece of the Melbourne Cup action and feel like backing one of our native contenders, check out our favourite online bookmakers like Bet365 and Betfair for great antepost odds and convenient 24 hour betting. Please note that the odds and line-up can be subject to change as the race comes closer, so make sure to check for our frequent updates on Horse Racing UK and keep an eye on the market at your bookmaker of choice.
15 Sep 2010: Melbourne Cup 2010
2 Sep 2010: Melbourne Cup 2010 Odds
