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Bet on your 2025 Melbourne Cup Tips

Flemington R7

Final Race time: 

1st	14. Half Yours (8) J: Jamie Melham53kg 15141T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy	9.00WIN 3.50PLACE
2nd	20. Goodie Two Shoes (20) J: W M Lordan51.5kg 1113xT: Joseph O'Brien	31.00WIN 8.50PLACE
3rd	7. Middle Earth (13) J: Ethan Brown54.5kg 50903T: Ciaron Maher	26.00WIN 8.00PLACE
4th	21. River Of Stars (14) J: Beau Mertens51.5kg x7802T: Chris Waller	19.00WIN 6.00PLACE
5th	23. Torranzino (18) J: Celine Gaudray51kg 80821T: Paul Preusker	34.00WIN 9.00PLACE
6th	4. Vauban (2) J: Blake Shinn56.5kg x3650T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	21.00WIN 6.50PLACE
7th	1. Al Riffa (19) J: Mark Zahra59kg x4211T: Joseph O'Brien	7.50WIN 3.10PLACE
8th	9. Absurde (4) J: Kerrin McEvoy53.5kg 2x3x7T: Willie Mullins	19.00WIN 6.00PLACE
9th	13. Changingoftheguard (24) J: Tim Clark53kg 82106T: Kris Lees	61.00WIN 14.00PLACE
10th	8. Meydaan (22) J: James McDonald54kg 05239T: Simon & Ed Crisford	26.00WIN 7.50PLACE
11th	17. Furthur (7) J: Michael Dee52kg 52516T: Andrew Balding	41.00WIN 11.00PLACE
12th	3. Arapaho (15) J: Rachel King56.5kg 36408T: Bjorn Baker	31.00WIN 8.50PLACE
13th	10. Flatten The Curve (17) J: Thore Hammer-Hansen53.5kg 1411xT: Henk Grewe	21.00WIN 6.50PLACE
14th	12. Smokin' Romans (11) J: Ben Melham53.5kg 72948T: Ciaron Maher	67.00WIN 15.00PLACE
15th	22. Royal Supremacy (21) J: Robbie Dolan51kg 11215T: Ciaron Maher	34.00WIN 8.50PLACE
16th	24. Valiant King (10) J: Jye McNeil51kg 3x013T: Chris Waller	9.50WIN 3.70PLACE
18th	15. More Felons (23) J: Tommy Berry53kg x0944T: Chris Waller	41.00WIN 11.00PLACE
19th	6. Presage Nocturne (9) J: Stephane Pasquier55.5kg 13x34T: Alessandro Botti	5.50WIN 2.80PLACE
20th	18. Parchment Party (3) J: John R Velazquez52kg 2311xT: William I Mott	71.00WIN 14.00PLACE
21st	19. Athabascan (1) J: Declan Bates51.5kg x0002T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton	61.00WIN 15.00PLACE
22nd	11. Land Legend (16) J: Joao Moreira53.5kg 39500T: Chris Waller	61.00WIN 14.00PLACE
23rd	5. Chevalier Rose (5) J: Damian Lane55.5kg 70x0xT: Hisashi Shimizu	51.00WIN 13.00PLACE
24th	2. Buckaroo (12) J: Craig Williams57kg x3232T: Chris Waller	14.00WIN 4.60PLACE

For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 01/05/2026 12:43:37 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

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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 $10 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.

2025 Melbourne Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Melbourne Cup 2025 Tips & Best Bets to be published leading-up to the event.

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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 2025 Melbourne Cup field and Melbourne Cup 2025 form guide on the 24 stayers engaged for the $10 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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?