Symon Wilde's mare finds herself amongst the favourites for the 2021 Melbourne Cup after a hard-fought win in the Geelong Cup (2400m), where she dug deep to defeat Dr Drill's determined challenge. It will take the 24-horse field around 3 minutes, 20 seconds to complete the race. The OTI-owned galloper, who was a winner over 2600m at Flemington back in April in his first preparation in Australia, had been 28th on the Melbourne Cup order of entry heading into the Bendigo Cup. The 24 horses in the 2021 Melbourne Cup include several formerly or currently overseas-trained runners, including last year’s winner, Twilight Payment. 4 million. Third declarations for the 2021 Melbourne Cup have now closed leaving 60 potential stayers eyeing a run in the world’s richest handicap race at Flemington on Tuesday November 2. Melbourne Cup 2021: Horses, field, form and betting guide; two runners in doubt. Through both World Wars, the Spanish flu pandemic and now the COVID-19. November 2nd, 2021 8:53 pm. 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 (2nd in 2021). Every year, this race manages to attract a high quality field from around the world, who compet Verry Elleegant wins the 2021 Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is the biggest and most anticipated horse racing event on the Australian calendar. Incentivise ($2. Our Melbourne Cup Day tips can also be found below and we are confident that we’ve found plenty of winners to help build a bank ahead of ‘the race. Verry Elleegant has won Australia's famous Melbourne Cup horse race ahead of favourite Incentivise and Britain's Spanish Mission. Verry Elleegant has won the 2021 $7. Spanish Mission is on the second line of betting at $9. A boom horse of Australian racing, Incentivise has been re-handicapped to 57kg for the $8 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 2. 2nd Racing bet. The year prior, Phar Lap started $2 in the Cup but. 4th: #11 Ashrun. Next. The field for the $7. 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. JAMES McDONALD (2021 winner on Verry Elleegant) via Racenet . 3rd: #14 Sheraz. The penalty comes after Incentivise made it nine wins. Verry Elleegant (foaled 12 October 2015) is a New Zealand -bred Australian -trained Thoroughbred racehorse that has won 11 Group One races. 1) Twilight Payment (Ire) 58kg Jockey: Jye McNeil Trainer: Joseph O'Brien Barrier: 2 9-Year-Old. Watch the 2021 Melbourne Cup reply here first,. Position Horse Trainer Jockey Weight Prize; 1st: 4. He couldn’t have dreamed it would look this good. Melbourne Cup 2021 Horse Profiles. O’Brien also lost a horse in 2018. Melbourne Cup 2022: final field, latest betting, Point Nepean and Lunar Flare scratched. Melbourne Cup latest odds:. #6 Without a Fight $10/$3. 2. Best long-distance form: 1st in Caulfield Cup on Oct 16. Fast facts. TAB installed Verry Elleegant a $13 favourite to defend the Cup crown, with Incentivise ($15), Profondo ($18) and Spanish Mission ($18) next best. Alligator Blood is the $2. The 24 horses in the 2021 Melbourne Cup include several formerly or currently overseas-trained runners, including last year’s winner, Twilight Payment. Originally published as Melbourne Cup 2021: Favourite and runner-up Incentivise no match for Verry Elleegant. The Melbourne Cup has been run and won at Flemington - here's where every one of the 23 horses finished. Here are the key. 30 to $2. Incentivise was game in running second but was simply no match for the Waller-trained mare, who raced clear to score her 10th. 50 but shortened to $6. Trainer Chris Waller finally got his hands on the Melbourne Cup after Verry Elleegant, ridden by James McDonald, upset the overwhelming pre-race favourite Incentivise at Flemington racecourse. Visit the Melbourne Cup Favourites page for more detailed info. The race has a capacity of 24 horses and usually boasts a full field. O’Brien also lost a horse in 2018. (Reg Ryan/Racing Photos via Getty Images. However, Incentivise remains the red-hot Melbourne Cup favourite at $2. The famous 3200m staying race is loved by. 30 with the TAB, while Spanish Mission has firmed into $7. The Caulfield Cup runner-up and last year’s English Derby winner arrived in Melbourne with high hopes of giving O’Brien his first Melbourne Cup victory. Photograph: Vince Caligiuri/Getty ImagesStorming home to beat hot favourites Incentivise and Spanish Mission, the six-year-old mare also became the first of her sex to win The Great Race since Makybe Diva won three in succession between. 