Compare Melbourne Cup Odds 2017

Compare and contrast the 2017 Melbourne Cup odds from the top bookies below. Australia’s most famous horse race is run on the first Tuesday of November. Check out our betting comparison table & claim your free bets from the bookmakers.

Melbourne Cup Betting Odds 2017
Tuesday Nov 7, 2017, 3pm local (4am GMT); 2m, Flemington; Click best odds bold; Place: 1/4 odds 1,2,3,4.

Red Cardinal	14/1	12/1		14/1	14/1	16/1	20/1
Admire Deus	16/1	16/1			16/1
Thomas Hobson	20/1	16/1		16/1	16/1	16/1	16/1
Almandin	20/1	20/1		20/1	14/1	14/1	16/1
Bonneval	25/1
Francis Of Assisi	16/1	25/1		16/1	16/1	16/1	14/1
Kilimanjaro	25/1
Vazirabad	25/1						20/1
Dylan Mouth	25/1
Cheval Grand	25/1
Frontiersman	20/1
Stradivarius	25/1
Albert	33/1			25/1
Gingernuts	33/1
Hartnell	25/1	33/1			25/1	33/1	33/1
Polarisation	33/1
Tiberian	33/1
St Michel	25/1	25/1		25/1
Big Duke	33/1
Hans Holbein	33/1
Inference	33/1	33/1
Our Century	25/1
Red Verdon		33/1
US Army Ranger	33/1	33/1
The United States		33/1
Dal Harraid						33/1
Idaho	40/1
Order Of St George	33/1	40/1					33/1
Big Orange	25/1	20/1			25/1	25/1	25/1
Rare Rhythm	33/1
Crocodile Rock	25/1						40/1
Ventura Storm	25/1				33/1	33/1	50/1
Sarrasin	50/1
Sir Isaac Newton	40/1						20/1
Amralah	50/1	50/1
Jon Snow	50/1
Qewy	50/1	50/1		33/1	25/1	20/1	33/1
Bondi Beach	33/1	50/1			33/1	33/1	33/1
Antonio Giuseppe	50/1	50/1					25/1
Beautiful Romance	50/1	50/1
Barsanti	50/1
Harlem	50/1
Max Dynamite	50/1	33/1					50/1
Oceanographer	33/1	50/1					25/1
Rekindling	33/1					25/1	25/1
Egg Tart	50/1
Penhill	50/1	50/1
Tavago	33/1	50/1
Yankee Rose	50/1	33/1					40/1
Elidor						50/1
Wall Of Fire	33/1
Goathland	50/1
Penglai Pavilion	33/1
Big Blue	50/1
Jameka		50/1			50/1	50/1	40/1
Chelkar					50/1	50/1	50/1
Kafuji Prince	50/1
Ormito	50/1
Almoonqith		50/1			50/1	40/1	50/1
Amelies Star	50/1
Darabad	50/1
Plein Ciel	50/1
Second Bullet	50/1
Second Wave
Ubin Thunderstruck	50/1
Humidor	40/1
Exospheric	33/1	66/1					25/1
Esteban	66/1	66/1					33/1
Charles Road	66/1
Gallic Chieftain	66/1
Sacred Master	66/1	50/1					33/1
Pilote Dessai	66/1
Libran	66/1
Little White Cloud	66/1	66/1			50/1	40/1	66/1
Mainstream	66/1
Pentathlon	66/1	50/1
Riven Light	66/1
Star Exhibit	66/1
Scotland		50/1
Seamour	66/1	50/1
Sense of Occasion	66/1
Aloft	50/1	50/1
Tom Melbourne	100/1	100/1					33/1
Kinema	100/1	40/1			25/1	25/1	33/1
Chocante	100/1
Tally	100/1	100/1
Tiamo Grace	50/1	33/1
So Si Bon	66/1	50/1
Vengeur Masque	100/1	66/1					25/1
Who Shot Thebarman	100/1	66/1				25/1
Eleonora	100/1	100/1
Kellstorm	100/1
Grey Lion	66/1	100/1					40/1
Prized Icon	100/1	33/1					25/1
Lasqueti Spirit	100/1	100/1					50/1
Wicklow Brave	66/1	80/1				100/1	100/1
De Little Engine	66/1
Prize Money	25/1	50/1			50/1	50/1	50/1
Sacred Elixir	100/1	33/1
Harlow Gold	66/1	66/1					40/1
Annus Mirabilis	50/1
Hardham	100/1
Preferment		66/1
Ana Royale	100/1
Beaumarchais	100/1
Charlevoix	100/1
Chenille	100/1
Double Bluff	100/1
Fanatic	100/1
Grand Marshal	100/1	100/1
Hanas Legend	100/1
Howard Be Thy Name	100/1	66/1
Limini	100/1
Lord Van Percy	100/1
Omei Sword	100/1	50/1
Our Ivanhowe		100/1
Quest For More	100/1
Real Love		100/1
Rock On	100/1
Rockstar Rebel	50/1
Royal Associate	50/1
Savvy Dreams	100/1
Set Square	100/1	66/1
Signoff	100/1	100/1
Sofia Rosa	100/1	100/1
Swacadelic	100/1	100/1
Tosen Stardom		40/1
Yogi	100/1
Gallante	150/1	100/1					50/1
Excess Knowledge	150/1	100/1
Goodwood Zodiac	150/1
Prince of Penzance		100/1
Secret Number	150/1	66/1
Assign	100/1	100/1					66/1
Archery Peak	200/1
Curren Mirotic	200/1	100/1
Harpers Choice	200/1
Ruling Dynasty	200/1
Sir Van Dyke	200/1
Doumaran	250/1
Rose Of Virginia	500/1	100/1
White Dollar Sign	500/1

