Melbourne Cup live stream 2023: How to watch Australia's premier horse race

Kieran Francis

Melbourne Cup live stream 2023: How to watch Australia's premier horse race image

Australia's most prestigious horse race - the Melbourne Cup - will once again be held at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November.

Vauban is favourite to salute after the 3200m journey but defending champion Gold Trip will also be among the challengers.

While the feature race commences at 3pm (AEDT), there will also be nine other races during the meet.

The Sporting News has all the details on how to live stream the Melbourne Cup.

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How to live stream the Melbourne Cup

There are two options to watch the Melbourne Cup if you can't access a television on race day.

10play - Network 10's streaming arm - will stream all races from the Melbourne Cup meet live using their free-to-air television broadcast.

Foxtel streaming services such as Foxtel Go and Foxtel Watch will also show all the races via Sky Racing.

Is Sky Racing available on Kayo?

Kayo users will not be able to watch the Melbourne Cup as it doesn't have rights to show Sky Racing.

What channel is the Melbourne Cup on?

This year's Melbourne Cup will be broadcast live on free-to-air via Channel 10.

As always, Sky Racing will also show the big race live, as well as every other track around the country on Cup day. 

What time is the Melbourne Cup?

This year's Melbourne Cup will commence at 3pm AEDT. 

The first race of the day is expected to jump at 10.45am, with the final race on the card scheduled for 5.15pm. 

Melbourne Cup race schedule

Time Race (Distance)
10.45am Maribyrnong Plate (1000m)
11.20am Furphy Plate (1800m)
12.00pm TAB Trophy (1800m)
12.40pm The Schweppervescene Plate (1000m)
1.20pm The Macca's Run (2800m)
1.55pm Subzero Handicap (1400m)
3.00pm Melbourne Cup (3200m)
3.50pm Howden Desirable Stakes (1400m)
4.35pm The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (1400m)
5.15pm Paramount+ Trophy (1400m)

Kieran Francis

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.