Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted October 31, 2021 Journalists Share Posted October 31, 2021 Flemington will be devoured by COVID free spectators watching the 2021 Melbourne Cup will be run and won this Tuesday at 3pm AEDT. Some quality horses have made the final field of 24, making this year’s running one of the hardest ever to find the winner. As ever, the weights will play a huge role in determining each runner’s chances. Who is the top weight in the 2021 Melbourne Cup? Last years winner Twilight Payment will start the big race as the 2021 Melbourne Cup top weight carrying the number one saddlecloth and 58kg. The horse is attmepting to win the race back to back in successive years, a feat only the great have acheived. In all previous runnings of the race, the top weight has won the race just 11 times. Heaviest weight carried by a Melbourne Cup winner By far the biggest weight for a Melbourne Cup winner was Carbine’s 10st 5lb in 1890, which translates to about 65.8kg in the new money. The Barb lugged a whopping 73kg back in the 1869 Melbourne Cup but failed to make the places, while Phar Lap hauled 68kg when running eighth in 1931. Since the turn of the millennium, Makybe Diva’s 58kg effort in 2005 is comfortably the biggest weight for a Melbourne Cup winner. That is also the biggest winning weight carried by a mare in the history of the great race. 2021 Melbourne Cup Field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Odds 1 Twilight Payment Joseph O’Brien Jye McNeil 2 58kg $11 2 Incentivise Peter Moody Brett Prebble 16 57kg $2.50 3 Spanish Mission Andrew Balding Craig Williams 14 57kg $9 4 Verry Elleegant Chris Waller James McDonald 19 57kg $15 5 Explosive Jack C Maher & D Eustace John Allen 4 54kg $51 6 The Chosen One M Baker & A Forsman Damian Lane 5 54kg $61 7 Delphi A & S Freedman Damien Oliver 3 53.5kg $41 8 Ocean Billy Chris Waller Damian Thornton 13 53.5kg $101 9 Selino Chris Waller Ron Stewart 24 53.5kg $151 10 Johnny Get Angry Denis Pagan Lachlan King 22 53kg $101 11 Knights Order G Waterhouse & A Bott Daniel Stackhouse 9 53kg $201 12 Persan C Maher & D Eustace Luke Currie 11 53kg $31 13 Carif P & P Snowden Blaike McDougall 8 52.5kg $201 14 Master Of Wine Team Hawkes Fred Kersley 6 52.5kg $101 15 Pondus Robert Hickmott Rachel King 1 52.5kg $41 16 Grand Promenade C Maher & D Eustace Kerrin McEvoy 21 52kg $21 17 Miami Bound Danny O’Brien Patrick Moloney 17 52kg $151 18 Port Guillaume Ben & JD Hayes Harry Coffey 23 52kg $151 19 She’s Ideel Bjorn Baker Craig Newitt 20 52kg $101 20 Future Score Matt Cumani Dean Yendall 15 51.5kg $301 21 Tralee Rose Symon Wilde Dean Holland 12 51kg $17 22 Floating Artist C Maher & D Eustace Teo Nugent 10 50kg $18 23 Great House Chris Waller Michael Dee 7 50kg $31 24 Sir Lucan G Waterhouse & A Bott Glen Boss 18 50kg $26 View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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