Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	23	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	–	21	52kg	$11
2	12	PRINCE OF ARRAN (GB)	Charlie Fellowes	Michael Walker	0.2L	8	54kg	$17
3	20	IL PARADISO (USA)	Aidan O’Brien	Wayne Lordan	0.3L	17	52.5kg	$15
4	3	MASTER OF REALITY (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Frankie Dettori	0.4L	1	55.5kg	$26
5	18	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	Paul Preusker	Jordan Childs	0.9L	20	53.5kg	$12
6	2	MER DE GLACE (JPN)	Hisashi Shimizu	Damian Lane	1.2L	2	56kg	$9.50
7	11	FINCHE (GB)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	1.4L	4	54kg	$8.50F
8	1	CROSS COUNTER (GB)	Charlie Appleby	William Buick	1.6L	5	57.5kg	$13
9	21	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony Freedman	Brett Prebble	2.1L	16	52.5kg	$61
10	15	MAGIC WAND (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	3.6L	24	53.5kg	$26
11	10	TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Hugh Bowman	3.8L	19	55kg	$41
12	17	SOUND (GER)	Michael Moroney	James Winks	3.9L	10	53.5kg	$91
13	19	CONSTANTINOPLE (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Joao Moreira	4.1L	7	52.5kg	$9.50
14	4	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Ben Melham	4.3L	13	55.5kg	$51
15	6	HUNTING HORN (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Seamie Heffernan	4.5L	11	55kg	$51
16	13	RAYMOND TUSK (IRE)	Richard Hannon	Jamie Spencer	5L	3	54kg	$21
17	22	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Tim Clark	5.2L	18	52kg	$31
18	7	LATROBE (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	James McDonald	6.45L	22	55kg	$21
19	5	SOUTHERN FRANCE (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	6.55L	14	55.5kg	$26
20	24	YOUNGSTAR	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	7.3L	9	52kg	$31
21	16	NEUFBOSC (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	8.3L	23	53.5kg	$101
22	14	DOWNDRAFT (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	John Allen	8.6L	15	53.5kg	$21
23	8	MUSTAJEER (GB)	Kris Lees	Damien Oliver	10.85L	6	55kg	$19
24	9	ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	40.85L	12	55kg	$41

The Melbourne Cup field is made up of the world’s best staying types with both local Australian gallopers and international raiders fighting it out for the richest handicap prize every November.

Held on the first Tuesday of November each year at Melbourne’s famous Flemington Racecourse the Melbourne Cup field features a capacity 24 starters and has no emergencies.

Every spring the Melbourne Cup field of final acceptances is released on the Saturday before Melbourne Cup Day. The live announcement of the Melbourne Cup field is made from Flemington at around 6:00pm (local time), with the official Melbourne Cup final acceptances closing to connections at 4:30pm (AEDT) after the action of Victoria Derby Day.

2019 Melbourne Cup Field Dates

2019 Melbourne Cup field and nomination announcement dates:

• Nominations: Closed on Thursday August 29, 2019 attracting 152 horses 
• Handicaps / Weights: Tuesday September 10, 2019
• First Acceptances: October 1, 2019
• Second Acceptances: October 15, 2019
• Third Acceptances: October 28, 2019
• Final Field: Saturday November 2, 2019
• Jockeys: Saturday November 2, 2019
• Barrier Draw: Saturday November 2, 2019

Of course betting on the Melbourne Cup field opens at bookies around the country including Ladbrokes.com.au before even the Melbourne Cup nominations are taken.

Melbourne Cup odds are open nearly all year round with futures betting offering great prices, the favourite paying over $20, for those that want to get in on the action early.

To check out the latest Melbourne Cup betting markets for this year’s showdown head to Ladbrokes.com.au, the country’s most trusted bookie for Melbourne Cup odds.

2019 Melbourne Cup Field

The Melbourne Cup 2019 Field & Barriers will be published below as soon as the final 24 Melbourne Cup horses are confirmed by Racing Victoria on the Saturday prior to Melbourne Cup Day.

The 2019 Melbourne Cup Final Field of 24 stayers includes last year’s champion Cross Counter for Godolphin in barrier five, the Japanese-trained Caulfield Cup winner Mer De Glace in barrier two looking to complete the coveted double and Chris Waller’s best chance of securing his maiden ‘Loving Trophy’ Finche in barrier four for flying jockey Kerrin McEvoy who won on Cross Counter in 2018.

Read more on the key 2019 Melbourne Cup contenders.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	12x1x1x434	CROSS COUNTER (GB)	Charlie Appleby	William Buick	5	57.5kg
2	211x11x1x1	MER DE GLACE (JPN)	Hisashi Shimizu	Damian Lane	2	56kg
3	7250×14335	MASTER OF REALITY (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Frankie Dettori	1	55.5kg
4	2x0x1322x3	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Ben Melham	13	55.5kg
5	37×3264413	SOUTHERN FRANCE (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	14	55.5kg
6	3344465881	HUNTING HORN (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Seamie Heffernan	11	55kg
7	220×344216	LATROBE (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	James McDonald	22	55kg
8	4x1x723516	MUSTAJEER (GB)	Kris Lees	Damien Oliver	6	55kg
9	251557×790	ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	12	55kg
10	423x2411x7	TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Hugh Bowman	19	55kg
11	x1x34x5125	FINCHE (GB)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	4	54kg
12	8x49x58321	PRINCE OF ARRAN (GB)	Charlie Fellowes	Michael Walker	8	54kg
13	1x6x237x4x	RAYMOND TUSK (IRE)	Richard Hannon	Jamie Spencer	3	54kg
14	x196112x31	DOWNDRAFT (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	John Allen	15	53.5kg
15	2×53220224	MAGIC WAND (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	24	53.5kg
16	2x30x80709	NEUFBOSC (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	23	53.5kg
17	00x048x070	SOUND (GER)	Michael Moroney	James Winks	10	53.5kg
18	1514132×41	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	Paul Preusker	Jordan Childs	20	53.5kg
19	531×212224	CONSTANTINOPLE (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Joao Moreira	7	52.5kg
20	322×17135	IL PARADISO (USA)	Aidan O’Brien	Wayne Lordan	17	52.5kg
21	x11111x467	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony Freedman	Brett Prebble	16	52.5kg
22	0141×59195	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Tim Clark	18	52kg
23	1x36621x42	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	21	52kg
24	x059x87873	YOUNGSTAR	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	9	52kg

It is a long process to whittle down all the hopeful horses to reveal the official Melbourne Cup field. Things start in late August or early September when the Melbourne Cup nominations are taken, with numbers usually exceeding 150 early entries. First declaration stage narrows down the number of Melbourne Cup horses a month later at the start of October by as much as half. Second declarations follow about three weeks on at the end of October before the final declaration or acceptance stage on Victoria Derby Day.

2019 Melbourne Cup Nominations

The 2019 Melbourne Cup nominations will be listed below as soon as they are released by Racing Victoria (RV).

Click on the link to view the full Melbourne Cup 2019 Nominations featuring 152 stayers in the mix including last year’s all-international Trifecta led by the defending champion, Godolphin galloper Cross Counter, who is early favourite to go back-to-back in the race for the first time since the three-peat of the great mare Makybe Diva (2003-05).