Nine wins the Melbourne Cup despite Seven’s swindle
Nine was the main winner at this year's Melbourne Cup
Over two million Australians tuned into to watch the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday afternoon, with the average audience during the race rising by 8.8% from the 2024 broadcast.
According to Oztam’s ratings data, an average audience of 2.08 million viewers tuned into watch jockey Jamie Melham take the cup with Australian horse Half Yours.
Interestingly, the post-race presentation, as well as the ‘late’ coverage of the event, reached more viewers than the race itself, suggesting a number of people tuned in late — possibly due to widespread confusion about Seven’s own horse racing coverage, which was conveniently airing at the same time.
Did 9 show the first few races of the day? I know 7 didn’t.
Either way I’d rather just stick with racing.com or sky Thoroughbred. I had Sky racing 1 on most of the day. I’m not interested in fashion or background stories. I’m a punter. Just let me watch the damn races like every other day.