THE 2007 MELBOURNE CUP CARNIVAL: Emirates Stakes Day

LIVE COVERAGE

The VRC's No. 1 mile race and the major feature of the final day of Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Some champion horses have underlined their greatness with victory in this event, most notably Vain in 1969, which carried 4.5kg above weight for age to win in his third victory in eight days. This is a wonderful race day but more importantly every year establishes itself further as Family Day where race goers of tomorrow enjoy a fantastic day’s entertainment with their parents.

Channel Seven’s coverage will concentrate on both; for every winner on the track there’ll be some young boy or girl strutting their stuff in kids’ Fashions On The Field and having fun in the sun.

Australia’s foremost television racing host, BRUCE MCAVANEY, will lead the coverage, accompanied by his sidekicks RICHARD FREEDMAN and SIMON MARSHALL. PETER DONEGAN will get the good oil in the mounting yard, PAT WELSH sharing the odds in the betting ring, Melbourne Cup winning jockey JOHN LETTS in the saddle interviewing the winning hoops on course and GREG MILES is race caller.

Presenters include JOHANNA GRIGGS, MATTHEW WHITE, SHELLEY CRAFT, MICHAEL FELGATE, RICK OLARENSHAW and NEIL KEARNEY.

Master of ceremonies is SANDY ROBERTS and GEOFF “COXY” COX will make sure Family Day is a fabulous finale to Australasia’s greatest racing carnival.

Saturday November 10 at 11:00am on Seven