Melbourne Cup Race Time
The Group 1 Melbourne Cup is the richest race in Australian horse racing with a prize pool of $6 million. Out of this prize pool, the winner gets $3.3 million. Every year, millions of Australians tune in to this race even though the average Melbourne Cup race time is just three minutes and 20 seconds. Since the race also attracts international thoroughbreds, it also gains attention and viewership from horse racing fans around the globe.
The 2011 Melbourne Cup will be held on the 1st of November, 2011 and it will be staged over 3200 metres at the Flemington Racecourse. The Melbourne Cup is one of the ten races during the Melbourne Cup Day and it will be the seventh race on schedule. The Melbourne Cup race time will be at 3 pm, Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
Since it will be held on Australia’s Daylight Savings Time, its airing might have a different time slot in different places in the globe. Horse racing punters and even ordinary Australians tune in to this race because it produces quality horse racing every year. Thus, they are aware of the Melbourne Cup race time before schedule and they drop everything that they do to watch the race.
