Melbourne Cup Tips

Decide which of the Melbourne Cup Tips you will follow and then click on the bookies logo by the horse to place your bet

Best 2008 Melbourne Cup Tips

These are the best three bets for the 2008 Melbourne Cup. Pick one and then click on the link below the horse to place your bet. Good luck!

Best Value Bet - Septimus.

Our racing expert has picked Septimus as the best Melbourne cup tip. Towards the head of the market this Aidan O'Brien horse looks sure to run a big race and is a guaranteed stayer. Goes on any ground and is top quality.

This horse may look a big price come the end of the race and is our best Melbourne Cup Tip.

Back Septimus at 5.50 with CentreBet

Recent Form - Nom De Jeu

The Caulfield Cup is the most important prep race for the Melbourne Cup.

The Caulfield Cup was won in 2008 by the Godolphin trained All The Good but Nom De Jeu was a close finisher.

11 horses have achieved the Caulfield Cup/Melbourne Cup double and many more have been placed in the Caulfield Cup before winning the Melbourne Cup.

Nom De Jeu is a great each way bet. Back him to win and place.

Back Nom De Jeu at 8.50 with SkyBet

Strong Finisher - Mad Rush

The fast finishing Mad Rush has been backed for the Melbourne Cup after that promising run in the Caulfield Cup.

Luca Cumani the trainer came oh so close last year with Purple Moon in the Melbourne Cup and many are expecting this horse to go one better.

Mad Rush is the danger to our first two selections. If you want a great run for your money then back Mad Rush to win the Melbourne Cup in 2008.

Back Mad Rush at 4.50 with SkyBet

Melbourne Cup Tips from the Trends

If you want to work out the Melbourne cup winner for yourself then we can help you out by looking at the past Melbourne Cup winners.

See what the trends are from past winners and use them to put yourself onto the winner of this years race.

Melbourne Cup Odds Trends

The last ten years have been a mixture of fancied horses and outsiders. The 2007 winner the grey Efficient returned at generous odds of 16/1 and he was the first horse to complete the Victoria Derby Melbourne Cup double since the legendary Phar Lap.

In 2006 Delta Blues won at 18/1, bigger prices should not be discounted when looking down the list of runners. There have been 3 winning favourites in this period.Stick to runners under 20/1 on the day of the race.

Melbourne Cup Tips and Draw Bias Trends

The most successful Melbourne Cup draw is 11 with seven wins draw 14 has six. It is a widely held view that the extremes are bad and that somewhere low to middle are the best, although the draw does tend to polarise opinion with many saying it makes no difference.

The winners over the last 10 years won the Melbourne Cup from the following draws.

16-21-22-13-3-14-7-14-10-10

Dont be put off by the draw but have more confidence if your Melbourne Cup runner is drawn in the middle.

Melbourne Cup Tips - Age

There is nothing between five-year-olds (42 wins) and four-year-olds (42 wins). There have been 10 seven year old winners and 28 six year olds. The winner?s age over the last 10 years reads.

6-7-6-4-6-5-6-7-6-4

The full list of Melbourne Cup Winners ages below.

3 year old - 23

4 year old - 42

5 year old - 42

6 year old - 28

7 year old - 10

8 year old - 2

Don?t go for an oldie or one too inexperienced. A four or five year old is your best bet.

Melbourne Cup Tips - Sex

The Sex Status of Melbourne Cup Winners

Entire 62

Gelding 50

Colts 19

Mares 13

Fillies 3

The ladies have a poor record so stick to a male horse. Experienced ones fair better

Melbourne Cup Tips - Prep Races

The Mackinnon Stakes and the Caulfield Cup are the prep races to keep an eye on with both races highlighting the future winners of the Melbourne Cup.

The Mackinnon stakes is normally held on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup at Flemington so a winner of that race may well be on a good racing weight for the Melbourne Cup.

The Caulfield Cup is normally run mid October and it?s a natural progression for the winner to compete in the Melbourne Cup. A horse who wins the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne cup will win the famous cups double.

Ethereal was the last horse to complete the cups double, in 2001.

Melbourne Cup Trainers

David Hayes, Lee Freedman, Peter G Moody, Mick Price, Danny O?Brien, Darren Weir, Gai Waterhouse, Bart Cummings and last years winner Graeme Rogerson are some of the top Aussie Trainers who will aim suitable handicap candidates for the 2008 Melbourne Cup.

Melbourne Cup Jockeys

Many of the above trainers will of course be looking for a top pilot for their charges. Australian jockeys are some of the best in the world, and of course are at home riding the Flemington track which will be an advantage in the hurly burly that is the Melbourne Cup.

Make a note of the following jockey?s rides. These jockeys are currently to the fore in the Australian Jockey standings.

C. Williams. D. Oliver. M. Rodd. B. Rawiller. C. Brown. C.Newitt. L. Nolen.

Melbourne Cup Past Winners

2007	Efficient	Rodd, M	Rogerson, G
2006	Delta Blues	Iwata, Y	Sumii, K.
2005	Makybe Diva	Boss, G.	Freedman, D.L
2004	Makybe Diva	Boss, G.	Freedman, D.L
2003	Makybe Diva	Boss, G.	Hall, D.
2002	Media Puzzle	Oliver, D.	Weld, D.K.
2001	Ethereal	Seamer, S.	Laxon, S.
2000	Brew	McEvoy, K.	Moroney, M
1999	Rogan Josh	Marshall, J.	Cummings, J.B.
1998	Jezabeel	Munce, C.	Jenkins, B.