Racecaller08

The race that stops a nation, the Melbourne Cup, takes place at Flemington Racecourse on the first Tuesday of November (1st). As usual there will be a European raiding party heading over to try to return home with the Cup and emulate Americain’s achievement last year. Below we take a look at the trends for the past 10 years: [b]Age[/b] (Win-Place-Runners) 3yo: 0-1-2 4yo: 3-11-71 5yo: 5-7-68 6yo: 1-6-49 7yo: 1-2-27 8yo+: 0-3-11 No huge bias on aged but horses aged 4 or 5 have won 8 of the last 10 and the two exceptions were both Makybe Diva winning it as a 6yo and 7yo. [b]Weights[/b] (in kilos) Horses carrying 57.0 or more: 1-3-11 Horses carrying 54 to 56.5: 4-11-63 Horses carrying 51 to 53.5: 5-11-116 Horses carrying 50.5 or less: 0-5-38 If we just focus on more recent...