Racing expert’s top five tips for the Melbourne Cup
Form guides can be complex even before a glass of champagne. One expert has taken the hard work out of things and prepared his five top tips.
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Melbourne Cup Day is here and if you’re still wondering who to put your money on, you’re not alone.
There has been a late scratching of King of Leogrance, with the horse being pulled after a veterinary inspection revealed he was lame in his off foreleg. That leaves a 23-horse field for the race that stops the nation on Tuesday afternoon.
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The Melbourne Cup is Race 7 at Flemington Racecourse and is scheduled to start on the hour at 3pm AEDT.
That’s midday for Perth, 1.30pm for Darwin, 2pm for Brisbane and 2.30pm for Adelaide.
Here are the top five tips from Nathan Exelby, racing editor for The Courier-Mail.
Originally published as Racing expert’s top five tips for the Melbourne Cup