2011 Melbourne Cup Field
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The 2011 Melbourne Cup field promises to be a stellar cast for this 3200-metre race is the richest race in Australian horse racing. The best Australian gallopers and the top foreign-bred thoroughbreds converge will converge on the Flemington Racecourse on the 1st of November to battle out in this $6 million race which usually lasts for three minutes and 20 seconds.
Before the 2011 Melbourne Cup field is revealed, the selection process feature nominations and declarations. Nominations start on the 2nd of August while late nominations are done a week after. By the end of August, the handicaps for the participants will be declared and four declarations will follow to funnel down the nominations for the 2011 Melbourne Cup.
The first declaration for the Melbourne Cup will happen on September 6 while the second one is on October 4. The third declaration falls on October 24 while the final declaration and barrier draw of the 2011 Melbourne Cup field is on the 29th of October. The 2011 Melbourne Cup will then be held on the 1st of November at 3 pm, Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
Aside from the lengthy selection process, there are races that entail automatic ballots for the Melbourne Cup. Thoroughbreds can enter the 2011 Melbourne Cup final field if they win any of these races: the VRC Lexus Stakes, the AAMI Victoria Derby, the Mackinnon Stakes, the Cox Plate, the Caulfield Cup, the St. Leger in Ireland, the Tenno Sho in Japan and the ARB Australian Stayers Challenge.
