Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup 2011 Day is highlighted by the 3200-metre, Group 1 Melbourne Cup with a $6 million prize purse. Aside from the Melbourne Cup, social gatherings, competitions and other races will also be held during the day. The Melbourne Cup 2011 Day is a highly anticipated event by Australians that it is even declared as a holiday. Households even throw in their own Melbourne Cup party.
The Melbourne Cup 2011 Day will fall on the 1st of November and it will feature eight horse races. The Melbourne Cup itself is the seventh race on the schedule and it will start by 3:30 pm, Australian EDST. Though the race horses are watched by millions, Melbourne Cup 2011 Day also features fashion competitions for male and female attendees wherein cash prizes are also at stake.
Before the Melbourne Cup, six race horses of various distances and classifications will be held. These races help build the anticipation to the Melbourne Cup which is the most watched race in Australian horse racing. The entire country drops down what they are doing as they watch whether a new winner or a past winner will take home the top prize of $3.3 million from the $6 million pool.
