The 2025 Melbourne Cup will be run and won on Tuesday, with 24 local and international horses vying for a whopping $10m in prizemoney.
So who is in the field this year? See below for the full list of horses numbers, jockeys.
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(Saddlecloth No. – Horse (Barrier) – Trainer – Jockey – Weight)
1 AL RIFFA (19) – Joseph O’Brien – Mark Zahra – 59kg
2 BUCKAROO (12) – Chris Waller – Craig Williams – 57kg
3 ARAPAHO (15) – Bjorn Baker – Rachel King – 56.5kg
4 VAUBAN (2) – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Blake Shinn – 56.5kg
5 CHEVALIER ROSE (5) – Hisashi Shimizu – Damian Lane – 55.5kg
6 PRESAGE NOCTURNE (9) – Alessandro Botti – Stephane Pasquier – 55.5kg
7 MIDDLE EARTH (13) – Ciaron Maher – Ethan Brown – 54.5kg
8 MEYDAAN (22) – Simon & Ed Crisford – James McDonald – 54kg
9 ABSURDE (4) – Willie Mullins – Kerrin McEvoy – 53.5kg
10 FLATTEN THE CURVE (17) – Henk Grewe – Thore-Hammer Hansen – 53.5kg
11 LAND LEGEND (16) – Chris Waller – Joao Moreira – 53.5kg
12 SMOKIN’ ROMANS (11) – Ciaron Maher – Ben Melham – 53.5kg
13 CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD – Kris Lees – Tim Clark – 53kg
14 HALF YOURS (8) – Tony & Calvin McEvoy – Jamie Melham – 53kg
15 MORE FELONS (23) – Chris Waller – Tommy Berry – 53kg
16 ONESMOOTHOPERATOR (6) – Brian Ellison – Harry Coffey – 53kg
17 FURTHUR (7) – Andrew Balding – Michael Dee – 52kg
18 PARCHMENT PARTY (3) – William Mott – John Velazquez – 52kg
19 ATHABASCAN (1) John O’Shea & Tom Charlton – Declan Bates – 51.5kg
20 GOODIE TWO SHOES (20) – Joseph O’Brien – Wayne Lordan – 51.5kg
21 RIVER OF STARS (14)- Chris Waller – Beau Mertens – 51.5kg
22 ROYAL SUPREMACY (21) – Ciaron Maher – Robbie Dolan – 51kg
23 TORRANZINO (18) – Paul Preusker – Celine Gaudray – 51kg
24 VALIANT KING (10) – Chris Waller – Jye McNeil – 51kg
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