2021 Melbourne Cup field

When the races were completed on Derby Day, the barrier draw for the 2021 Melbourne Cup was conducted, where 24 entrants learnt their fate for ‘the race that stops the nation’. If there was ever a race you wanted to draw a barrier, then it is in the Melbourne Cup.

How do horses qualify for the Melbourne Cup?

More than 150 horses earned Melbourne Cup nominations in 2021, but there is only room for 24 in the final field. There are two common routes to the race that stops a nation:

• Exemptions
  Aspiring Melbourne Cup horses can gain automatic entry into the Melbourne Cup field by winning one of several designated qualifying races. These are the Andrew Ramsden Stakes, The Bart Cummings, Lexus Stakes, Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup in Australia, as well as the Irish St Leger and Japan’s Tenno Sho.
• Ballot
  Unless they have won exemption through one of the aforementioned races, nominated horses must try their luck in the Melbourne Cup ballot. Each ballot contender is listed in the Melbourne Cup order of entry, which ranks the prospective runners based on key criteria such as recent results, prize money and handicaps.

When is the Melbourne Cup field announced?

The final field for the 2021 Melbourne Cup will be confirmed on Saturday, October 30, just before the barrier draw is conducted from 7pm AEDT at Flemington Racecourse. See the table below for all the key dates in the lead-up to the first Tuesday of November.

Full 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	SCR
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

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2020 Melbourne Cup Field

No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1		Anthony Van Dyck	Aidan O’Brien	Hugh Bowman	3	58.5kg	$8.50
2		Avilius	James Cummings	John Allen	10	57kg	$51
3		Vow And Declare	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Mott	4	57kg	$51
4		Master Of Reality	Joseph O’Brien	Ben Melham	11	56kg	$26
5		Sir Dragonet	C Maher & D Eustace	Glen Boss	14	55.5kg	$10
6		Twilight Payment	Joseph O’Brien	Jye McNeil	12	55.5kg	$31
7		Verry Elleegant	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	15	55.5kg	$13
8		Mustajeer	Kris Lees	Michael Rodd	2	55kg	$101
9		Stratum Albion	Willie Mullins	Jordan Childs	9	55kg	$47
10		Dashing Willoughby	Andrew Balding	Michael Walker	19	54.5kg	$101
11		Finche	Chris Waller	James McDonald	6	54.5kg	$19
12		Prince Of Arran	Charlie Fellowes	Jamie Kah	1	54.5kg	$12
13		Surprise Baby	Paul Preusker	Craig Williams	7	54.5kg	$9.50
14		King Of Leogrance	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane	18	53.5kg	SCR
15		Russian Camelot	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	16	53.5kg	$13
16		Steel Prince	A & S Freedman	William Pike	21	53.5kg	$44
17		The Chosen One	M Baker & A Forsman	Daniel Stackhouse	5	53.5kg	$42
18		Ashrun	Andreas Wohler	Declan Bates	24	53kg	$23
19		Warning	A & S Freeman	Luke Currie	8	53kg	$51
20		Etah James	C Maher & D Eustace	Billy Egan	22	52.5kg	$201
21		Tiger Moth	Aidan O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy	23	52.5kg	$8.60
22		Oceanex	M Price & M Kent jnr	Dean Yendall	17	51.5kg	$101
23		Miami Bound	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	21	51kg	$41
24		Persan	C Maher & D Eustace	Michael Dee	20	51kg	$42

2019 Melbourne Cup Field

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

2018 Melbourne Cup Field

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	12	54.5kg	$4.50
12		Auvray	Richard Freedman	Tommy Berry	13	54kg	$91
13		Finche	Chris Waller	Zac Purton	15	54kg	$26
14		Red Cardinal	Darren Weir	Damien Oliver	2	54kg	$34
15		Vengeuer Masque	Mike Moroney	Patrick Moloney	7	54kg	$67
16		Ventura Storm	Hayes, Hayes & Dabernig	Mark Zahra	20	54kg	$34
17		A Prince of Arran	Charlie Fellowes	Michael Walker	3	53kg	$15
18		Nakeeta	Iain Jardine	Regan Bayliss	14	53kg	$81
19		Sir Charles Road	Sullivan & Scott	Dwayne Dunn	24	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

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