5 lengths, with Andrew Balding’s UK raider Spanish. The Lexus Melbourne Cup is a staying race, run over 3200m. MELBOURNE CUP FIELD. The favourite is English thoroughbred Deauville Legend, trained in England by James Ferguson. Phar Lap was the shortest priced favourite to win when $1. 2 min read Paul Newman 1 November 2021 at 12:31 am · 8-min read Jockey Jye McNeil is aiming to win back-to-back Melbourne Cups on Twlight Payment. A beautiful steer from J-Mac saw the now 10-time Group 1 winner over the line with short-priced favourite Incentivise a distant second. 60) started in Ireland before transferring to Sydney’s behemoth trainer Chris Waller, and has moved along well in his preparation for the Melbourne Cup, for which he. 4 million first prize, with Spanish Mission in third. Melbourne Cup Race Details. There was a notable upset in the 2022 Caulfield Cup with Durston winning at $18. 6:04pm. On Tuesday Racing Victoria took early entries for a host of the upcoming Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival majors including those for the $5 million Group 1 Caulfield Cup (October 16), the $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (October 23) and the 2021 Melbourne Cup set to run at Flemington on Tuesday November 2, 2021. The Melbourne Cup field is down to 23 after a late scratching on race-day morning leaving one powerful syndicator. 8%) have won the Melbourne Cup; 74 Cup favourites have finished in the first three placings; Fiorente (2013) was the last favourite to win for punters. Recent upsets to salute at juicy Melbourne Cup odds include Gold Trip ($21 in 2022), Verry Elleegant ($18 in 2021), Twilight Payment ($26 in. Animal rights advocates have targeted the Melbourne Cup over many years, saying the sport is cruel for the animals involved. Future Score, the Matt Cumani. Brodie Nickson. In 1922, William Samuel Cox had a big idea. The 161st running of the Melbourne Cup serves up the shortest-price favourite seen for many decades in Queensland boom horse Incentivise. – Phar Lap was the shortest-priced favourite to win when 8/11 in 1930. 1. Incentivise 2. Hot favourite Incentivise led in the straight, but was passed by the Chris Waller-trained horse, ridden by James McDonald, which won the $4. Seven letter names have won the Melbourne Cup on 32 occasions, including the 1996 Cup winner, Saintly. 3. Delphi hasn't raced since the Caulfield Cup on October 16 after finishing 13th despite going into the race as a heavily backed second. Now for the most important part: checking on your winnings. The heavy favourite is Deauville Legend ($4) followed by Real of Flowers ($9), Montefilia ($9) and Without a Fight ($10). 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). 2021: Verry Elleegant: James McDonald: Chris Waller: Bay: Mare (Female) 6: 23: 4: 19: 57 : 2020:. 2021: Incentivise: $2. CUP TIPS: See who all the experts are backing BIGGEST BETS: Where the money is going MELBOURNE CUP ODDS (as of 1. 5kg in 1975. Australian-owned Twilight Payment, Pondus and Cup second favourite Spanish Mission remain the only northern hemisphere-trained internationals in the Cup field. Already having. jayzavv • 1 yr. The 2021 Melbourne Cup will take place on Tuesday, November 2nd and will feature a field of 24 horses. Zac Crellin Reporter. The Exacta was $72. Yep 😂. Market 💰: View the Odds for the Melbourne Cup. Our betting experts will tip 3 horses for the 2023 Melbourne Cup, it might not be who you expect!. T’s & C’s apply. 1st in restricted class over 2500m Ipswich last June. 