Melbourne Cup field & barrier draw

The Melbourne Cup 2025 field was confirmed on Saturday, November 1, with the barrier draw to be conducted following the VRC Derby Day meeting at Flemington Racecourse.

2025 Melbourne Cup Field

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Melbourne Cup 2025 betting odds

Odds for the Melbourne Cup as of November 2, 2025:

RUNNER	WIN ODDS	PLACE ODDS
Half Yours	+550	+150
Valiant King	+700	+200
Presage Nocturne	+750	+210
Al Riffa	+800	+240
Buckaroo	+800	+230
Meydaan	+1700	+400
River Of Stars	+1800	+500
Flatten The Curve	+2000	+650
Onesmoothoperator	+2000	+650

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Recent Melbourne Cup fields

• 2024 Melbourne Cup field & barrier draw

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1	—	Vauban	Willie Mullins	William Buick	11	55.5kg	+500
  2	—	Buckaroo	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	21	54.5kg	+450
  3	—	Circle Of Fire	Ciaron Maher	Mark Zahra	24	54.5kg	+3300
  4	—	Warp Speed	Noboru Takagi	Akira Sugawara	3	54kg	+4000
  5	—	Kovalica	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	17	53.5kg	+2500
  6	—	Sharp ‘N’ Smart	Graeme & Deborah Rogerson	Michael Dee	15	53.5kg	+7000
  7	—	Just Fine	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jye McNeil	13	53kg	+3300
  8	—	Land Legend	Chris Waller	Zac Purton	18	53kg	+2000
  9	—	Absurde	Willie Mullins	Kerrin McEvoy	7	52.5kg	+1000
  10	—	Athabascan	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton	Zac Lloyd	2	52kg	SCR
  11	—	Knight’s Choice	John Symons & Sheila Laxon	Robbie Dolan	6	51.5kg	+15000
  12	—	Okita Soushi	Ciaron Maher	Jamie Kah	10	51kg	+1600
  13	—	Onesmoothoperator	Brian Ellison	Craig Williams	12	51kg	+700
  14	—	Zardozi	James Cummings	Andrea Atzeni	4	51kg	+1100
  15	—	Sea King	Harry Eustace	Hollie Doyle	1	50.5kg	+850
  16	—	Valiant King	Chris Waller	Craig Newitt	22	50.5kg	+6000
  17	—	Fancy Man	Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald	Ron Stewart	19	50kg	+10000
  18	—	Interpretation	Ciaron Maher	Teo Nugent	14	50kg	+1800
  19	—	Manzoice	Chris Waller	Declan Bates	8	50kg	+8000
  20	—	Mostly Cloudy	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Karis Teetan	16	50kg	+10000
  21	—	Positivity	Andrew Forsman	Winona Costin	20	50kg	+10000
  22	—	Saint George	Ciaron Maher	Tyler Schiller	9	50kg	+3300
  23	—	The Map	Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray	Rachel King	23	50kg	+2500
  24	—	Trust In You	Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley	Mark Du Plessis	5	50kg	+15000

• 2023 Melbourne Cup field & barrier draw

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1		Gold Trip	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald	2	58.5kg	+340
  2		Alenquer	Michael Moroney	Damien Oliver	9	56.5kg	+5000
  3		Without A Fight	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	16	56.5kg	+600
  4		Breakup	Taisuya Yoshioka	Kohei Matsuyama	18	55kg	+1700
  5		Vauban	Willie Mullins	Ryan Moore	3	55kg	+240
  6		Soulcombe	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	4	53.5kg	+1000
  7		Absurde	Willie Mullins	Zac Purton	8	53kg	+2200
  8		Right You Are	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	15	53kg	+7000
  9		Vow And Declare	Danny O'Brien	Billy Egan	19	53kg	+3000
  10		Cleveland	Kris Lees	Michael Dee	23	52kg	SCR
  11		Ashrun	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Kerrin McEvoy	11	51.5kg	+4000
  12		Daqiansweet Junior	Phillip Stokes	Daniel Stackhouse	12	51.5kg	+9000
  13		Okita Soushi	Joseph O'Brien	Dylan Gibbons	20	51.5kg	+7000
  14		Sheraz	Chris Waller	Beau Mertens	22	51.5kg	+12500
  15		Lastotchka	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Craig Williams	21	51kg	+2500
  16		Magical Lagoon	Chris Waller	Mark Du Plessis	7	51kg	+9000
  17		Military Mission	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Rachel King	5	51kg	+4500
  18		Serpentine	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jye McNeil	1	51kg	+6000
  19		Virtuous Circle	Liam Howley	Craig Newitt	6	51kg	+9000
  20		More Felons	Chris Waller	Jamie Kah	24	50.5kg	+3000
  21		Future History	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Hollie Doyle	13	50kg	+2600
  22		Interpretation	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Teo Nugent	17	50kg	+6000
  23		Kalapour	Kris Lees	Zac Lloyd	14	50kg	+5000
  24		True Marvel	Matthew Smith	Ben Thompson	10	50kg	+15000

