Young English trainer James Ferguson quips he will only have to win the Melbourne Cup once to get his hands on the famous trophy. Best long distance form: 1st - 2400m - Listed, Mornington Cup, August 2023; 5th - 2400m - G1, Caulfield Cup, October 2023; 1st - 2000m - Flemington, Australian. Still. 50 compared with the 8. A favourite horse has won the Melbourne Cup 34 times out of 154. Form: 1131×33912 Verdict: Last year's winner is now a 9-year-old and was the oldest horse in over 80. In this activity, participants randomly draw horses from a pool, and each horse corresponds to a specific position in the actual race. The remaining 23 horses have been passed as suitable to race tomorrow. Gold Trip is second best at $7 as it looks to go back-to-back. 4. The Melbourne Cup 2023 field is released on November 4, 2023 with the confirmed Melbourne Cup horses to be detailed below. Barrier 5 – 8 wins, last in 2013. An artist's impression of Archer winning the first Melbourne Cup in 1861. No horse has won the Melbourne Cup with a four word name. Raging Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise has been upstaged with reigning Australian horse of the year Verry Elleegant taking out the 2021 Melbourne Cup in a thrilling upset victory. However, the list certainly does not stop there, with other notable Melbourne Cup winners including Carbine in 1890, Peter Pan in 1932. 5kg less than those horses. The hot favourite for this year's Melbourne Cup is Incentivise, a star horse trained by Peter Moody. 30 to $2. Find out the Melbourne Cup horses list for 2024 here. Incentivise went into the Caulfield Cup holding a daunting title - favourite for the Melbourne Cup. Ryan Reynolds @Reynolds_R. Avilius (10) — $51 to win, $12 to place. The favourite for the Melbourne Cup, Vauban, has caught the eye of track watchers and rival trainers one week out from the great race. "I think we can (win the Melbourne Cup). 5kg James McDonald - Fixed: WIN $6. Deauville Legend is the pre-post Melbourne Cup favourite, and along with Eldar Eldarov, has been given 55kg, while Hoo Ya Mal will carry 53. Since 2006, only four Melbourne Cup favourites have finished in the top 3; 13 of the last 16 Melbourne Cup winners have had odds higher than 10. A key lead-up into the ‘race that stops a nation’ takes place at. Subzero and 5 other grey horses have won the Melbourne Cup; World Wars I and II stopped most major races in Australia, but not the Melbourne Cup. By Kyle French. Point Nepean, a $51 chance, was withdrawn on Monday morning due to elevated blood results. Mullins will also saddle-up his Ebor Handicap winner Absurde in his bid at Melbourne Cup glory down under. A. 50 on the NZ TAB. Wet: 5: 5-0-0 . Yes, three former Kiwi jockeys who began their careers in New Zealand before shifting to greener pastures across the ditch will ride in the 2021 Cup: James McDonald rides no. The names of the other horses to die in the Cup are as well known as some of the horses that have won it: the much-loved Red Cadeaux in 2015, the Japanese race favourite Admire Rakti in 2014 and. Exclusions apply. Choosing a horse at random from the field of 24 gives you about a 4 per cent chance of winning. There have been 26 Melbourne Cups where the favourite – or in the case of 1863 equal favourites – started $3. Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise has had a trouble-free build-up to Australia's greatest race. Melbourne Cup 2021: Horses, field, form and betting guide; two runners in doubt. 3-year-old horses have never fared well in the Melbourne Cup. Wet Track Stats: 16: 3-1-4. 1 October, 2023. This would cost $110 for 100 per cent of the trifecta, but the good thing about the flexi betting option is that you choose how much you spend. Willie Mullins’ fascination with the Melbourne Cup started 30 years ago. A favourite has never won the Melbourne Cup more than two years in a row. French stayer brought to Australia in 2022 with Cups/Cox Plate ambitions, Gold Trip finished second in the 2022 Caulfield Cup carrying 57. McDonald, win the competition in an intriguing race. GOLD TRIP (FR) 57. Melbourne Cup Horse Stats. This is a SERIOUS horse. 10) paying for places. The overall prize money for the Melbourne Cup 2023 is $8 million dollars. Melbourne Cup 2021 Scratchings Update: #20 Future Score (15) has been withdrawn after failing a last-minute vet check by Racing Victoria. Brodie Nickson. Prize Money: $8,000,000. Best long-distance form: 1st in Caulfield Cup on Oct 16. 