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. Montefilia. November 2nd, 2021 8:53 pm. Verry Elleegant upsets favourite Incentivise to win Melbourne Cup . Getty Images. The Geelong Cup favourites saluted three times on the trot from 2019-21 with victories by Prince Of Arran, Steel Prince and Tralee Rose ($2. The horse has run pretty well in his past two starts for a fifth and a fourth (Moonee Valley Cup), he should get a perfect run from gate one, and I think he could run top four or five. Earnings: $479,018. Vauban heads the contenders for the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday as Irish trainer Willie Mullins seeks his first win in Australia's most famous race. Brad Waters looks back on the favourite's Melbourne Cup run. Incentivise ($2. For horse racing experts, there’s plenty of pride on the line when it comes to the Melbourne Cup. com. There have been 11 seven-year-old winners, but the race is normally dominated by horses aged. November 1, 2021 12:32 pm. 3 lengths – and that horse then came out and ran third in last week’s Cox Plate. The other two winners were Revenue 120 years ago in 1901 when the five-year-old gelding saluted at 7/4 ($2. You can also live stream the race, Saturday’s barrier draw, and much more via Racing. CUP TIPS: See who all the experts are backing INCENTIVISE: The ‘unreal’ rise of hottest favourite since Phar Lap 1. Horses steam up after galloping during a morning trackwork session at Flemington Racecourse ahead of the four-day Melbourne Cup carnival. James McDonald after winning the Lexus Melbourne Cup aboard Verry Elleegant (NZ) at Flemington Racecourse on November 02, 2021 in Flemington, Australia. Duais. 80 (courtesy of Bet365 as of 9am Tuesday) Simon O'Donnell says: There have been big raps on this fellow right throughout the build-up to this Melbourne Cup. On Friday, Incentivise was the shortest-priced TAB favourite since Phar Lap. November 1, 2021 12:32 pm. Love Spring racing? Get Expert tips, analysis and race previews from Racing. Verry Elleegant was sent out an $18 chance before racing away to beat Incentivise ($2. Australian-owned Twilight Payment, Pondus and Cup second favourite Spanish Mission remain the only northern hemisphere-trained internationals in the Cup field. It was first run in 1861 and was won by Archer who would win the first two Cups. 50 (courtesy of Bet365 as of 1pm Sunday) Simon O'Donnell says: Was very ordinary in the Melbourne Cup. A Melbourne Cup horse has been ruled out of the race on the morning of the 'race that stops the nation' after an early morning vet examination detected an injury. 75m Melbourne Cup, upsetting short-priced favourite Incentivise. There were also 23 horses in the. Exceldia comes in second and. Favourites win percentage - 23 per cent have won the Melbourne Cup (34 of 150 favourites). The other 22 horses were all passed fit to race in the Cup. 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. The Melbourne Cup Results are out as soon as the $8. Without A Fight. Melbourne Cup contender Away He Goes has been ruled out of the great race with a tendon injury. * The oldest horses to win the race were the eight-year-olds Toryboy (1865), Catalogue (1938) and Twilight Payment (2020). After seven earlier foals, a couple of them handy, he’d paid nearly $20,000. 4 Verry Elleegant. Prize Money: $8,000,000. ago. A major report released by Gambling Research Australia in October found 16. Melbourne Cup horses 2021: Simon O'Donnell's form guide with tips, jockeys and odds. MELBOURNE, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Australian-bred stayer Incentivise will look to cap a golden Spring with victory in the A$8 million ($6 million) Melbourne Cup on. 3rd: #3 Spanish Mission. Stable. TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE) — $13 to win, $3. 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. 50. au. In 2023, there. It comes barely 72 hours after champion Sydney jockey James McDonald secured the ride on the Ismail. 00 Breeding: Teofilo x Dream On Buddy Trainer: Joseph O’Brien Jockey: Jye McNeil Weight: 58kg Barrier: 2 Career Stats: 36: 9-11-8 Min/Max Distance Wins: 2414m/3218m Career Best Win: Melbourne Cup, November 3 2020, Flemington, Good Surface Dry Track Stats: 18: 4-7-2 Wet Track Stats: 18: 5-4-6. Staff writers from Fox Sports. The multiple Group 1 winner, who ran third in the Cox Plate, became the first mare since. (win the Melbourne Cup). Like most bookies Ms Watts is hoping runaway. 