Melbourne Cup 2008
The 148th Melbourne Cup thoroughbred horse race was scheduled for November 4, 2008. The 3200 meter handicap race is run on the first Tuesday of November each year at the Flemington Race Course outside Melbourne, Australia. The Melbourne Cup, considered one of the most prestigious internet thoroughbred races in the world, is known as "the race that stops a nation."1 2
Fast Facts
- Race date: November 4, 2008
- Race time: 3:00 p.m., Australian Eastern Standard Time2
- Location: Flemington Race Course, Flemington, Australia1
- Distance: 3,200 meters (nearly two miles)1
- Winner's purse: $4.4. million3
- Field limit: 24 horses; final field is decided after final race on Saturday, November 1, 20084
- 2008 Cup is the 148th consecutive race since 18614
- Strict quarantine protocols were put in place for the Melbourne Cup after an outbreak of equine influenza in 2007; outbreak was first of its kind in Australia3
- 2007 winner: Efficient
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