Melbourne Cup Field 2024

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Here is the field and barrier draw for the 2024 Melbourne Cup – Australian racing’s most famous prize.

No	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	VAUBAN (FR)	Willie Mullins	William Buick	11	55.5kg
2	BUCKAROO (GB)	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	21	54.5kg
3	CIRCLE OF FIRE (GB)	Ciaron Maher	Mark Zahra	24	54.5kg
4	WARP SPEED (JPN)	Noboru Takagi	Akira Sugawara	3	54.5kg
5	KOVALICA (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	17	53.5kg
6	SHARP ‘N’ SMART (NZ)	Graeme & Deborah Rogerson	Michael Dee	15	53.5kg
7	JUST FINE (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jye McNeil	13	53kg
8	LAND LEGEND (FR)	Chris Waller	Zac Purton	18	53kg
9	ABSURDE (FR)	Willie Mullins	Kerrin McEvoy	7	52.5kg
10	ATHABASCAN (FR)	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton	Zac Lloyd (a)	2	52kg
11	KNIGHT’S CHOICE	John Symons & Sheila Laxon	Robbie Dolan	6	51.5kg
12	OKITA SOUSHI (IRE)	Ciaron Maher	Ms Jamie Kah	10	51kg
13	ONESMOOTHOPERATOR (USA)	Brian Ellison	Craig Williams	12	51kg
14	ZARDOZI	James Cummings	Andrea Atzeni	4	51kg
15	SEA KING (GB)	Harry Eustace	Ms Hollie Doyle	1	50.5kg
16	VALIANT KING (GB)	Chris Waller	Craig Newitt	22	50.5kg
17	FANCY MAN (IRE)	Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald	Ron Stewart	19	50kg
18	INTERPRETATION (IRE)	Ciaron Maher	Teo Nugent	14	50kg
19	MANZOICE	Chris Waller	Declan Bates	8	50kg
20	MOSTLY CLOUDY (IRE)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Karis Teetan	16	50kg
21	POSITIVITY (NZ)	Andrew Forsman	Ms Winona Costin	20	50kg
22	SAINT GEORGE (GB)	Ciaron Maher	TBA	9	50kg
23	THE MAP	Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray	Ms Rachel King	23	50kg
24	TRUST IN YOU (NZ)	Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley	Mark Du Plessis	5	50kg

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Melbourne Cup Day Form Guide20231107_flemington_252220 (1).pdf

[holy ravioli]

Todays NZ Herald has all the numbers screwed up....Vauben is number 3...Kovalia 9...they are all wrong.No surprise I guess.😬

[Huey]

Fancy Man just wins.