30pm Tuesday, November 3) 1. Last 6: 1x1343. Melbourne Cup 2023:. After 35 years in the saddle, the fan favourite wants to finish his career with a Melbourne Cup bang. Download your Melbourne Cup sweepstake here. JAMES McDONALD (2021 winner on Verry Elleegant) via Racenet . Caulfield Cup form: All eyes on Melbourne Cup favourite but a $13 hope can spoil the party Incentivise ridden by Brett Prebble winning the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington earlier this month. 80, still. No horse has lugged 58. 75m Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington. 5kg below weight-for-age is topweight Spanish Mission, whom Carpenter described on Tuesday as a 'world-class stayer'. 1. Without A Fight has won the Melbourne Cup, giving jockey Mark Zahra back-to-back wins and father-and-son training team Anthony and Sam Freedman their greatest triumph. Willie Mullins-trained thoroughbred Vauban looks set to start the 2023 Melbourne Cup as the favourite, with many tipping the French raider to take home the $4. The Caulfield Cup winner finished 13th in last year’s Melbourne Cup. 5kg. and we’ve had just. The favourite is English thoroughbred Deauville Legend, trained in England by James Ferguson. while Montefilia is into $9 after sitting at $11 for much of cup day. Vauban has been at the top of Melbourne Cup betting since caning his rivals by 7½ lengths in a 2816m handicap during the Royal Ascot carnival in June. 4. 5kg last year and carries a kilo more as the top-weight in 2023. 5 Melbourne Cup saddlecloth first-up down under as one of four. Some of the most famous winners of the Melbourne Cup include inaugural champion Archer who won the first two events, the legendary Phar Lap, and the sole triple Melbourne Cup winner between 2003-05, Makybe Diva. 40 when the final field and barriers were announced. The Melbourne Cup! Russia was a horse; Fashions on the field was first held in 1962; Melbourne Cup Race Record. The Melbourne Cup race is set to kickoff at 5pm, with Incentivise rated as the favourite. Dry Track Stats: 6: 3-0-1. Jameka has been well supported $8. 00pm. A few years later, Think Big joined the club with his back-to-back wins in 1974 and 1975. 60 when acceptances for the race were declared on Saturday, and since. Lunar Flare and Interpretation will face additional veterinary inspections only hours out from the $8 million race. Thomas Hobson finished sixth in 2017. Deauville Legend is the horse that has everyone talking ahead of the Melbourne Cup. * This year the race is worth $4. James McDonald experiences that Melbourne Cup winning feeling aboard Verry Elleegant last year. 2. (Racing Photos/Getty Images: Reg Ryan)This classy mare was an early Cup favourite heading into the. 60 with TAB Fixed Odds. Advertisement. The spread of international entries is fantastic with 56 horses from England, Ireland, France and Germany, as is the number of European trainers who have entered horses for the very first time. Earnings: $2,421,401. Best long-distance form: 1st in Caulfield Cup on Oct 16. 1-56kgs have resulted in nine Melbourne Cup wins. Rostropovich suffered a fractured pelvis in the 2019 race and recovered. Archer. (Getty. aucomplete Melbourne Cup field analysis – including the case for and against every horse – plus top four tips and suggested $100 betting strategy below, punters. Our top tip for the 2023 Melbourne Cup is Ashrun at $41. Melbourne Cup 2022 form guide, tips, horses odds, favourite, find a winner in 5 minutes. However, no. Vauban has been at the top of Melbourne Cup betting since caning his rivals by 7½ lengths in a 2816m handicap during the Royal Ascot. 75 in. Willie Mullins-trained Vauban carried 61kg at his past two starts, a 7½-length handicap romp at Royal Ascot and a 1½-length Group 3 triumph at York. Despite officials. Verry Elleegant won’t be defending her crown this year — the 11-time. Once tips are available, please note that these tips can change as race day approaches. WATCH IN THE VIDEO ABOVE: Damien Oliver. A field of 23 horses is ready to rumble over 3200m at Flemington Racecourse for the prestigious $8. An emotional Zahra spoke of the difference between 2022 and last. 73) when he won the 1930 Melbourne Cup . Vauban’s reputation precedes him as he has been a long-time favourite for the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) and late on Monday was rated at $4. Staff writers from Fox Sports. jayzavv • 1 yr. 2022 Melbourne Cup Race Horse Ratings. Vauban's reputation precedes him as he has been a long-time favourite for the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) and late on Monday was rated at $4. Who are the favourites? English horse Deauville Legend (No 8) is currently a clear favourite at $3. Thomas Hobson finished sixth in 2017. The outcome will see horses on the verge of a spot in the field move up a place as Le Don De Vie currently sat as 18th in the Melbourne Cup. