Melbourne Cup Day is Australia’s most famous Tuesday. At 3.00 pm AEST, on the first Tuesday in November, Australians everywhere stop for one of the world’s most famous horse races – the Melbourne Cup.

It’s a day when the nation stops whatever it’s doing to listen to the race call, or watch the race on TV. Even those who don’t usually bet, try their luck with a small wager or entry into a ‘sweep’ – a lottery in which each ticket-holder is matched with a randomly drawn horse.

Here are the race schedule and field of Melbourne Cup 2008. Check out Melbourne Cup odds at Bodog Racebook!
Emirates Melbourne Cup day – Tuesday, 4 November 2008

race  time  value          Grade distance
7  3.00  $5,650,000  gr. 1  3200m
AB    horse               trainer        jockey
1  Septimus(IRE)          Aidan O'Brien  J Murtagh
2  Master O'Reilly(NZ)    Danny O'Brien  V Duric
3  Honolulu(IRE)          Aidan O'Brien  Colm O'Donoghue
4  C'est La Guerre(NZ)    John Sadler    B Prebble
5  Nom du Jeu(NZ)         Murray Baker   J Lloyd
6  Yellowstone(IRE)       Jane Chapple-Hyam  J Egan
7  Zipping                John Sadler    D Nikolic
8  Mad Rush(USA)          Luca Cumani    D Oliver
9  Ice Chariot            Ron Maund      M Rodd
10  Viewed                Bart Cummings  B Shinn
11  Littorio              Nigel Blackiston Steven King
12  Bauer(IRE)            Luca Cumani    C Brown
13  Boundless(NZ)         Stephen Mckee  G Childs
14  Gallopin(NZ)          Danny O'Brien  J M Winks
15  Guyno(NZ)             Lou Luciani    C Newitt
scr  Zarita(NZ)           scr            scr
17  Newport               Paul Perry     C D Symons
18  Profound Beauty(IRE)  Dermot K Weld  G Boss
19  Red Lord              Anthony Cummings  N Hall
20  Varevees(GB)          Richard Gibson C Williams
21  Prize Lady(NZ)        Graeme Sanders M C Sweeney
22  Alessandro Volta(GB)  Aidan O'Brien  W M Lordan
23  Barbaricus            Danny O'Brien  S Baster
24  Moatize               Bart Cummings  C Lindop