Recent Melbourne Cup betting odds history

Melbourne Cup betting takes hold of all Australians on the first Tuesday of every November. There is a national holiday for the ‘race that stops a nation’ and if you are an Aussie and have not had a bet, well the odds are you are a bit crook cobber.

The big race is the culmination of a four day racing carnival that takes place at Flemington racecourse. It is the world’s richest two-mile handicap, run on turf over two miles and is open to horses that are three-year-olds and older of either gender. The prize fund for the winner is circa $5million with serious money down to tenth place.

There is also a large cash bonus on offer for any horse that wins both the Melbourne Cup and the Irish St Leger at the Curragh in the same year.

The first running of the Cup was in 1861 in front of a 4000-strong crowd. Nowadays Flemington is packed with 150,000 as Australia comes to a standstill.

With millions of dollars up for grabs and air transport of horses an everyday occurrence, foreign raiders are increasingly targeting the contest, fuelling betting interest worldwide. Raiders from Ireland, France and Japan have won the race in recent history. While British-trained horses have filled the runner-up spot, they have yet to win it.

The Irish trainer, Dermot Weld, has been the most successful foreign ‘raider’, twice scooping the spoils. His first victory was with Vintage Crop ridden by Mick Kinane in 1993. His bid to retain the title the next year was unsuccessful but Vintage Crop did manage a creditable third place in his swansong run as an eight-year-old in 1995. He finished behind the five-year-old Doriemus and the three-year-old Nothin’ Leica Dane.

Another foreign raider in 1995 had a wasted trip. Mark Johnston’s Double Trigger, the pride of small-time owner/breeder Ron Huggins, started the 7/2 favourite in the Melbourne Cup betting odds but finished a dismal last.

In 2002 Weld sent his duo of Vinnie Roe and Media Puzzle. Vinnie Roe started the 9-2 favourite while Media Puzzle went off the second favourite at 11-2. The punters weren’t far wrong. Media Puzzle beat local 40-1 shot, Mr Prudent, by two lengths to win the race. Vinnie Roe finished fourth. This time Mick Kinane partnered Sir Michael Stoute’s 30-1 shot, Daliapour, who finished back in 16th place of the 23-runner field. Two years later Vinnie Roe started at 5-1 in the 2004 renewal and finished second to the 13-5 favourite, Makybe Diva. That mare won the Cup three years in a row from 2003 to 2005 for trainer Glen Boss.

It is not just the Irish who have robbed the Australians of their most prestigious prize. In 2006 the English and Irish contingents were well beaten by Japanese trainer, Katsuhiko Sumii. The talents of Sumii’s two runners didn’t go unnoticed by the locals in the Melbourne Cup betting. Pop Rock started joint favourite at 5-1 while Delta Blues went off at 17-1. Delta Blues, ridden by Yasunari Iwata, beat Pop Rock, ridden by Damien Oliver, by a short head.

