Melbourne Cup 2025

 

TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER | 11am - 4pm

Calcutta Draw - Monday 3 November from 6.30pm

 

The race that stops the nation comes to the Woodstock.

 

Join us for a Melbourne Cup to remember at the Woodstock - great food & drinks, sweepstakes and best dressed. Most importantly, every moment will be shown on our big screens throughout so you can raise a glass and celebrate together. 

 

For an extra element of excitement, join our Calcutta draw the evening before from 6.30pm (see full rules below). 

 

Stand Up | $55 per person

includes roaming canapes and two-hour beverage - house wines & tap beers

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Canapes

 

Roasted Vegetable & Pesto Tart
 

Saffron & Manchego Arancini, aioli
 

King Island Beef Pie, tomato relish
 

Crispy Fried Chicken, chipotle mayo, pickles
 

Peking Duck Spring Roll, hoisin sauce 
 

Spiced Lamb Kofta, white bean hommus
 

Cheeseburger Slider, pickles, special sauce

 

 

Drinks

 

Wine

 

Leftbank Sparkling


Leftbank Pinot Grigio


Rayonner Rose


Leftbank Cabernet Merlot

 

 

Beer

All tap beers

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Calcutta Draw

 

Join us for a raffle and auction of the horses in the 2025 Melbourne Cup. Entrants will purchase raffle tickets for $5 from the sports bar and their name will be recorded. Raffle tickets must be purchased before 6.30pm on Monday 3 November. All takings from ticket sales will go into the prize pool.

 

At 7pm on Monday 3 November, the draw will be held. Raffle tickets will be drawn at random to determine the 'owner' of each horse in the race until each horse has an 'owner'. There will be a 15-minute break halfway through the draw. 

 

The auction will then commence. Participants can bid to 'buy' each horse from the 'owner' whose ticket was drawn for that horse. Anyone who bought a ticket can bid, and the 'owner' can bid to retain 'ownership' of the horse as well. All bids are final once the auctioneer calls 'sold' and all money MUST be available at the time of the auction with no allowance for extensions; in the event that the highest bidder cannot fulfil their bid, the second-highest bidder will have the opportunity to 'buy' the horse. 'Ownership' of the horse transfers to the highest bidder. 50% of the winning bid goes to the original 'owner' (who may collect their winnings 30 minutes after the Calcutta auction is wholly completed) and the remaining 50% is transferred into the prize pool. If any horse receives no bids, the original 'owner' whose ticket was drawn for that horse will take it into the race. 

 

The prize pool will be divided amongst the 'owners' of the winning horses of the Melbourne Cup, per the below proportions:
1st Place - 70%
2nd Place - 25%
3rd Place - 5%