The World's richest handicap race, the 2011 Melbourne Cup, jumps off this Tuesday and to help celebrate the exciting action Punters Paradise is offering a free Melbourne Cup Guide that includes a Melbourne Cup horses preview with links to their form guides, a review of the 2010 Melbourne Cup from a tipping perspective, an opportunity to buy or sell Melbourne Cup tips online, free Bets worth up to $1,000 to qualified individuals and more.
The 2011 Melbourne Cup is set to jump off the first Tuesday in November at 3pm Sydney Time, (4am Tuesday GMT, Monday midnight US EST) and the field is already starting to form.
The final field and barrier draws will be announced on Saturday the 29th of October at 5pm Sydney time. A field that’s likely to include a record number of International gallopers, representing England, Ireland, France, North America and Asia.
International runners, also referred to as 'raiders', will be competing with Australian and New Zealand thoroughbreds for prize money totaling $6.2 million Australian dollars (£3.9 million).
Among the current Melbourne Cup horses that have already firmed a place in the final field of twenty-four include Americain (FR), winner of the 2010 Melbourne Cup, who is seeking to become the first ever European galloper to win back-to-back Cups.
In order to achieve this feat, Americain will likely be saddled with the top weight in the 2011 Melbourne Cup field. To prepare, Americain ran and won the the Moonee Valley Cup, which was a 2500 metre set-weight race that jumped off on Saturday the 22nd of October.
During his run at Moonee Valley, the Alain de Royer-Dupre trained Americain, did battle with other potential Melbourne Cup horses including the Bart Cummings' trained Illo (GER).
The Moonee Valley Cup was a good lead up for Americain, who took a similar path in 2010, when the six year old Dynaformer stallion won the 2400 metre Geelong Cup.
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Other top International gallopers that are firming a place in the 151st running of the Melbourne Cup include the Robert Hickmott trained Green Moon (IRE), fresh off an impressive showing in the $2.5 million Caulfield Cup on the 15th of October, and 2011 Geelong Cup winner the horse Dunaden (GER).
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Green Moon is running a warm up in the 2500 metre Lexus Stakes the 29th of October. With a victory in the Lexus, the Montjeu five year old would gain an automatic entry into the 2011 Melbourne Cup, as the Lexus Stakes is one of several races that provides a ballot exemption.
The German import Dunaden is following the same path as Americain last year, having run and won the Geelong Cup on the 19th of October. The same race Americain likewise won first up on Australian soil before capturing the 2010 Melbourne Cup.
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