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) 16. 75 in. It was the first time the general public got a look at the pair with Vauban. These were around 2,400m and. Trained by Ciaron Maher and Dave Eustace and ridden by Teo Nugent. The six-year-old subsequently qualified for the Melbourne Cup with a comfortable win in a Group 3 race in Ireland in August. I’d take one win every five years over none in 21 years. Melbourne Cup Favourites 2023. 50 after opening at $4. This is the first win today for the jockey 'J Mac', he will be confident going into the Melbourne cup riding his other horse Verry Elleegant. au Vauban has been a firm favourite in Melbourne Cup betting for months and further confirmed his spot at the top of markets with blistering work at Flemington throughout the week. As of 21/11/2023 at 5pm – the current betting favourite for the. 4 million Flemington feature to run on Tuesday the 7th of November, 2023. A. Deauville Legend is the horse that has everyone talking ahead of the Melbourne Cup. 3. To Surprise: #15 Lastotchka ($21) and #21 Future History ($18) – BET NOW. Short Summary: Similar to Duais, has been solely focused on the Melbourne Cup and she was one of the better runs in the key lead up. Win range: 2000-3200m. The $3. 1st in restricted class over 2500m Ipswich last June. Archer was the first Melbourne Cup winner, beating a field of 17 horses in the inaugural race held in 1861. Gold Trip (2) 58. Foreman David Casey walks Irish-trained horse and favourite Vauban after early morning track work a day before the Melbourne Cup horse race. SCRATCHED: Melbourne Cup drama after injured horses’ last-minute vet checks. The hot favourite for this year's Melbourne Cup is Incentivise, a star horse trained by Peter Moody. The Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes (2406m) on Saturday at Royal Ascot also has a distinct Melbourne Cup flavour with Deauville Legend, Grand Alliance and Australian. Kiersten Duke. Melbourne Cup field, form guide & sweep Incentivise is set to run a hot favourite in today's. Past Melbourne Cup Winners. He is one of the youngest horses in the lineup for the Melbourne Cup, being a 4-year-old gelding. News emerged on Friday afternoon that the pre-race second-favourite Loft. 50. The field for the 2022 Melbourne Cup has been finalised and barriers drawn UK stayer Deauville Legend is the firm favourite to win the nearly $8million prize The three-year-old is paying about $3. 60 with TAB Fixed Odds. This year's Melbourne Cup favourite is the Irish-trained gelding Vauban, and despite the six-year-old horse's enormous popularity, many people are pronouncing his name wrong. 3 days to claim & 7 days to place a qualifying bet to receive 4x Free Bets: 1 x £10 Horse racing, 1 x £10 Free Bet Builder, 1 x £10 Acca and 1 x £10 Football. Since 2006 – only four Melbourne Cup favourites have finished in the money: So You Think (3rd in 2010), Fiorente (1st in 2013), Hartnell (3rd in 2016), and Incentivise. 00) 2nd – Soulcombe ($9. 3. British-bred Makybe Diva is the only horse to have won the Melbourne Cup three years in a row in 2003, 2004 and 2005, but. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE:. Twenty-three runners are set to go to post for the Flemington feature - the race that stops the nation with Willie Mullins Vauban the favourite; watch all the action from Australia live on Sky. The favourite Deauville Legend is the horse to beat, and I. A capacity field of 24 runners will fight for the $8,410,000 on offer in the marquee race on the Australian horse racing calendar. A boom horse of Australian racing, Incentivise has been re-handicapped to 57kg for the $8 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 2. Win range: 1408-2406m. #6 Without a Fight $10/$3. Odds: 26 / 6. In the 160 years of the Melbourne Cup, a favourite has won 34 times – most recently Fiorente in 2013. Ridden by Mark Zahra, the UK horse — trained by Ciaron Maher. • 32 horses left in contention for the Melbourne Cup. 80 favourite with online bookmaker Ladbrokes for the 2023 Melbourne Cup is the Willie Mullins-trained Vauban. Australia's most famous horse Phar Lap, a year. 50 Defending champ Gold Trip. Picture: Getty Images. 