55. Picking a winner out of 24 runners is certainly no easy feat, but Australian bookies have trawled through the lineup, and a market is starting to become. Picture: Getty Images. A boom horse of Australian racing, Incentivise has been re-handicapped to 57kg for the $8 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 2. Verry Elleegant's #MelbourneCup win means we've paid out $50 million on two horses,. HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ) Teo Nugent - 50kg (8) 23. Check tab. Rolling report : Verry Elleegant stormed down the home straight to beat overwhelming pre-race favourite IncentiviseWatch Bruce share his Melbourne Cup tips in the video above. 73 and. Montefilia. Only two horses in the past 44 years have lumped 57kg or more to win – Gold And Black (1977). The 161st running of the Melbourne Cup serves up the shortest-price favourite seen for many decades in Queensland boom horse Incentivise. Prizemoney: $1,514,914. The New Zealand mare - ridden by James McDonald - chased down the. 40) who was in a gun position fourth at the top of the straight before being running down by the Aussies to finish fourth. The connections of the horse are now celebrating a staggering AU$4. The fastest Melbourne Cup was run by Kingston Rule in 1990, who ran the 3200m in 3. Without A Fight is the current horse for 2024 Melbourne Cup betting favouritsm at the time of writing. The horse registered his first win in April in a 2012 meter race. Most runs - Shadow King ran six times in seven years from 1929 and 1935. This aged well. You can get around $9 with other bookmakers for Ashrun to finish top 3, but you. Archer was the first Melbourne Cup winner. And if you managed to get the first four which had Floating Artist rounding out the top 4 you would have. INCENTIVISE (57kg) The hottest of hot favourites, Incentivise is on track to break a 20-year Melbourne Cup/Caulfield Cup drought. Another top contender has been scratched from the Melbourne Cup following veterinary assessments on the morning of the $8 million race. Verry Elleegant wins for Chris Waller at Flemington. 16. 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. Verry Elleegant has won Australia's famous Melbourne Cup horse race ahead of favourite Incentivise and Britain's Spanish Mission. The talk of the town, the shortest Cup favourite. The 2021 Melbourne Cup Day results – including the official Melbourne Cup 2021 winner – will be updated all afternoon at Ladbrokes and there is no better place to stay up to date with all the action. Picture: Getty Images. Race 7: Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m), 3:00pm. Distance. The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most famous race, with a 160-year history as part of the nation's sporting calendar. net. 4 Verry Elleegant. Shortest-priced Melbourne Cup favourites: PHAR LAP won at 8/11 ($1. Peter Moody-trained Incentivise is the overwhelming favourite for the Melbourne Cup with online bookmaker Sportsbet currently offering $2. GRAND. Conditions: TBA. And unlike recent years there is no big group of international raiders here to pinch the Cup – but the two horses representing international camps, including last year’s winner, are top class. Race start time is 3:00pm on 5/11/2024 at Flemington racecourse. 60 with TAB Fixed Odds. Let’s talk $$ The 2021 Melbourne Cup offers the equal biggest prize money in Cup history, with a purse of AUD$8 million. Australia’s top flat race, the Melbourne Cup is on the horizon and since it is the richest two-mile race in the world with £4 million up for grabs (£2. At his last start, Deauville Legend won the Group 2 Great Voltigeur Stakes over 2385m, beating El Bodegon by 4. The horse, now heading to trainer Peter Moody following Tregea selling a half-share in the rising five-year-old, took his winning. The Melbourne Cup 2021 trifecta result saw the Peter Moody-trained Caulfield Cup champion Incentivise hold on for a distant second, while the UK raider Spanish. 03 minutes. 