Punters can spend hours scrolling through the 2012 Melbourne Cup field and form guide but why would you when the expert team at Races.com.au has our exclusive two-word Melbourne Cup form and tips listed below!

We’ve done the hard work for you and gone over the entire 24-horse field for this afternoon’s $6.2 million Group 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) studying everything from their lead-up form, the jockeys and trainers, and the race and betting history of the ‘race that stops a nation’.

Then to help our readers back the winning Melbourne Cup Trifecta in Flemington Race 7 at 3:00pm (AEST) we’ve concisely and (hopefully!) accurately summed up the chances of the 2012 Melbourne Cup Horses.

2012 Melbourne Cup Form Tips in Two-Words

#1 DUNADEN ($7) – Big Weight

#2 AMERICAIN ($7.50) – Peter Pan

#3 JAKKALBERRY ($71) – USA Form

#4 RED CADEAUX ($9) – Barrier Hoodoo

#5 WINCHESTER ($51) – Could Fire

#6 VOILA ICI ($151) – Wrong Moody

#7 CAVALRYMAN ($31) – Out Gunned

#8 MOUNT ATHOS ($7) – Market Mover

#9 SANAGAS ($51) – Next Viewed?

#10 ETHIOPIA ($21) – Next Year

#11 FIORENTE ($41) – Better Wet

#12 GALILEO’S CHOICE ($15) – Rain Dance

#13 GLENCADAM GOLD ($41) – Gai’s Dreaming

#14 GREEN MOON ($18) – Won’t Stay

#15 MALUCKYDAY ($15) – Could Be

#16 MOURAYAN ($26) – Take Two

#17 MY QUEST FOR PEACE ($17) – See Stablemate

#18 NIWOT ($61) – Too Old

#19 TAC DE BOISTRON ($71) – Right Distance

#20 LIGHTS OF HEAVEN ($18) – Best Roughie

#21 PRECEDENCE ($101) – Past It

#22 UNUSUAL SUSPECT ($201) – Sack ‘Em

#23 ZABEELIONAIRE ($51) – Not Here

#24 KELINNI ($21) – Boss Factor

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