Read on for our Ladbrokes Underdog’s Guide to the Melbourne Cup: Long Shot Nominations Worth a Second Look! The first round of nominations for the 2025 Melbourne Cup closed earlier in the week, and we’ve got 120 gallopers in the mix for the 165th running of the now $10 million showpiece staying showdown. To help punters unlock the value in this beauty of a race, we’ve run our eye over the early form guides and come up with the 10 Melbourne Cup outsiders in early betting that you should be across. These gallopers may be getting zero love in post-nomination…

Following the close of nominations for the $10 million Melbourne Cup this week, it’s time to meet the top five favourites for this year’s edition of the ‘Race That Stops a Nation’. With less than two months between now and the 165th running of the time-honoured, two-mile classic, the futures Melbourne Cup markets are starting to run hotter than your mate’s group chat after a big win. The official Melbourne Cup nominations drew 120 early entries, including 19 Northern hemisphere raiders out to rain on the local’s parade. Below we look at five of the standout stayers heading all-in betting…

Treasurethe Moment is a brilliant two-time Oaks winner ready for the Spring Group 1s.  Update: Treasurethe Moment made an explosive return to racing smashing her more seasoned rivals by 2.5 lengths fresh to win the Memsie Stakes and stamp herself as the potential new queen of the season! With the Spring Cup lead-up races now in full swing, this week for the fifth edition of our Spring Prospect Watchlist we’ve turned our attention to one of last season’s best staying fillies who is tipped to go to the next level this prep. Last week we dove into the spring credentials…