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Melbourne Cup

Australian horse race held at Flemington, Melbourne each year
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Melbourne Cup

Summary

Melbourne Cup is a recurring sporting event[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of recurring_sporting_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (599 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melbourne Cup is located in Victoria[3].
  • Melbourne Cup is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Melbourne Cup's image is recorded as Protectionist before the 2014 Melbourne Cup.jpg[5].
  • Melbourne Cup's image is recorded as Woman-hat.jpg[6].
  • Melbourne Cup's instance of is recorded as recurring sporting event[7].
  • Melbourne Cup's location is recorded as Flemington Racecourse[8].
  • Melbourne Cup's subclass of is recorded as horse race[9].
  • Melbourne Cup's Commons category is recorded as Melbourne Cup[10].
  • +1861-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Melbourne Cup[11].
  • Melbourne Cup's start time is recorded as +1861-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Melbourne Cup's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -37.79082777777778, 'lon': 144.91172777777777}[13].
  • Melbourne Cup's sport is recorded as horse racing[14].
  • Melbourne Cup's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/054kv[15].
  • Melbourne Cup's official website is recorded as https://www.vrc.com.au/melbourne-cup-carnival/[16].
  • Melbourne Cup's sponsor is recorded as Lexus[17].
  • Melbourne Cup's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melbourne Cup[18].
  • Melbourne Cup's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as sports/Melbourne-Cup[19].
  • Melbourne Cup's BBC Things ID is recorded as 132d82de-4e12-4599-9d16-b573afd00bd5[20].
  • Melbourne Cup's The Guardian topic ID is recorded as sport/melbourne-cup[21].
  • Melbourne Cup's Quora topic ID is recorded as Melbourne-Cup[22].
  • Melbourne Cup's Encyclopedia of Melbourne ID is recorded as EM00935b[23].

Why It Matters

Melbourne Cup ranks in the top 3% of recurring_sporting_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (599 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Australia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Melbourne Cup. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/melbourne-cup
MLA “Melbourne Cup.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/melbourne-cup.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_melbourne-cup_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Melbourne Cup}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/melbourne-cup}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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