Your Winning Post Melbourne Cup special will be available here from 8.30pm AEDT Saturday.

Cup week is here and the big race looks as wide-open as ever.

Defiantly leads what looks the strongest overseas challenge in years while Caulfield Cup runner-up Saint George is among the best of the locals.

Or is there a smokey lurking in the field like Knight's Choice in 2024?

While there's plenty of debate on the identity of the Cup winner, there's no doubt your best form guide for Tuesday's action is Winning Post's Melbourne Cup special.

Our full-colour 16-page Flemington guide is the one you need to find all the winners, and there's plenty more reading to keep you entertained through the day.

Shane Templeton, Paul Richards and Joel Marshall are among the writers giving their perspectives on the cup, while our monster Cup crossword will give the memory cells a workout.

And if you're looking to find a winner we've got plenty more than Flemington, with full form guides for Randwick, Morphettville, Eagle Farm, Ascot and Echuca Tuesday, plus fields for all the other Monday and Tuesday TAB meetings.

This year's Melbourne Cup special will be out first thing Monday, or Saturday night online.