00. See where every horse, including the nag you pulled in the office sweep. " TAB has Vauban as a $5 favourite in its latest Melbourne Cup market while. In 2023, there. Last year’s winner Gold Trip (No 1) is the third favourite, drifting out to $6. 80 favouriteMelbourne Cup favourite Hartnell has continued to drift in betting today and is now out to $5. However, no. Bet £10 Get £40 in Free Bets New cust only. Jockey: Damien Oliver. I’ll be honest, I didn’t think he was that impressive in his first win in Melbourne, in the Makybe Diva over. WHO WON IT LAST YEAR? Raging favourite Incentivise was upstaged as reigning Australian horse. 5kg last year and carries a kilo more as the top-weight in 2023. 500 Who is favourite for the 2023 Melbourne Cup? Vauban is favourite for the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup horse race will be run for the 163rd time on Tuesday. 80 overnight), making him one of the most fancied horses in the Melbourne Cup since Phar Lap. $6. The experts at Racenet have selected their early top tips to win the Melbourne Cup in 2024. The Geelong Cup/Melbourne Cup double was completed by Dunaden (2011) and Americain (2010) and while I don’t think Tralee Rose is quite their class she’s carrying 3. You can check out all the horses, barriers and latest odds below for the two-mile race that is set to get underway at 3pm AEDT on Tuesday, November 7. Local times as below: 3pm AEDT - Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and ACT; 2. Win range: 1600-3200m. Here is everything you need to about Future History in the lead up to the 2023 Melbourne Cup, including which bookmakers have the best odds. Ready for a big day at Wingatui. Shambles: First bookie goes down on. 5kg since Makybe. Vauban remains the favourite at $5. 5. Current Melbourne Cup 2023 Odds*: $4. The jockey, trainer and owner of. The $3. Vauban arrives at Melbourne Airport. #6 Without a Fight $10/$3. and we’ve had just. 3 lengths. Future History looks one of the nice value 2023 Melbourne Cup horses for exotics. $6. In 2024, the Melbourne Cup is slated for 3pm local time on Tuesday 5th November . 'VERY NASTY': Horse racing world stunned by jockey's shock act The scan revealed the $13 equal-third favourite for the Melbourne Cup had a “grey area” in his left hind leg. The 2021 Melbourne Cup saw the athletic horse, Very Elegant, alongside jockey J. au. The Caulfield Cup has been without an international runner since 2020, but that looks set to change this year with 24 horses trained in either the UK, Europe or Japan featured among the 175 nominations for the $5 million race. 2023 Melbourne Cup Final Field & Barrier Draw. Included in that number are six European gallopers of which five – Deauville Legend, Loft, Without A Fight, Hoo Ya Mal and Camorra – are due to arrive in Melbourne on Tuesday night to commence their quarantine at Werribee. A$ 8,410,000 (2023) The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse. 75 million Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) is one of the world’s most iconic horse races and has attracted a typically top-class field of both local and international talent this year. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club that forms part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. 75 in 1930, followed by Revenue ($2. The shortest-priced horses in the Melbourne Cup odds only have a fair recent record in the time-honoured clash with the only favourite to win since Makybe Diva (2005) being Fiorente (2013). A punter with Ladbrokes will be hoping Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban can win Tuesday’s feature event. 80 to place7:22pm - Vespertine pays $9. The Melbourne Cup 2023 field is finalised on Victoria Derby day, with the barrier draw done at the conclusion of racing on that day, Saturday November 4 2023. The field for the iconic $8. The shortest-priced horses in the Melbourne Cup odds only have a fair recent record in the time-honoured clash with the only favourite to win since Makybe Diva (2005) being Fiorente (2013). The official 2023 Lexus Melbourne Cup nominations have been released by the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) with 132 early entries for the iconic $8. Twilight Payment won the 2020 Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most prestigious horse race, although the event was overshadowed by the death of Anthony Van Dyck, the Aidan O’Brien trained colt who. Melbourne Cup prize money. It was first run in 1861 and was won by Archer who would win the first two Cups. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Irish-bred seven-year-old Without a Fight won the 163rd running of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday ahead of Soulcombe and. My horse just won the Melbourne Cup? READ MORE. Earnings: $1,502,333. Novak Djokovic crushes Jannik Sinner in ATP Finals title. 00. The heavy favourite is Deauville Legend ($4) followed by Real of Flowers ($9), Montefilia ($9) and Without a Fight ($10). The tips will be based on a $50 win investment and a $50 boxed trifecta. 00 Gold Trip. Zahra made up. Lunar Flare, the ninth favourite at $21, was ruled out due to lameness in her off-fore, bringing the field down to 22 runners after Point Nepean’s scratching on Monday. The four-year-old will jump from barrier nine and carries 55kg in the hands of. 2. Ferguson, who trains Melbourne Cup favourite Deauville Legend, was Charlie Appleby's right-hand. com. Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise drifted slightly in betting after drawing barrier 16 for the great two-mile race that. 5kg (22) $23/$6. The talk of the town, the shortest Cup favourite. Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban and stablemate Absurde have had a gallop at Flemington in preparation for the Melbourne Cup 2023. Trainer: Peter Moody Jockey: B Prebble Barrier: 16 Likes: The. 00 Gold Trip. Despite officials. Out of the $8 million prize money, first place will take home $4. 4 million to the winning owners. 2. Up from 97 contenders at this stage last year the Group 1 $8. High Emocean was one of punters' least favourite horses but managed to prove everyone wrong by placing third in the Melbourne Cup. being a Melbourne horse who’s had three runs in Sydney. The horse may have disappointed punters when beaten into fourth as a short-odds favourite in last week's Moonee Valley Cup (2,500m), but he's still a competitive first Melbourne Cup ride for. 20 or less for just three winners, all occurring before the World War II. European raider Vauban is the red-hot favourite to win the 2023 Melbourne Cup, but there are 23 other horses vying to roll him at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November. 2022 — Gold Trip: $21. . Check tab. The 2023 Melbourne Cup took place on Tuesday the 7 th of November 2023 at Flemington Racecourse at 3:00pm local time and was won by the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Caulfield Cup champion Without A Fight ($8) who was ridden to victory by Mark Zahra. Long-time favourite Vauban, to be ridden by Ryan Moore, will carry 55kg. Prior to that, the 2021 AJC Derby runner-up gave last year’s Cup favourite Incentivise an awful fright when second in the G1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington. 20 (9/4) or less in the melbourne cup and how they have performed. au started betting on the race 369 days ago, including the favourite Vauban. Melbourne Cup Favourites vs Winners from the past 15 years. Full career record, stats. The 161st running of the Melbourne Cup serves up the shortest-price favourite seen for many decades in Queensland boom horse Incentivise. Last 6: 0x4135. 5. 6 per cent of the time. RACE 7 - Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) Favourites don't have the greatest record in our famous two-mile race, but Vauban, albeit priced to his best, is going to be very tough to beat, especially if. Our resident Melbourne Cup expert, James Lamb, is keeping a close eye on the form of all the Melbourne Cup horses and his tips will be ready to go from Sunday November 5 2023. You can get around $9 with other bookmakers for Ashrun to finish top 3, but you. Of the Australian-trained horses, 2019 Cup winner Vow And Declare is racing very well and can surprise at good odds ($15). 50 on the NZ TAB. Damien Oliver is set to have his last ride in the Melbourne Cup on Alenqeur so he will have to wait until Tuesday morning to know his fate. *All prices subject to fluctuation. 30pm ACDT -. In fact, you have to go way back to 1941 when Skipton was the last 3 year old to taste victory. Track: 2: 2-0-0 . On a normal Cup day she would be holding $20,000 or $30,000 by the time of the Melbourne Cup but Ms Watts said she was a long way off that today. 5kg since Makybe. Flemington opened in 1840 and now features a six furlong or 1200m straight, known as 'the. 80 to placeWatch, Stream & Catch Up with your favourite Horse Racing events on the home of Seven's Horse Racing coverage 7plus . Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2022 Melbourne Cup. VAUBAN - TAB Odds: $4. Soulcombe($11) who also impressed in the Caulfield Cup, is the fifth favourite. 