75m showpiece. One of the most exciting aspects of the 2021 Melbourne Cup is the number of Australian-trained horses that will be competing for their piece of the $7,750,000 prize fund. November 1st, 2021 2:46 pm. The race has a total prize pool of $8 million, with the winner taking home $4. The Melbourne Cup – the Lexus Melbourne Cup – is a world away from most other races in Australia, with its $8m prize pool. 19 EDT. The Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 2 will be run in front of a crowd this year with the Victorian State Government allowing 10,000 patrons on course. Incentivise. 22. RewardsIncentivise Big Favourite to Win 2021 Melbourne Cup. Nicholas Lloyd. TWILIGHT PAYMENT. 1st: #3 Without A Fight ($8) 2nd: #6 Soulcombe. "Twilight Payment has a kilo more than the favourite (Incentivise),'' Williams said. For the horses that the master trainer set for the. – Phar Lap was the shortest-priced favourite to win when 8/11 in 1930. Drop of rain helps and he does boast a win over Francesco Guardi, a horse that likely would have been closer to the top of the market than the bottom for the Melbourne Cup if he was running. Research shows fewer people are gambling on horse racing and crowds are dwindling. Market 💰: View the Odds for the Melbourne Cup. Spanish Mission was third and Floating Artist was fourth. draw for the Melbourne Cup - hot favourite. 90) is the outright favourite and will resume after a 10-month break. Read Today's Paper Tributes. In the past 165 editions of the Melbourne Cup, 26 horses have started at odds of $3. [deleted] • 1 yr. 50: 17th. October 22nd, 2022 5:14 pm. Verry Elleegant. Time: 3:00PM. 1 lengths by Mr Brightside - who was subsequently a neck away from claiming the Group 1 Cantala on Derby Day. If you're looking for more Historical Trends, check out the Racenet Melbourne Cup Stats page for our Betting Guide! Melbourne Cup 2021: Full field, barrier draw, which horses are the favourites | news. The favourite Deauville Legend is the horse to beat, and I. INCENTIVISE (57kg) The hottest of hot favourites. 2021 — Verry Ellegant: $18. But even so, the past performance of various horses can give you some bit of confidence in placing your bet. He gives his unique insight into the 2021 Melbourne Cup. In 2020 the Melbourne Cup field ran with just 23 starters following the race day scratching of King Of Leogrance. In 2021, the shortest favourite since Phar Lap, Incentivise $2. The 2021 Melbourne Cup will see the return of crowds to Flemington Racecourse. French stayer brought to Australia in 2022 with Cups/Cox Plate ambitions, Gold Trip finished second in the 2022 Caulfield Cup carrying 57. The last horse to start a short priced favourite in the Melbourne Cup. Duais. FOR: Knows. Trainer Bart Cummings wins his 12th Melbourne Cup with horse Viewed in a photo finish. As ever with a competitive race like the Melb Cup, the latest Melbourne Cup 2021 horses’ odds suggest this is a tough race to call. Track: 2: 2-0-0 . Fiorente (2013) was the last favourite to salute for the punters. Top chances: Great House ($2. READ HIS STORY HERE. 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. Odds 💰: $12. It’s important to take a number of factors into account before betting on the 2021 Melbourne. GB means Great Britain). 00 Gold Trip. The 2021 Melbourne Cup has been run and won with Verry Elleegant winning the race for its 10th Group 1 victory. Melbourne Cup 2021 Odds. * The last three-year-old to win was Skipton (1941). “I just love her to bits –. Trainer: Bjorn Baker Jockey: Rachel KingMelbourne Cup 2021: results and finishing order. FULL DIVIDENDS: What winner, quinella, trifecta and first four paid. A$ 8,410,000 (2023) The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse. Deauville Legend won the Great Voltigeur Stakes over 2,385m at York in August. Twilight Payment (IRE) 9YO Gelding - Teofilo x Dream On Buddy. 50 — T: Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott — J: Tim Clark. Race eight, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes, has been won by Rich Hips. In 1922, William Samuel Cox had a big idea. Rolling report : Verry Elleegant stormed down the home straight to beat overwhelming pre-race favourite Incentivise2. The New Zealand mare - ridden by James McDonald - chased down the. Think, Is this a bet you. 35 EDT Last modified on Sun 31 Oct 2021 23. However, no international stayer has started favourite and won the Melbourne Cup – and there has been some spectacular flops since Ireland's Vintage Crop won at. Verry Elleegant has won the 2021 Melbourne Cup, storming home to beat hot favourite Incentivise and Spanish Mission. Trainer: Ciaron Maher and. 4 million Flemington feature to run on Tuesday the 7th of November, 2023. November 2nd, 2021 4:51 pm. Racing Victoria adopted 41 safety recommendations of an inquiry following the death of Anthony van Dyck in last year's Melbourne Cup. 1st:. 