Melbourne Cup 2024 Public Holiday Schedule. The melbourne cup will be the seventh of 10 races during. The first race takes place approximately at 10:45am local time, with the last race scheduled shortly after 5:15pm local time.

Traditional public holiday meetings will continue to be run at flemington with new year’s day race day on 1 january and anzac day race day on 25 april. The first race takes place approximately at 10:45am local time, with the last race scheduled shortly after 5:15pm local time.