Melbourne Cup coverage on 774 ABC

Next Tuesday 5 November, 774 ABC Melbourne is heading to Flemington
Racecourse to bring listeners all the colour and excitement of the
Melbourne Cup.

Jon Faine and co-host Heather Ewart will begin the track-side
coverage from 8.30am directly above the stables in the trainers stand with
its “unparalleled view of the track.” Special guest, ‘Dr Turf’ (John
Rothfield) will provide turf reports.

Then at 10.00am Derek Guille, Virginia Trioli and ‘Crackers’ Keenan
will take over the reigns. The coverage will include exclusive interviews with trainers, owners, jockeys and socialites, along with detailed descriptions of the crowd and the races.

At 2.00pm, ABC Sport’s Dwayne Russell will join Guille and Trioli to lead
into the National Grandstand coverage of the Melbourne Cup at 2.45pm.
At 3.10pm, THE race will be beamed to every local ABC radio station live
across the country.

As the afternoon draws to a close, Libby Price will take listeners through
until 6.00pm for a wrap up of the day’s highlights.

Live coverage of all races will also be heard on TAB stations around the country and on commercial networks.