If it had not been for the Japanese horses, English trainer, Jamie Poulton’s 200-1 shot, Land’n Stars, would have been third rather than fifth. Aidan O’Brien’s horse, Yeats, finished two places behind him in seventh at 11-2. Luca Cumani’s Glistening (80-1) finished tenth with Jamie Osborne’s Geordieland (15-1) back in eighteenth, having broken a blood vessel.

The 2010 Melbourne Cup, run in rain-softened ground, went the way of Europe for only the third time to that point. It was a first win for France when trainer Alain De Royer-Dupre won with his Americain, who had also won the Geelong Cup as a prep race. There was an Australian connection via the two owners. Americain was 12/1 in the betting. The local favourite was So You Think who was stepping up in trip to two miles for the first time and looked a likely winner at 2/1 a furlong out. However he got run down and finished a creditable third for legendary Aussie trainer Bart Cummings, who was seeking an amazing 13th win in the race.

In 2011, the Australians were put in their place again when Europeans dominated the finish. France once again provided the winner when Dunaden, trained by Mikel Delzangles, beat England’s Red Cadeaux. The runner-up was trained by Ed Dunlop and went down by the narrowest margin possible – a nose. In fact there was just one Aussie-trained horse in the first seven home. Red Cadeaux returned in 2013 to fill the same spot.

The 2012 result was welcomed by all the locals as Aussie-trained runners filled the first two places. Green Moon (19/1) won for trainer Robert Hickmott while Gai Waterhouse was responsible for the runner-up Fiorente (30/1). It mattered little to the locals that both horses were formerly trained in Newmarket, England. The winner had been with Harry Dunlop and the second used to be with Michael Stoute. The first British handled horse came third in the form of unconsidered 80-1 outsider Jakkalberry, representing Marco Botti.

Post race the sickest man on the track was trainer Luca Cumani whose well-fancied Mount Athos, representing the annoying UK-based owner Dr Marwan Koukash (who was farcically over-bullish in pre-race interviews), looked desperately unlucky in fifth. He absolutely flew in the final furlong passing ten horses and finishing best. However jockey Ryan Moore had ridden a rare bad race, holding his mount up off a funereal pace and coming wide and far too late. It was more reminiscent of a Jamie Spencer style of ride.

The 2011 winner Dunaden came a moderate 14th in this field of staying handicappers while Red Cadeaux, beaten that nose the previous year, came 8th for Ed Dunlop.

2013 saw some of the same protagonists fight out the finish. This time Fiorente improved one place to land the race for his top female Aussie trainer and also justify 6/1 favouritism. Seven-year-old Red Cadeaux put in another mighty display to fill runner-up spot at a massive 60/1, while Luca Cumani’s Mount Athos (12/1) ran a blinder again to come third. The result confirmed what should already be apparent – it is a race for the course and distance specialists.

Places two through to five were all filled by European-trained visitors. It was probably just as well Fiorente won as otherwise there may have been a riot by disgruntled local trainers.

Simenon, the only Irish-trained raider, ran a gallant fourth while a mention also needs to go to Brown Panther, owned and bred by former England international footballer Michael Owen. His reasonable eighth-placed finish will surely encourage more forays from the yard of trainer Tom Dascombe.

The latter had to overcome the number 22 draw, so it was all the more meritorious. His owner the aforemention Marwan Koukash had been typically over-confident beforehand, despite the mountain the horse had to climb from his stall, stating the draw allowed them to slot in wherever they liked. Afterwards Koukash changed his tune and blamed the wide berth. He is nothing if not consistently inconsistent.

So after the running in 2013, while Ireland and France have historic victories to their credit, a British-trained runner has yet to land the race, despite some heroic performances in defeat.

It is unsurpising that this richly-endowered race now attracts the attention of the top trainers across the world, so adding a new dimension for punters. You obviously don’t have to be local to win it and overseas entrants are being encouraged, albeit there have been some major whinges by certain local trainers. Whichever challenger takes your eye this year, an online bookmaker will be offering odds on the horse in their Melbourne Cup betting.