For some years called ‘The race that stops a nation,’ the Melbourne Cup happens annually on the first Tuesday of November on Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse. The competition is organized and governed by the Victoria Racing Club, founded in 1864.
Kwa miaka baadhi iitwayo ‘The race kwamba ataacha taifa,’ ya Melbourne Cup hufanyika kila mwaka Jumanne ya kwanza ya Novemba tarehe Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse. Ushindani ni kupangwa na serikali na Victoria Racing Club, ilianzishwa mwaka wa 1864.