Melbourne Cup to start at 4pm today

The Melbourne Cup “the race that stops the nation” will start at 4pm today.

As with last year, when stringent new veterinary checks combined with the pandemic - kept a lot of internationals away, it’s a field dominated by locally-trained horses, with only four from abroad.

This is a make-up that will warm the hearts of some traditionalists, though laced with a good amount of European intrigue as well.

Crowds were banned from the 2020 edition of the race, while the 2021 Melbourne Cup had a capped capacity of 10,000 people.

Source: abc.net.au