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2024 Melbourne Cup Results

The 2024 Melbourne Cup results will be known when the race runs on . 

• 1st: #11 Knight’s Choice ($91)
• 2nd: #4 Warp Speed
• 3rd: #12 Okita Soushi
• 4th: #14 Zardozi

The John Symons & Shelia Laxon-trained Queenslander, Knight’s Choice ($91), flashed home from the back late with Robbie Dolan aboard to score a thrilling upset in the 2024 Melbourne Cup results narrowly denying the Japanese raider Warp Speed in a remarkable finish.

Okita Soushi for Ciaron Maher ran third with the James Cummings-trained mare Zardozi briefly looking the winner before holding for fourth.

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The best Melbourne Cup Tips on the ‘race that stops a nation’ every year are those based on the form and statistics of the 24-horse Melbourne Cup field.

It’s not only the Group 1 $8.56 million Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) to enjoy a punt on at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November. Punters are treated to a full program of 10 Melbourne Cup Day races so make it a full day of racing and betting action.

2024 Melbourne Cup Tips

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To Win: #13 Onesmoothoperator ($8 at time of publish) 

Onesmoothoperator is short in the Melbourne Cup markets and deservedly so regardless of the scare in the lead-up.

He had a heel cut but was reshoed and re-examined with RV vets passing him fit.

With how stringent they’ve been in ruling horses out, if this guy wasn’t right to run he wouldn’t be lining-up.

Brian Ellison-trained in the UK he made an immediate impact down under winning the Ladbrokes Geelong Cup by over two lengths.

Media Puzzle (2002), Americain (2010), Dunaden (2011) all did the Geelong Cup – Melbourne Cup double as visitors down under and there’s plenty to suggest this in-form Dialied In gelding, who is US bred as was Americain, can be the next.

He is down to just 51kg even with the penalty and big race specialist Craig Williams, who rode Vow And Declare to victory in 2019, retains the ride having locked in this mount right after the Geelong demolition job.

That’s a pretty great endorsement and one that’s seen the market react accordingly.

Looking at his form back home before arriving on Aussie shores, one of his top performances was a seventh in the Ebor. That is one hell of a form race (see Sea King in the Bendigo Cup).

To Challenge: #2 Buckaroo ($6.50 at time of publish) 

Trainer Chris Waller chases his second Melbourne Cup success saddling-up Tuesday’s one-time favourite Buckaroo who presents as the genuine danger despite being yet to win over further than 1800m.

He has been leading the markets for a few weeks but has eased out now post-barrier draw when getting posted out in gate 21.

The ‘Magic Man’ Joao Moreira will need to slot in and find his position early from the alley, but the past six Melbourne Cup winners have all saluted from double-digits including Vow And Declare (2019) from this alley.

He looks very well weighted with 54.5kg in the compressed weights in a race lacking depth this year.

The distance is obviously a query, but the way he charged through the line for a Caulfield Cup second over 2400m last time out with the same weight was eye-catching.

The Caulfield Cup historically is the superior form line into the Melbourne Cup and could prove to be again in 2024.

You cannot say he’s not going great guns since being gelded.

Put 3.5 lengths on his closest rival in the Group 1 Underwood over 1800m with 59kg at WFA and then went down the barest of margins here in the Group 1 Turnbull over 2000m behind stablemate Via Sistina.

What she went on to do in the Cox Plate was astronomical and bodes very well for this guy.

If he runs it out, he wins.

To Feature: #12 Okita Soushi ($11 at time of publish)

Okita Soushi lined-up as an Irish-trained raider for Joseph O’Brien in the race last year and returns now with top trainer Ciaron Maher.

Cannot believe the move on this guy since the field and barriers were locked in Saturday evening.

Preferred the better 20/1 offering but he has been absolutely smashed into $11 now, and still finding it hard not to follow that money trail with lots of boxes ticked by this guy.

He is more seasoned, acclimatised, and has the benefit of a year down under in his second attempt.

Eleventh last year from gate 20, he is drawn for a sweet run this season in barrier 10.

Some of the punters’ money is explained by the booking of Jamie Kah following her outstanding Saturday last weekend that included the VRC Derby victory on Goldrush Guru.

She is riding in outstanding style and this Galileo entire is going equally as good coming off a Ladbrokes Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m) win under the lights.

Has won over the two miles so no distance queries, comes back to 51kg, and the black silks statistically are a good thing!

To Improve: #4 Warp Speed ($23 at time of publish)

Warp Speed from Japan was one of the big hype Melbourne Cup hopes earlier in the season and one of the early favourites.

That was until he ran in the Caulfield Cup and performed like he was just having a barrier trial at best.

The Drefong six-year-old was flat, no arguing with that, when 13th beaten over 16 lengths.

Since then he’s been left alone in betting for the second leg of the Spring Cups in Australia, but still think he could give a much better performance at Flemington.

Delta Blues (2006) is the only Japanese-trained Melbourne Cup winner to date.

Not saying Warp Speed will be the second, but if you look back over his form at home that includes a fifth in the prestigious Tenno Sho with plenty of weight and winning form up to 3000m, then there’s plenty to indicate huge improvement at a price.

He’s shaken off the cobwebs and has settled right in at Melbourne and gets a sweet run from barrier three.

Got a Slow track at Caulfield and will appreciate the Good going for Australia’s biggest race day.

His trainer remains confident and think he’ll be right there when it counts.

