Dr Mumbo’s Guide to the Melbourne Cup

It’s the race that stops a nation, and at the very least the Melbourne Cup will definitely stop the media industry for at least a few minutes this afternoon.

But picking the winner of the two-miler can be notoriously hard, so Dr Mumbo decided to ask a few of the industry’s most learned form followers for their tips for the race.

Below you can see the picks from racing die-hards like West Australian News CEO Chris Wharton and MediaCom boss Mark Pejic who weighed the odds, studied the form and track to give us their carefully considered tips. Others with a more creative bent, such as McCann Melbourne executive creative director Pat Baron, have chosen their picks by the age old method of the horses’ name.