Yesterday Racing Victoria released the latest 2010 Melbourne Cup order of entry, with Caulfield Cup winner Descarado the biggest mover in the ballot.

Gai Waterhouse’s High Chaparral four-year-old Descarado claimed a surprise win in the 2010 Caulfield Cup last Saturday, earning him a ballot exemption from the $6 million Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) on Tuesday November 2 at Flemington.

Descarado now sits second on the order of entry behind Irish St Leger winner Sans Frontieres who has since been ruled out of contention.

Following his Caulfield Cup success, Descarado has shortened into $17 to win the 2010 Melbourne Cup at [sportsbet].

The race is now heating up among the Melbourne Cup entries to make the 24-horse final field for the 150^th edition of world’s richest handicap, worth a record $6 million in prize money and trophies this year.

Early favourite in the Melbourne Cup betting markets is Bart Cummings’ Cox Plate champion So You Think paying $5.

Also well backed to win the 2010 Cox Plate this Saturday, So You Think needs to place within the top three in the $3 million weight-for-age feature at Moonee Valley in order to gain a Melbourne Cup start.

Sitting 56^th on the current order of entry, So You Think is the most notable runner yet to pass the first elimination clause for the Melbourne Cup.

The Cups King Bart Cummings, vying for 13^th Melbourne Cup victory this year, has star mares Faint Perfume (11^th) and Dariana (14^th) assured of a Melbourne Cup start, but his emerging star and JRA Cup winner Precedence is still outside of the field in 39^th spot.

Zabeel five-year-old Precedence is nominated for the Group 2 Cathay Pacific Airways Cup (2500m) on Cox Plate Day this Saturday where a win will see him move into the Melbourne Cup starting line-up.

Other high profile horses that remain outside of the top 25 Melbourne Cup entries and are seeking a feature race victory over the next two weeks to assure a start include Luca Cumain’s 2008 Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer (26^th), Gai Waterhouse’s The Metropolitan winner Herculian Prince (30^th), last year’s beaten favourite Alcopop (31^st) and Lloyd Williams’ lightly-raced Galileo grey Linton (32^nd).

Notable Runners Not Assured of a 2010 Melbourne Cup Start:

• Bauer (26^th)
• Herculian Prince (30^th)
• Alcopop (31^st)
• Linton (32^nd)
• Precedence (39^th)
• So You Think (56^th)

Meanwhile, international hopeful Drunken Sailor (34^th) will attempt to improve his chance of a Melbourne Cup run when the Luca Cumani-trained gelding starts in the Group 3 Geelong Cup (2400m) today.

The 2010 Melbourne Cup third declarations close next Monday, October 25.

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2010 Emirates Melbourne Cup Field & Ballot Order