To Surprise: #8 Land Legend ($20 at time of publish) 

Land Legend is one of five for Waller and he’s at an incredible price really considering he is more than double that of Buckaroo despite his form being equally as impressive this season.

The Galileo five-year-old beat Zardozi narrowly to win the Group 1 The Metrop (2400m) with a light weight in Sydney two back and then ran out of his skin for a Caulfield Cup third.

He might of been six lengths off the winner but he was finishing off strongly and there’s suggestions he might even see out the two miles better than his better fancied stablemate Buckaroo who was second in the same key lead-up race over the 2400m.

Hong Kong’s Zac Purton rides, barrier 18 might not be ideal but it is the one that produced Waller’s other Cup champion Verry Elleegant when she broke the hoodoo.

When a raider with James Ferguson last year he won the Sydney St. Leger over 2600m in record time by 2.7 lengths.

He’s building to something, and the odds are generous.

Melbourne Cup tips range from the stayer experts think will become the Melbourne Cup winner, to exotic Melbourne Cup tips predicting the first four over the line at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.

Every year the team at Races.com.au team provide our readers with our exclusive, insider Melbourne Cup picks and best bets.

Our expert team of tipsters will look over the full 2024 Melbourne Cup field and Melbourne Cup 2024 form guide on the 24 stayers engaged for the $8.56 million showdown to formulate our first four selections to back in the Melbourne Cup Quinella, Exacta, Trifecta and First Four markets at Australia’s leading bookmaker Ladbrokes.com.au.

Once the Melbourne Cup tips are out you will want to lock in your Melbourne Cup bets at the best prices, so head to the best bookie, and that’s Ladbrokes.com.au.

If you are keen to lock in your own Melbourne Cup predictions and selections in the generous futures Melbourne Cup odds open now at Ladbrokes.com.au, then read over our general Melbourne Cup tipping guide below to help you back a winner!

1.) Melbourne Cup Tips: Lead-Up Races

• From 2010 – 2016 the Geelong Cup provided two Melbourne Cup winners with French raiders Americain (2010) and Dunaden (2011) both completing the double. In 2022 the Geelong Cup Emissary ran a brave second in the Melbourne Cup.
• Shocking (2009) was the last horse to win the Lexus Stakes and back-up to salute in the Melbourne Cup results.
• Two Melbourne Cup winners between 2012 – 2016 came off a lead-up run in the Cox Plate with Green Moon (7th in 2012) and Fiorente (3d in 2013). Verry Elleegant (3rd in 2021) and Gold Trip (9th in 2022) are the last Melbourne Cup winners out of the Cox Plate.

There are several races that are considered good guides for Melbourne Cup performance. These include the:

• Lexus Stakes
• Moonee Valley Cup
• Cox Plate
• Caulfield Cup

You will get a lot of good Melbourne Cup tips based on how runners perform in this year’s lead up races. You should also track the odds for these races at sites like Ladbrokes.com.au.

2.) Melbourne Cup Tips: The Favourite

• Fiorente ($7 in 2013) was the last Melbourne Cup favourite to salute.
• The last time Melbourne Cup favourites went back-to-back was when Makybe Diva saluted in her second and record third Melbourne Cups in 2004 and 2005.
• Longer-priced runners make the best Melbourne Cup tips with plenty of recent upsets including Prince Of Penzance who saluted at $101 in 2015 and Knight’s Choice at $91 in 2024!

There is no need to simply go with the crowd when betting on the 2024 Melbourne Cup, as outside chances have historically performed quite well. While you should stick to runners on the day that have a price below $20, the favourites aren’t always the way to go.

If you follow the same Melbourne Cup tips as everyone else this year and end up betting on the favourite, you can only expect a tiny pay-out if you win. Don’t you want a chance to win big? Well, find an unappreciated runner with good odds, and a win will be much more rewarding.

3.) Melbourne Cup Tips: Exotic Bets

Outside of just Melbourne Cup Win and Place Tips the exotic Melbourne Cup betting selections are a great way to clean-up.

Picking the Melbourne Cup trifecta does not just pay extremely well – it’s also something you can brag about for years! In 2003, a man accidentally won $2.6 million by correctly picking the Melbourne Cup trifecta when he entered his bet multiple times. That’s a huge payday AND a story that will buy you drinks for years to come. Don’t ignore those 2024 Melbourne Cup trifecta tips. In fact, seek them out more than you would tips for the winner.

4.) Melbourne Cup Tips: All-In Betting

Don’t wait to act on good 2024 Melbourne Cup tips – place your bet now! Fixed odds at sites like Ladbrokes.com.au are open right now in the futures betting section, so there is no reason you can’t bet as soon as you have your picks. The earlier you bet, the better the Melbourne Cup odds you can take advantage of. The later you bet, the shorter those odds and the smaller the potential payout.

5.) Melbourne Cup Tips: Bet Online

If you aren’t already betting online, then there is no better tip than to sign up for an account at trusted online bookie like Ladbrokes.com.au. Online betting is the way to go these days, as you can get better odds than your local in-store bookie while benefiting from special promotional offers that help your betting dollar go further.

We strongly recommend starting an account with Ladbrokes.com.au, as the 2024 Melbourne Cup Tips we feature in our news section rely on the odds there. We think Ladbrokes.com.au offers a great experience for new punters as well as the old hands, so why not give Ladbrokes.com.au a try?