80 overnight), making him one of the most fancied horses in the Melbourne Cup since Phar Lap. au. 73) in 1930 Melbourne Cup guide: Every horse’s form, odds, best 4 tips, $100 betting strategy. The OTI-owned galloper, who was a winner over 2600m at Flemington back in April in his first preparation in Australia, had been 28th on the Melbourne Cup order of entry heading into the Bendigo Cup. Phar Lap won in 1930 at 8/11, while Revenue (7/4 in. 00. 15 EDT. 6:04pm. 2. Race. Besides. 15pm Tuesday, November 2) 1. Sent out a $5. Numbers for the 2021 Melbourne Cup have been slashed with eighteen horses coming out of contention for the race after fourth acceptances which were announced this morning. The favourite Deauville Legend is the horse to beat,. As fractional odds, this would be 9/1 ($45 profit plus your $5 stake returned). Verry Elleegant has won the 2021 Melbourne Cup, storming home to beat hot favourite Incentivise and Spanish Mission. On the face of it, the changes to the Melbourne Cup rules for international horses are stringent but necessary to protect the welfare of these beautiful animals that give us so much pleasure. Floating Artist 4. Gold Cup (4014m), June 17 2021, Royal Ascot, Clockwise Direction, Good Surface. Wet form: Soft: 10: 1-4-2; Heavy: 4: 0-1-1. TAB Odds: $2. Time: 3. Incentivise, the raging hot favourite. In 2020, Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck became. Like most bookies Ms Watts is hoping runaway. GRAND PROMENADE (GB) - Ciaron Maher & David Eustace - 2 - 52kgStunning $400k splash on favourite flops as lucky punters cash in on winner MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 01: Mark Zahra celebrates after riding Gold Trip to win race 7 the Lexus Melbourne Cup. Among the 24 runners, 21. DUAIS (10) $31/$8. Time: 3. 8% of the dividend but the Cup trifecta dividend is often in the thousands so it’s still a nice collect. Twilight Payment. There were just two internationally-trained horses in the 2021 Melbourne Cup field from outside of Australia and New Zealand: Twilight Payment (Joseph O’Brien) and Spanish. Verry Elleegant. The legendary racehorse entered as a top favourite at 8/11 and went on to claim a stunning victory, despite carrying a 63 kg handicap. com. 55. While it is not a traditional Melbourne Cup field this year, there is still a number of competitive international runners in the mix. Melbourne Cup 2021 Results. 50. 4 million prize money, telling Kochie and Nat “I think he’ll win. 2. 73) when he won the 1930 Melbourne Cup . Last year’s winner Gold Trip (No 1) is the third favourite, drifting out to $6. 16. "But what is in Twilight Payment's favour is he has won this race and is proven at. Irish galloper Vauban looks set to run favourite in Tuesday's great race, but there's been continued strong support for his stablemate. Past Melbourne Cup Winners. James McDonald aboard Verry Elleegant after they won the Melbourne Cup (Image: Racing Photos) Champion trainer Chris Waller has his first Melbourne Cup with Verry Elleegant stunning her rivals by four lengths in Tuesday's race. POINT NEPEAN (IRE) SCRATCHED. He’s got 6. Win range: 1600-3200m. Horse - trainer - ballot - weight . Here is where you will find accurate and precise details about the Melbourne Cup horses and the previous Melbourne Cup winners. 75m Melbourne Cup has been reduced to 22 runners after a scratching on morning of the. Picking a winner out of 24 runners is certainly no easy feat, but Australian bookies have trawled through the lineup, and a market is starting to become. 20 (9/4) or less with just three of those favourites adding their names to the honour roll. Incentivise: Peter Moody: Brett PrebbleHere is the punters. TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE) G9 Joseph O’Brien 58kg (2). Race Distance: 3200m.