3 lengths. Thanks for joining us and if. net. I’d take one win every five years over none in 21 years. Nov 6, 2023, 2:51 PM SGT. Gold Trip: He had a think about it when he hit the front, but Mark Zahra made sure he wasn’t going to get beat. Like most bookies Ms Watts is hoping runaway. Odds: $8 (courtesy of TAB) Simon O'Donnell says: Last year's winner, and form is even better going into the race. Was a red hot favourite for the Caulfield Cup but was disappointing, finishing 7th, beaten 2. Neds has high odds, features like same race multis, and an extensive selection of Melbourne Cup previews, tips and guides making it our experts' favourite betting site for the Melbourne Cup. Current Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban, who entered pre-export quarantine in the UK last weekend, has been allotted 55kg, along with Japanese raider Breakup. 50 but shortened to $6. 55. RACE 2 RESULT: WHITE MARLIN WINS. Trainer: Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott; Jockey: Tim Clark. 60 – BET NOW. ago. 5kg. Following the release of Melbourne Cup weights on September 19, 2023, Vauban. Makybe Diva is the only horse to have. INCENTIVISE (57kg) The hottest of hot favourites. Watch, Stream & Catch Up with your favourite Horse Racing events on the home of Seven's Horse Racing coverage 7plus >> Jump to top. Sportsbet had the five-year-old sprinter priced at $2. The Willie Mullins-trained international raider was a $51 chance when originally priced for the Melbourne Cup, firming into $3. 30 seconds – still the current Melbourne Cup time record. 00. It's important you ride your own horse here, and use others to help your cause if you can. 80 and $200,000 at $5. Deauville Legend won the Great Voltigeur Stakes over 2,385m at York in August. Pre-race favourite Vauban, trained by Ireland's Willie Mullins, nosed in front at the final turn. In 2021, Incentivise started as one of the shortest-priced Melbourne Cup favourite since Phar Lap – he finished 2nd paying $2. He is the only horse in single-figure odds ($3. 25 per cent, or well above the. Melbourne cup winner 2020 👀 #SharedAmbition — Tim Kennedy. Melbourne Cup favourite White Marlin was sensationally upstaged as $1. While other bookmakers offer betting on which horse will finish 1st, 2nd or 3rd, Picklebet take it one step further and offer four places for betting, meaning you can back a horse to finish in 4th place too. 2020 — Twilight Payment: $23. There have been 11 seven-year-old winners, but the race is normally dominated by horses aged four to six. Visit the Melbourne Cup Favourites page for more detailed info. There were no nasty surprises for Willie Mullins at the announcement of the weights for the Lexus Melbourne Cup with ante-post favourite Vauban being allocated 55kg, a burden the jumps supremo said he was "happy enough" with. Two bets of $50,000 as well as bets of $25,000, $20,000 and $10,000 were all taken on the hot favourite. Prior to Fiorente's triumph, Makybe Diva took out her third Melbourne Cup victory back in 2005 as favourite. The Peter Moody-trained horse is rated a $2. DUAIS (10) $31/$8. Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle holds the coveted Melbourne Cup during the parade. 00;here are the 26 horses that have started at $3. Fifty-seven horses were initially listed for the first Melbourne Cup, but for a variety of reasons only 17 started. Picture: Vince Caligiuri – Getty Images By Racenet 08:42pm • 05. Melbourne Cup favourite Goldman scored his first victory of the campaign when taking out a 1000m barrier trial at Rosehill Gardens on Friday. Melbourne Cup day is a designated public holiday in Victoria, but even elsewhere in the nation, workers will down tools come race time at 3pm. Watch, Stream & Catch Up with your favourite Horse Racing events on the home of Seven's Horse Racing coverage 7plus . The Willie Mullins-trained pair were brought from the Werribee International Horse Centre for Breakfast With The Stars on Tuesday morning. The six-year-old gelding brings superb form from the UK to a race like the Melbourne Cup and his form over hurdles and on the flat is some of the best that we have seen from any International galloper in some time. Deauville Legend at his quote of $3. "If they can run as well as he did, we'll be delighted. I’m not so sure. He is one of the youngest horses in the lineup for the Melbourne Cup, being a 4-year-old gelding. Fiorente is a worthy favourite for the Melbourne Cup but the likes of Hawkspur could land a win for Australia breeding Form guide: How the horses stack up Melbourne Cup - live coverageAlligator Blood is the $2.