• 2022 Melbourne Cup field & barrier draw

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1		Gold Trip	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	14	57.5kg	$13
  2		Duais	Edward Cummings	Hugh Bowman	10	55.5kg	$21
  3		Knights Order	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	24	55.5kg	$21
  4		Montefilia	David Payne	Jason Collett	11	55.5kg	$11
  5		Numerian	Annabel Neasham	Tommy Berry	7	55.5kg	$61
  6		Without A Fight	Simon & Ed Crisford	William Buick	18	55.5kg	$11
  7		Camorra	Ben & JD Hayes	Ben Melham	17	55kg	$41
  8		Deauville Legend	James Ferguson	Kerrin McEvoy	9	55kg	$3.80
  9		Stockman	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	2	54kg	$34
  10		Vow And Declare	Danny O'Brien	Blake Shinn	4	54kg	$18
  11		Young Werther	Danny O'Brien	Damian Lane	21	54kg	$26
  12		Hoo Ya Mal	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Craig Williams	15	53.5kg	$21
  13		Serpentine	Robert Hickmott	John Allen	23	53.5kg	$61
  14		Daqiansweet Junior	Phillip Stokes	Daniel Moor	13	53kg	$51
  15		Grand Promenade	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	1	53kg	$61
  16		Arapaho	Bjorn Baker	Rachel King	19	52.5kg	$101
  17		Emissary	Mike Moroney	Patrick Moloney	3	51.5kg	$21
  18		Lunar Flare	Grahame Begg	Michael Dee	12	51.5kg	$21
  19		Smokin' Romans	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Kah	16	51.5kg	$21
  20		Tralee Rose	Symon Wilde	Dean Yendall	22	51kg	$101
  21		Point Nepean	Robert Hickmott	Wayne Lordan	20	51kg	$71
  22		High Emocean	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Teo Nugent	8	50kg	$51
  23		Interpretation	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Newitt	6	50kg	$41
  24		Realm Of Flowers	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Thornton	5	50kg	$15

• 2015 Melbourne Cup field & barrier draw

  #	Horse Name	Trainer	Jockey	Weight (kg)	Barrier	Current Odds
  1	Snow Sky (GB)	Sir Michael Stoute	Ryan Moore	58.0	16	$51
  2	Criterion (NZ)	David Hayes and Tom Dabernig	Michael Walker	57.5	4	$16
  3	Fame Game (JPN)	Yoshitada Munakata	Zac Purton	57.0	12	$4
  4	Our Ivanhowe (GER)	Lee and Anthony Freedman	Ben Melham	56.0	22	$26
  5	Big Orange (GB)	Michael Bell	Jamie Spencer	55.5	23	$51
  6	Hartnell (GB)	John O'Shea	James McDonald	55.5	17	$31
  7	Hokko Brave (JPN)	Yasutoshi Matsunaga	Craig Williams	55.5	20	$31
  8	Max Dynamite (FR)	William Mullins	Frankie Dettori	55.0	2	$14
  9	Red Cadeaux (GB)	Ed Dunlop	Gerald Mosse	55.0	8	$26
  10	Trip To Paris (IRE)	Ed Dunlop	Tommy Berry	55.0	14	$8.50
  11	Who Shot Thebarman (NZ)	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	54.5	6	$21
  12	Sky Hunter (GB)	Saeed Bin Suroor	William Buick	54.0	7	$51
  13	The Offer (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse	Damien Oliver	54.0	13	$41
  14	Grand Marshal (GB)	Chris Waller	Jim Cassidy	53.5	15	$31
  15	Preferment (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	53.5	11	$9.50
  16	Quest For More (IRE)	Roger Charlton	Damian Lane	53.5	21	$101
  17	Almoonqith (USA)	David Hayes and Tom Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	53.0	10	$16
  18	Kingfisher (IRE)	Aiden O'Brien	Colm O'Donoghue	53.0	9	$26
  19	Prince Of Penzance (NZ)	Darren Weir	Michelle Payne	53.0	1	$81
  20	Bondi Beach (IRE)	Aiden O'Brien	Brett Prebble	52.5	18	$26
  21	Sertorius	Jamie Edwards	Craig Newitt	52.5	5	$201
  22	The United States (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Joao Moreira	52.5	3	$21
  23	Excess Knowledge (GB)	Gai Waterhouse	Kerrin McEvoy	51.o	24	$21
  24	Gust Of Wind (NZ)	John Sargent	Chad Schofield	51.0	19	$31

