The 163rd Melbourne Cup will be run Tuesday afternoon at Flemington, with tens of thousands of punters expected to bet on Australia's biggest horse race of the year.
No New Zealand horse has made the cut for the big race - Taranaki-trained Ladies Man narrowly missed out.
But there are plenty of local links among the jockeys, including New Zealand-born favourite James McDonald.
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing racing business associate Robert Logan spoke to Corin Dann.
