2019 Melbourne Cup barrier draw

THE nation stops on the first Tuesday in November to watch the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington – but owners, trainers and punters alike also stop on the Saturday night before the great race to witness the barrier draw for the $7 million race.

The barrier draw is of great importance as it determines where each of the Melbourne Cup horses will be positioned, at least in the early stages, of the gruelling two-mile event.

A suitable barrier can enhance a horse’s chances of finding an ideal spot and running a bold race, and likewise, a poor draw can have disastrous consequences and destroy a runner’s chance before the gates have even opened.

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2019 Melbourne Cup barrier Draw

No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1		Cross Counter	Charlie Appleby	William Buick	5	57.5kg	$13
2		Mer De Glace	Hisashi Shimizu	Damian Lane	2	56kg	$9
3		Master Of Reality	Joseph O’Brien	Frankie Dettori	1	55.5kg	$26
4		Mirage Dancer	T Busuttin & N Young	Ben Melham	13	55.5kg	$34
5		Southern France	C Maher & D Eustace	Mark Zahra	14	55.5kg	$23
6		Hunting Horn	Aidan O’Brien	Seamie Heffernan	11	55kg	$46
7		Latrobe	Joseph O’Brien	James Mcdonald	13	55kg	$46
8		Mustajeer	Kris Lees	Damien Oliver	6	55kg	$21
9		Rostropovich	D & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	12	55kg	$101
10		Twilight Payment	Joseph O’Brien	Hugh Bowman	19	55kg	$41
11		Finche	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	4	54kg	$41
12		Prince Of Arran	Charlie Fellowes	Michael Walker	8	54kg	$19
13		Raymond Tusk	Richard Hannon	Jamie Spencer	3	54kg	$23
14		Downdraft	Joseph O’Brien	John Allen	15	53.5kg	$20
15		Magic Wand	Aidan O’Brien	John Allen	14	53.5kg	$19
16		Neufbosc	D & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	23	53.5kg	$251
17		Sound	Mike Moroney	James Winks	10	53.5kg	$126
18		Surprise Baby	Paul Preusker	Jordan Childs	20	53.5kg	$15
19		Constantinople	D & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Joao Moreira	7	52.5kg	$10
20		Il Paradiso	Aidan O’Brien	Wayne Lordan	17	52.5kg	$14
21		Steel Prince	Anthony Freedman	Brett Prebble	16	52.5kg	$71
22		The Chosen One	M Baker & A Forsman	Tim Clark	18	52kg	$71
23		Vow And Declare	Dan O’Brien	Craig Williams	21	52kg	$12
24		Youngstar	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	9	52kg	$34

Recent Melbourne Cup barrier draws

• 2018 Melbourne Cup barrier draw

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1		Best Solution	Saeed bin Suroor	Pat Cosgrave	6	57.5kg	$15
  2		The Cliffsofmoher	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	9	56.5kg	$17
  3		Magic Circle	Ian Williams	Corey Brown	17	56kg	$8.50
  4		Chestnut Coat	Yoshito Yahagi	Yuga Kawada	4	55.5kg	$9.50
  5		Muntahaa	John Gosden	Jim Crowley	13	55.5kg	$10
  6		Sound Check	Mike Moroney	Jordan Childs	16	55.5kg	$67
  7		Who Shot TheBarman	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	18	55.5kg	$8.50
  8		Ace High	David Payne	Tye Angland	22	55kg	$11
  9		Marmelo	Hughie Morrison	Hugh Bowman	10	55kg	$17
  10		Avilius	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	11	54.5kg	$13
  11		Yucatan	Aidan O’Brien	James McDonald	23	54.5kg	$4.50
  12		Auvray	Richard Freedman	Tommy Berry	1	54kg	$91
  13		Finche	Chris Waller	Zac Purton	15	54kg	$26
  14		Red Cardinal	Darren Weir	Damien Oliver	5	54kg	$34
  15		Vengeur Masque	Mike Moroney	Patrick Moloney	2	54kg	$67
  16		Ventura Storm	Hayes, Hayes & Dabernig	Mark Zahra	7	54kg	$34
  17		A Prince of Arran	Charlie Fellowes	Michael Walker	20	53kg	$15
  18		Nakeeta	Iain Jardine	Regan Bayliss	3	53kg	$81
  19		Sir Charles Road	O’Sullivan & Scott	Dwayne Dunn	14	53kg	$101
  20		Zacada	Forsman & Baker	Damien Lane	24	53kg	$126
  21		Runaway	Waterhouse & Bott	Stephen Baster	12	52kg	$34
  22		Youngstar	Chriss Waller	Craig Williams	8	51.5kg	$21
  23		Cross Counter	Charlie Appleby	Kerrin McEvoy	19	51kg	$9
  24		Rostropovich	Aidan O’Brien	Wayne Lordan	21	51kg	$21