• 2014 Melbourne Cup field & barrier draw

  #	Horse Name	Trainer	Jockey	Weight (kg)	Barrier	Current Odds
  1	Admire Rakti (JPN)	Tomoyuki Umeda	Zac Purton	58.5	8	$5.50
  2	Cavalryman (GB)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Craig Williams	57.0	3	$26
  3	Fawkner	Robert Hickmott	Nicholas Hall	57.0	9	$9
  4	Red Cadeaux (GB)	Ed Dunlop	Gerald Mosse	57.0	15	$21
  5	Protectionist (GER)	Andreas Wohler	Ryan Moore	56.5	11	$7
  6	Sea Moon (GB)	Robert Hickmott	Tommy Berry	56.5	18
  7	Seismos (IRE)	Marco Botti	Craig Newitt	56.0	1	$61
  8	Junoob (GB)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	55.5	7	$26
  9	Royal Diamond (IRE)	Johnny Murtagh	Steven Arnold	55.5	6	$61
  10	Gatewood (GB)	John Gosden	William Buick	55.0	22	$71
  11	Mutual Regard (IRE)	Johnny Murtagh	Damien Oliver	55.0	12	$11
  12	Who Shot TheBarman (NZ)	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	55.0	13	$21
  13	Willing Foe (USA)	Saeed Bin Suroor	James McDonald	55.0	17	$31
  14	My Ambivalent (IRE)	Roger Vairan	Andrea Atzeni	54.5	4	$41
  15	Precedence (NZ)	Bart and James Cummings	Michael Rodd	54.5	20	$91
  16	Brambles (NZ)	Peter Moody	Luke Nolen	54.0	21	$61
  17	Mr O'Ceirin (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Mark Zahra	54.0	19	$151
  18	Au Revoir (IRE)	Andre Fabre	Glyn Schofield	53.5	23	$61
  19	Lidari (FR)	Peter Moody	Ben Melham	53.5	10	$61
  20	Opinion (IRE)	Chris Waller	Tye Angland	53.5	14	$61
  21	Araldo (GB)	Michael Moroney	Dwayne Dunn	53.0	24	$26
  22	Lucia Valentina (NZ)	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	53.0	2	$7
  23	Unchain My Heart	David Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Dean Yendall	51.5	5	$101
  24	Signoff (IRE)	Darren Weir	Joao Moreira	51.0	16	$7.50

• 2013 Melbourne Cup Field & Barrier Draw

  Number	Silks	Horse Name	Trainer	Jockey	Weight (kg)	Barrier	Current Odds
  1		Dunaden (FR)	Mikel Delzangles	Jamie Spencer	58.5	1	$51
  2		Green Moon (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Brett Prebble	57.5	10	$34
  3		Red Cadeaux (GB)	Ed Dunlop	Gerald Mosse	56.5	23	$67
  4		Sea Moon (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Steven Arnold	56.5	7	$11
  5		Brown Panther (GB)	Tom Dascombe	Richard Kingscombe	55	6	$21
  6		Fiorente (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse	Damien Oliver	55	5	$7.00
  7		Foreteller (GB)	Chris Waller	Craig Newitt	55	15	$34
  8		Dandino (GB)	Marco Botti	Ryan Moore	54.5	4	$10
  9		Ethiopia	Pat Carey	Rhys McLeod	54.5	14	$81
  10		Fawkner	Robert Hickmott	Nicholas Hall	54.5	8	$18
  11		Mourayan (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Brenton Avdulla	54.5	19	$101
  12		Seville (GER)	Robert Hickmott	Hugh Bowman	54.5	9	$17
  13		Super Cool	Mark Kavanagh	Corey Brown	54.5	13	$41
  14		Masked Marvel (GB)	Robert Hickmott	Michael Rodd	54	2	$34
  15		Mount Athos (IRE)	Luca Cumani	Craig Williams	54	22	$13
  16		Royal Empire (IRE)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Kerrin McEvoy	54	11	$21
  17		Voleuse De Coeurs (IRE)	Michael Moroney	James McDonald	54	21	$19
  18		Hawkspur	Chris Waller	Jim Cassidy	53.5	18	$15
  19		Simenon (IRE)	Willie Mullins	Richard Hughes	53.5	12	$21
  20		Ibicenco (GER)	Peter Moody	Luke Nolen	53	17	$67
  21		Verema (FR)	Alain de Royer Dupre	Christophe Lemaire	53	3	$17
  22		Dear Demi	Clarrie Conners	Chris Munce	51	16	$21
  23		Tres Blue (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse	Tommy Berry	51	20	$21
  24		Ruscello (IRE)	Ed Dunlop	Chad Scholfield	50	24	$51

