Melbourne Cup Racing Festival
- Country: Australia
- Type: Cultural
- Website: www.melbournecup.com
- Update: 05-02
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most famous horse race, founded in 1861, and is known in Australia as the race that takes the nation's breath away. Accepting Thoroughbreds aged three years old or over, the race is run over a distance of 3,200 meters, and is the most influential of the world's two-mile races.