• 2017 Melbourne Cup barrier draw

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1		Hartnell	James Cummings	Damian Lane	12	57.5kg	$26
  2		Almandin	Robert Hickmott	Frankie Dettori	14	56.5kg	$7
  3		Humidor	Darren Weir	Blake Shinn	13	56kg	$9.50
  4		Tiberian	Alain Couetil	Oliver Peslier	23	55.5kg	$31
  5		Marmelo	Hughie Morrison	Hugh Bowman	16	55kg	$9
  6		Red Cardinal	Andreas Wohler	Kerrin McEvoy	24	55kg	$15
  7		Johannes Vermeer	Aiden O’Brien	Ben Melham	3	54.5kg	$10
  8		Bondi Beach	Robert Hickmott	Michael Walker	1	54kg	$61
  9		Max Dynamite	William Mullins	Zac Purton	2	54kg	$15
  10		Ventura Storm	David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Glen Boss	6	54kg	$31
  11		Who Shot Thebarman	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	20	54kg	$41
  12		Wicklow Brave	William Mullins	Stephen Baster	8	54kg	$51
  13		Big Duke	Darren Weir	Brenton Avdulla	5	53.5kg	$19
  14		US Army Ranger	Joseph O’Brien	Jamie Spencer	22	53.5kg	$61
  15		Boom Time	David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Cory Parish	9	53kg	$26
  16		Gallante	Robert Hickmott	Michael Dee	18	53kg	$101
  17		Libran	Chris Waller	Dwayne Dunn	7	53kg	$41
  18		Nakeeta	Iain Jardine	Glyn Schofield	19	53kg	$31
  19		Single Gaze	Nick Olive	Kathy O’Hara	11	53kg	$41
  20		Wall Of Fire	Hugo Palmer	Craig Williams	15	53kg	$13
  21		Thomas Hobson	William Mullins	Joao Moreira	21	52kg	$14
  22		Rekindling	Joseph O’Brien	Corey Brown	4	51.5kg	$16
  23		Amelie’s Star	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	10	51kg	$23
  24		Cismontane	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Beau Mertens	17	50kg	$41

Melbourne Cup barrier draw statistics

The start of the Melbourne Cup is relatively fair – there is over one kilometre from the barriers to the start of the first turn which gives jockeys plenty of time to try and find a position.

However, with 24 horses and a mix of frontrunners, backmarkers and mid-pack runners, there is also a lot of competition for the optimum positions which can make or break a horse’s chances.

The most successful barrier is number five which has seen eight winners since the introduction of starting gates in 1924. The last winner of the Melbourne Cup to win from barrier five was Americain which won the 150th edition of the race in 2010 for French trainer Alain De Royer-Dupre and jockey Gerald Mosse.

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Barrier five also has a good record, supplying seven winners including Gai Waterhouse’s Fiorente back in 2013. Barriers 10 and 14 and locked on six wins a piece, with Efficient and three-time Cup winner Makybe Diva exiting those gates respectively in 2007 and 2005.

The worst barrier is 18 – incredibly it has never produced a winner. Many also believe barrier 13 to be unlucky – even though champions Phar Lap, Baghdad Note, Ethereal and Dunaden all came from it to claim Australian racing’s premier race.

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