Melbourne Cup Odds: Zarita and Yellowstone Scratched

Flemington Racecourse is the place to be for tomorrow's Melbourne Cup. (AP Images)"]

Australia's richest horse race, the $5.5 million  Melbourne Cup, goes down tomorrow and as usual with big races like this, the last-minute drama is unfolding rapidly.

Zarita has been scratched due to a virus, while English horse Yellowstone scratched because of a hip injury. The field has now been reduced  to 22.

Yellowstone's jockey John Egan was fined $8,000 for the comments he made during a television interview in which he called racing  vets a "couple of tinpot  Hitlers."  

English horse Mad Rush is the favorite  ahead of Irish stayer Septimus who will run under  concerns that the  Flemington track is too firm, although  Septimus' team is happy with the latest track inspection. Get your Melbourne Cup odds in the Bodog Racebook today.