Updated Melbourne Cup 2017 Field: Jon Snow Ruled Out

Jon Snow has officially been ruled out of the 2017 Melbourne Cup Field and will not take to the track in the famous Flemington Race 7 next Tuesday.

ATC Derby winner Jon Snow has been ruled out of the 2017 Melbourne Cup field. Photo: Steve Hart.

The Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman-trained ATC Derby winner was found to be two out of five lame in his near-side foreleg and is not permitted to accept for the Group 1 $6.25 million Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m).

Baker never thought the Victoria Racing Club Committee would allow the horse to run, continuing the team’s luckless spring carnival down under.

“We know the horse. They reckon he’s 2/5 lame, I don’t think they’ll let him run,” Baker said before the official call.

“He’s had this problem of being a bit scratchy in New Zealand and in Sydney but he comes right.”

With final Melbourne Cup acceptances closing at 4:30pm (AEST) this afternoon, the official 24 horses to line-up in the ‘Race That Stops A Nation’ is becoming clearer.

Irish trainer Willie Mullins has three in the line-up now with Max Dynamite and Wicklow Brave joined by eleventh hour escapee Thomas Hobson.

Thomas Hobson will be ridden by the ‘Magic Man’ Joao Moreira who was runner-up aboard Heartbreak City in the 2016 Melbourne Cup results.

Jon Snow was to be ridden by Stephen Baster, but Baster is now without a ride in the race unlikely to be able to get down to the 50kg required to partner the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-rained Lexus Stakes winner Cismontane.

Almandin remains the $6.50 favourite in Melbourne Cup betting pre-field, the Lloyd Williams-raced defending champion out to hand his owner with a sixth ‘Loving Trophy’.

Williams will saddle-up six Melbourne Cup horses with the favourite to be joined by international visitors Rekindling, Johannes Vermeer, US Army Ranger, along with the imported Bondi Beach and Gallante both trained by Robert Hickmott.

See below for the 2017 Melbourne Cup Field as it stands before the official final announcement after the Victoria Derby Day racing action, all markets still open at Ladbrokes.com.au.

2017 Melbourne Cup Field Prediction

To Be Confirmed at 4:30pm (AEDT)

No.	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x2822x1229	HARTNELL (GB)	G	7	James Cummings	57.5kg	115
2	665111×214	ALMANDIN (GER)	G	8	Robert Hickmott	56.5kg	112
3	212×681352	HUMIDOR (NZ)	G	5	Darren Weir	56kg	112
4	242x11711x	TIBERIAN (FR)	H	6	Alain Couetil	55.5kg	110
5	232x1521x6	MARMELO (GB)	H	5	Hughie Morrison	55kg	109
6	1132x11x5x	RED CARDINAL (IRE)	G	6	Andreas Wohler	55kg	109
7	3x45712x23	JOHANNES VERMEER (IRE)	H	5	Aidan O’Brien	54.5kg	108
8	x11x330x90	BONDI BEACH (IRE)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	54kg	106
9	1x2x30x91x	MAX DYNAMITE (FR)	G	8	William Mullins	54kg	107
10	121x5x7620	VENTURA STORM (IRE)	H	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	54kg	106
11	0x81424440	WICKLOW BRAVE (GB)	G	9	William Mullins	54kg	107
12	3642×94491	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	G	9	Chris Waller	54kg	107
13	113×550214	BIG DUKE (IRE)	G	6	Darren Weir	53.5kg	104
14	428×320386	US ARMY RANGER (IRE)	H	5	Joseph O’Brien	53.5kg	106
15	6510×39341	BOOM TIME	H	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg (includes 1.0kg penalty)	102
16	031x270x07	GALLANTE (IRE)	G	7	Robert Hickmott	53kg	103
17	746Px61652	LIBRAN (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	53kg	107
18	202x024x1x	NAKEETA (GB)	G	7	Iain Jardine	53kg	105
19	2612×05442	SINGLE GAZE	M	5	Nick Olive	53kg	108
20	11x6248x22	WALL OF FIRE (IRE)	H	5	Hugo Palmer	53kg	105
21	9P01712x72	THOMAS HOBSON (GB)	G	8	William Mullins	52kg	103
22	210×140124	REKINDLING (GB)	H	4	Joseph O’Brien	51.5kg	110
23	214×839410	AMELIE’S STAR	M	6	Darren Weir	51kg	103
24	x232521033	CISMONTANE (NZ)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	50kg	84