The 2024 Melbourne Cup field is set and the barrier draw is too!
Caulfield Cup runner up Buckaroo is the favourite ($5.50) and will wear saddlecloth No. 2.
Champion trainer Chris Waller has the most runners with five, while the Ciaron Maher stable have four horses engaged.
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MELBOURNE CUP FINAL FIELD
Ballot Order – Horse (barrier) – Trainer – Jockey – Weight
1 – VAUBAN (11) – Willie Mullins – William Buick – 55.5kg
2 – BUCKAROO (21) – Chris Waller – Joao Moreira – 54.5kg
3 – CIRCLE OF FIRE (24) – Ciaron Maher – Mark Zahra – 54.5kg
4 – WARP SPEED (3) – Noboru Takagi – Akira Sugawara – 54kg
5 – KOVALICA (17) – Chris Waller – Damian Lane – 53.5kg
6 – SHARP ‘N’ SMART (15) – Graeme & Deborah Rogerson – Michael Dee – 53.5kg
7 – JUST FINE (13) – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Jye McNeill – 53kg
8 – LAND LEGEND (18) – Chris Waller – Zac Purton – 53kg
9 – ABSURDE (7) – Willie Mullins – Kerrin McEvoy – 52.5kg
10 – ATHABASCAN (2) – John O’Shea & Tom Charlton – Zac Lloyd – 52kg
11 – KNIGHT’S CHOICE (6) – John Symons & Sheila Laxon – Robbie Dolan – 51.5kg
12 – OKITA SOUSHI (10) – Ciaron Maher – Jamie Kah – 51kg
13 – ONESMOOTHOPERATOR (12) – Brian Ellison – Craig Williams – 51kg
14 – ZARDOZI (4) – James Cummings – Andrea Atzeni – 51kg
15 – SEA KING (1) – Harry Eustace – Hollie Doyle – 50.5kg
16 – VALIANT KING (22) – Chris Waller – Craig Newitt – 50.5kg
17 – FANCY MAN (19) – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Ron Stewart – 50kg
18 – INTERPRETATION (14) – Ciaron Maher – Teo Nugent – 50kg
19 – MANZOICE (8) – Chris Waller – Declan Bates – 50kg
20 – MOSTLY CLOUDY (16) – Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young – Karis Teetan – 50kg
21 – POSITIVITY (20) – Andrew Forsman – Winona Costin – 50kg
22 – SAINT GEORGE (9) – Ciaron Maher – Tyler Schiller – 50kg
23 – THE MAP (23) – Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray – Rachel King – 50kg
24 – TRUST IN YOU (5) – Bruce Wallce & Grant Cooksley – Mark Du Plessis – 50kg
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