• 2012 Melbourne Cup Field & Barrier Draw

  Number	Silks	Horse Name	Trainer	Jockey	Weight (kg)	Barrier
  1		Dunaden (FR)	Mikel Delzangles	Craig Williams	58	16
  2		Americain (USA)	Alain de Royer Dupre	Damien Oliver	58	12
  3		Jakkalberry (IRE)	Marco Botti	Colm O'Donoghue	55.5	19
  4		Red Cadeaux (GB)	Ed Dunlop	Michael Rodd	55.5	18
  5		Winchester (USA)	John Sadler	Jamie Mott	55.5	22
  6		Voila Ici	Peter Moody	Vlad Duric	53	13
  7		Cavalryman (GB)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Frankie Dettori	54	6
  8		Mount Athos (IRE)	Luca Cumani	Ryan Moore	54	8
  9		Sanagas (GER)	Bart Cummings	Nicholas Hall	54	4
  10		Ethiopia	Pat Carey	Rhys McLeod	53.5	14
  11		Fiorente (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse	James McDonald	53.5	2
  12		Galileo’s Choice (IRE)	Dermot Weld	Pat Smullen	53.5	11
  13		Glencadam Gold (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse	Tommy Berry	53.5	7
  14		Green Moon (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Brett Prebble	53.5	5
  15		Maluckyday (NZ)	Team Hawkes	Jim Cassidy	53.5	9
  16		Mourayan (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Hugh Bowman	53.5	3
  17		My Quest For Peace (IRE)	Luca Cumani	Corey Brown	53.5	1
  18		Niwot	John,Michael & Wayne Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	53.5	15
  19		Tac De Boistron (FR)	Michael Kent	Olivier Doleuze	55.5	21
  20		Lights Of Heaven (NZ)	Peter Moody	Luke Nolen	53	17
  21		Precedence (NZ)	Bart Cummings	Blake Shinn	53	20
  22		Unusual Suspect (USA)	Michael Kent	Glyn Schofield	53	23
  23		Zabeelionaire (NZ)	Leon Corstens	Craig Newitt	52	24
  24		Kelinni (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	51	10

• 2011 Melbourne Cup Field & Barrier Draw

  #	Silks	Horse Name	Trainer	Jockey	Weight (kg)	BARRIER
  1		Americain (USA)	Alain de Royer Dupre	Gerald Mosse	58	15
  2		Jukebox Jury (IRE)	Mark Johnston	Neil Callan	57	6
  3		Dunaden (FR)	Mikel Delzangles	Christophe Lemaire	54.5 inc 0.5kg penalty	13
  4		Drunken Sailor (IRE)	Luca Cumani	Dwayne Dunn	54	8
  5		Glass Harmonium (IRE)	Michael Moroney	Lisa Cropp	54	23
  6		Manighar (FR)	Luca Cumani	Damien Oliver	54	21
  7		Unusual Suspect (USA)	Michael Kent	Brad Rawiller	54	7
  8		Fox Hunt (IRE)	Mark Johntson	Silvestre De Souza	53.5 inc 0.5kg penalty	19
  9		Lucas Cranach (GER)	Anthony Freedman	Core Brown	53.5	11
  10		Mourayan (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Hugh Bowman	53.5	14
  11		Precedence	Bart Cummings	Darrebn Beadman	53.5	2
  12		Red Cadeaux (GB)	Ed Dunlop	Micahel Rodd	53.5	16
  13		Hawk Island (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glynn Schofield	53	18
  14		Illo (GER)	Bart Cummings	Jimy Cassidy	53	1
  15		Lost In The Moment (IRE)	Saeed Bin Suroor	William Buick	53	3
  16		Modun (IRE)	Sir Michael Stoute	Kierrin McEvoy	53	5
  17		At First Sight (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Steven King	52.5	10
  18		Moyenne Corniche (GB)	Brian Ellison	Brett Prebble	52	17
  19		Saptapadi (IRE)	Brian Ellison	Chris Aymons	52	22
  20		Shamrocker (NZ)	Danny O'Brien	Luke Nolen	52	24
  21		The Verminator	Chris Waller	Craig Newitt	52 inc 2.0kg penalty	4
  22		Tullamore (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	Chris Munce	52	12
  23		Niwot	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dean Yendall	51	9
  24		Older Than Time	Gai Waterhouse	Tim Clark	51	20

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