Wondering who you should have your money on in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup? Need some handy stats to impress your friends and colleagues? Here’s your five-minute guide to tomorrow’s great race. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Run at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November every year, the Melbourne Cup is a 3200m (two miles in the old parlance) contest worth a total of $10 million. The winner’s cheque is $4.5 million, and even the beaten brigade placed 13th to 24th receive a cool $100,000). The race will start at 3pm AEDT.