Melbourne Cup – Know your horses

If you want to Know Your Horses in the Melbourne Cup and immerse yourself with all things Melbourne Cup head to the TAB website, where you will find a heap of information and expert tips for the big race!

Need some help picking your horses for the big race? Trackside presenter Brendan Popplewell, BlackCap Brendon McCullum, TAB Racing Bookmaker Stephan Hunt and tab.co.nz expert John Jenkins give their selections for the big race! Check out the expert's top tips and steal them for your Big Race Pack.

Did you know...

Four and five year-old horses have accounted for 86 Cup winners between them. They are locked on 43 winners each. There are just two four year-olds and eight five year-olds this year, with 14 runners aged seven or over. If Americain, or any other eight year-old, wins the Cup he will be the first to do so since 1938.

For other tips, need to knows and updates go to tab.co.nz/information