2026 Melbourne Cup Preview | 2 UNITS, 1 CUP

The race that stops a nation gets the full 2 UNITS treatment.

Welcome to 2 UNITS, 1 CUP for 2026.

Footy and Sults go runner by runner through all 24 horses in this year’s Melbourne Cup, breaking down the internationals, the local hopes, the stayers, the question marks and the runners we simply can’t have.

We assess every runner as a Winning Hope, Top 10, Risk or Can’t Win before revealing our final Top 10s and how we’d spend $100 on the race.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 2 UNITS, 1 CUP
08:45 Flemington weather & track conditions
11:37 Cup Day undercard tips
18:18 Melbourne Cup speed map & race shape

20:00 1. SONS AND LOVERS
22:10 2. TRUSTYOURINSTINCT
24:36 3. KNIGHT'S CHOICE
26:46 4. MIDDLE EARTH
29:00 5. VAUBAN
30:31 6. ENFJAAR
32:10 7. ROYAL SUPREMACY
33:09 8. WINE DARK SEA
34:37 9. ASTERIX
35:28 10. GOODIE TWO SHOES
37:37 11. JUJA KIBO
39:45 12. HOPEWELL ROCK
43:47 13. ONESMOOTHOPERATOR
44:11 14. SOUL OF SPAIN
45:52 15. ZAHRANN
47:11 16. SO YOU ARE
48:58 17. FUTURE HISTORY
50:27 18. JAMES J BRADDOCK
53:06 19. KIZLYAR
55:10 20. POINT OF LAW
57:48 21. STRICTLY BUSINESS
59:05 22. MR MONACO
1:00:29 23. ZAKOUMA
1:02:45 24. SHOCKLETZ

1:05:31 Sults' Melbourne Cup Top 10
1:06:46 Footy's Melbourne Cup Top 10
1:08:18 $100 Melbourne Cup betting strategies
1:09:21 Box First 4s

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