Channel 10 have won the broadcast rights for The Melbourne Cup this year (along with some supporting Spring Carnival meetings) and have just announced that they'll also be showing some international meetings in the lead-up. I guess that the idea is to highlight potential runners so that those imports who do come don't quite feel like randoms to local audiences. Doubtless this programming would have been in concert with Racing Victoria's own International Operations section and based upon their foreign raider hit-list. There might be some leads for those who like to trade in futures markets.

Upcoming international meetings that will be shown on Channel Ten are:

• Group I Coral Eclipse meeting (July 6)
• Group I July Cup meeting (July 13)
• Gordon Stakes meeting at Goodwood (August 3)
• Ebor Handicap meeting (August 24)
• Group I Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes and Group I The Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes (September 28)
• ARC meeting (Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe) - (7 Group I's) (October 6)
• British Champions day meeting (October 19)