No.	Horse	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Handicapper Rating
1	SANS FRONTIERES (IRE)	Jeremy Noseda	1	57	2.0	117
2	SHOCKING	Mark Kavanagh	3	57	–	115
3	METAL BENDER (NZ)	Chris Waller	5	56	–	116
4	CAMPANOLOGIST (USA)	Saeed Bin Suroor	6	56	–	116
5	SO YOU THINK (NZ)	Bart Cummings	56	56	–	118
6	ZIPPING	Robert Hickmott	7	55.5	–	116
7	SHOOT OUT	John Wallace	4	55	–	115
8	MR MEDICI (IRE)	Peter Ho	10	55	–	112
9	ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE (GB)	William J Knight	12	55	–	112
10	TOKAI TRICK (JPN)	Kenji Nonaka	13	54.5	–	111
11	DESCARADO (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	2	54	1.5	115
12	MONACO CONSUL (NZ)	Michael Moroney	8	54	–	110
13	PROFOUND BEAUTY (IRE)	Dermot K Weld	9	54	–	112
14	ZAVITE (NZ)	Anthony Cummings	17	54	–	110
15	HARRIS TWEED (NZ)	Murray & Bjorn Baker	18	54	–	107
16	MASTER O’REILLY (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	19	54	–	109
17	C’EST LA GUERRE (NZ)	Robert Hickmott	20	54	–	108
18	MANIGHAR (FR)	Luca Cumani	21	54	–	110
19	BUCCELLATI (GB)	Tony Noonan	22	54	–	109
20	AMERICAIN (USA)	Alain de Royer Dupre	24	54	–	110
21	DOCTOR FREMANTLE (GB)	Lee Freedman	25	54	–	105
22	TRIPLE HONOUR (NZ)	Chris Waller	57	54	–	114
23	BAUER (IRE)	Luca Cumani	26	53.5	–	110
24	VIGOR (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	27	53.5	–	110
25	RED RULER (NZ)	John Sargent	28	53.5	–	107
26	MOURAYAN (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	29	53.5	–	107
27	HERCULIAN PRINCE (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	30	53.5	2.0	110
28	ALCOPOP	Jake Stephens	31	53.5	–	108
29	HOLBERG (UAE)	Saeed Bin Suroor	33	53.5	–	107
30	ZABRASIVE (NZ)	John O’Shea	15	53	–	107
31	DRUNKEN SAILOR (IRE)	Luca Cumani	34	53	–	108
32	NO WINE NO SONG	Kevin Moses	36	53	–	108
33	JESSICABEEL (NZ)	John O’Shea	23	52.5	–	108
34	CAPECOVER (NZ)	Patrick Payne	37	52.5	–	106
35	FAINT PERFUME	Bart Cummings	11	52	–	108
36	LINTON	Robert Hickmott	32	52	1.0	99
37	PRECEDENCE (NZ)	Bart Cummings	39	52	1.5	101
38	DARIANA	Bart Cummings	14	51.5	–	106
39	ONCE WERE WILD	Gai Waterhouse	16	51.5	–	108
40	EASTERN ARIA (UAE)	Mark Johnston	35	51.5	1.0	108
41	ABOVE AVERAGE (IRE)	Lee Freedman	40	51.5	–	100
42	STERLING PRINCE (NZ)	Wayne Hillis	41	51	–	102
43	MOUDRE	Ciaron Maher	58	51	–	100
44	POMPEYANO (IRE)	Saeed Bin Suroor	59	51	–	101
45	EMPIRES CHOICE (NZ)	Bart Cummings	60	51	–	103
46	VALDEMORO	Tony Vasil	38	50	–	98
47	PERSIAN STAR	Robert Smerdon	42	50	–	100
48	BERLIOZ (NZ)	David Hayes	43	50	–	93
49	PHAZE ACTION	Robbie Laing	44	50	–	86
50	GET UP JUDE	Kevin Moses	45	50	–	91
51	EXCEPTIONALLY (NZ)	Terry & Karina O’Sullivan	46	50	–	82
52	AJHAR (USA)	Lee Freedman	47	50	–	94
53	BECQU ADOREE (FR)	Luca Cumani	48	50	–	82
54	NOTHIN’ LEICA CAT (NZ)	Anthony Cummings	49	50	–	89
55	MALUCKYDAY (NZ)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	50	50	–	73
56	CEDARBERG	Pat Carey	51	50	–	94
57	BASALTICO (IRE)	Bill & Symon Wilde	52	50	–	95
58	MR CHARLIE (NZ)	Peter G Moody	53	50	–	82
59	RUNDLE	Robert Hickmott	54	50	–	78
60	SEA GALLEON	Colin & Cindy Alderson	55	50	–	70
61	COUNT ENCOSTA	John P Thompson	61	50	–	93
62	THE HOMBRE	John Bary	62	50	–	–
63	AVIENUS	Mark Webb	63	50	–	93
64	APPREHEND	Tony Vasil	64	50	–	96
65	RIGHT FONG	David Balfour	65	50	–	97
66	MILES ABOVE	Denis Daffy	66	50	–	88
67	MONTAHLIA (NZ)	Michael Kent	67	50	–	89
68	GOLDEN CHARMER	Dan O’Sullivan	68	50	–	82
69	NIPTIOUS	Danny Curran	69	50	–	86
70	ZANTELAGH	Mark Kavanagh	70	50	–	71
71	MUIR (GB)	Robert Hickmott	71	50	–	82
72	SAINT ENCOSTA	John P Thompson	72	50	–	–
73	STANSTILL (IRE)	Michael Kent	73	50	–	–
74	JEUNEYS END	Allan Fitzgerald	74	50	–	78
75	MY BENTLEY (NZ)	Michael Kent	75	50	–	82
76	CROCODILE CANYON (NZ)	Howard Mathews	76	50	–	–
77	HOME ON A WING	Anthony Cummings	77	50	–	–
78	GOTHIC CROWN	Todd Balfour	78	50	–	64

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