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Melbourne Cup Day will feature ten elite races with the $5.5 million Melbourne Cup topping the card on Monday, November 3.

    

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major annual Thoroughbred horse race.
Nicknamed “The race that stops a nation,” it is for three-year-olds and over, and covers a distance of two miles. It is generally regarded as the most prestigious "two-mile" handicap in the world. The event is held on the first Tuesday in November by the Victoria Racing Club, on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. This day was traditionally only a public holiday within metropolitan Melbourne, but is now also observed as a holiday in the entire state of Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory.  Post times are listed below. For more information visit www.melbournecup.com.

EMIRATE MELBOURNE CUP DAY
To air at 5:00 p.m. with preview show. All times CST.

Race 1    5:20 p.m.          $100,000 LR Fillies Stakes
Race 2    6:00 p.m.          $100,000 Big Pond 1700 
Race 3    6:45 p.m.          $100,000 The Lavazza Long Black
Race 4    7:30 p.m.          $135,000 LR Liberty Financial Plate
Race 5    8:15 p.m.          $100,000 Schweppes 1000
Race 6    9:00 p.m.          $135,000 LR Seppelt Wines Handicap
Race 7   10:00 p.m.        $5,500,000 Gr. 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup
Race 8    10:50 p.m.        $135,000 LR The Hong Kong Jockey Club Plate
Race 9    11:35 p.m.        $100,000 Feltex Carpets Plate
Race 10  12:20 p.m.        $100,000 Chubb Plate