Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Jye McNeil		12	55.5kg		$26
	2	21	TIGER MOTH (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy	0.4L	22	52.5kg	2.5kg	$6.50
	3	12	PRINCE OF ARRAN (GB)	Charlie Fellowes	Jamie Kah	0.6L	1	54.5kg		$9.50
	4	17	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Daniel Stackhouse	2.35L	5	53.5kg		$41
	5	24	PERSAN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	2.45L	19	51kg	1.0kg	$41
	6	5	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Glen Boss	3.45L	14	55.5kg		$12
	7	7	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	3.85L	15	55.5kg	0.5kg	$10
	8	15	RUSSIAN CAMELOT (IRE)	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	3.95L	16	53.5kg		$13
	9	11	FINCHE (GB)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4.7L	6	54.5kg		$21
	10	18	ASHRUN (FR)	Andreas Wohler	Declan Bates	4.8L	23	53kg		$26
	11	22	OCEANEX (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall	5.55L	17	51.5kg		$81
	12	19	WARNING	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Luke Currie	6.8L	8	53kg		$41
	13	13	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	Paul Preusker	Craig Williams	8.8L	7	54.5kg		$6F
	14	23	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	10.55L	13	51kg		$41
	15	4	MASTER OF REALITY (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Ben Melham	10.75L	11	56kg		$19
	16	16	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	William Pike	10.95L	20	53.5kg	1.0kg	$31
	17	20	ETAH JAMES (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Billy Egan	12.7L	21	52.5kg		$101
	18	3	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Mott	13.95L	4	57kg		$61
	19	8	MUSTAJEER (GB)	Kris Lees	Michael Rodd	14.95L	2	55kg		$101
	20	9	STRATUM ALBION (GB)	Willie Mullins	Jordan Childs	17.95L	9	55kg		$31
	21	10	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	Andrew Balding	Michael Walker	19.2L	18	54.5kg		$101
	22	2	AVILIUS (GB)	James Cummings	John Allen	20.95L	10	57kg		$61
	FF	1	ANTHONY VAN DYCK (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Hugh Bowman		3	58.5kg		$10
		14	KING OF LEOGRANCE (FR)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane		0

*Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Melbourne Cup is widely recognised as one of the most prestigious horse racing events in the world, and the Melbourne Cup horses that line-up in the world’s richest handicap are the best in the business.

Many Australian trainers go through their entire career with the hope of someday having a horse good enough to enter the $8 million race on the first Tuesday of November, and more and more we are seeing imported Melbourne Cup horses bred to stay the testing two mile distance.

It is also becoming very common place to find a strong international charge with Northern Hemisphere-trained Melbourne Cup horses making a raid for the ‘Loving Trophy’.

Melbourne Cup history shows a number of recent internationally-trained Melbourne Cup winners including most recently Rekindling (2017), Cross Counter (2018) and Twilight Payment (2020) who held out two other raiders in an all-international Melbourne Cup trifecta.

In 2019 the locals were back in winning form with the Danny O’Brien-trained Vow And Declare becoming the first Australian-bred Melbourne Cup winner meanwhile since Shocking back in 2009.

With only the very best stayers from around the globe being granted the honour of a start in the capacity 24-horse Melbourne Cup field, you can be assured that each year’s race will possess an incredible amount of talent and staying ability.

The 2020 Melbourne Cup Horses are officially known when final acceptances are announced on the Saturday prior to the race following the VRC Derby Day action.

The Melbourne Cup 2020 field will be released on October 31, 2020 and the confirmed Melbourne Cup horses to be detailed below.

Click here to read about the key 2020 Melbourne Cup Horses in the 2020 final field. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	0330x25x12	ANTHONY VAN DYCK (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Hugh Bowman	3	58.5kg		122
2	54533×4626	AVILIUS (GB)	James Cummings	John Allen	10	57kg		116
0	21x395x900	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	Jamie Mott (late alt)	4	57kg		115
4	3354x6221x	MASTER OF REALITY (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Ben Melham	11	56kg		113
5	44x2x222x1	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Glen Boss	14	55.5kg		121
6	x70x7x2113	TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Jye McNeil	12	55.5kg		115
7	42212×1411	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	15	55.5kg	0.5kg	116
8	x1225x0098	MUSTAJEER (GB)	Kris Lees	Michael Rodd	2	55kg		114
9	2104xPx72x	STRATUM ALBION (GB)	Willie Mullins	Jordan Childs	9	55kg		114
10	14579×1140	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	Andrew Balding	Michael Walker	19	54.5kg		112
11	x51257x335	FINCHE (GB)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	6	54.5kg		112
12	20x3x36x34	PRINCE OF ARRAN (GB)	Charlie Fellowes	Jamie Kah	1	54.5kg		113
13	132x415x29	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	Paul Preusker	Craig Williams	7	54.5kg		112
14	9x211x2x03	KING OF LEOGRANCE (FR)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane	18	53.5kg		109
15	2x411x2123	RUSSIAN CAMELOT (IRE)	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	16	53.5kg		118
16	x4679x0331	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	William Pike	21	53.5kg	1.0kg	111
17	38572×1873	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Daniel Stackhouse	5	53.5kg		111
0	853x5x2241	ASHRUN (FR)	Andreas Wohler	Declan Bates (late alt)	24	53kg		110
19	755633×760	WARNING	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Luke Currie	8	53kg		115
20	6416341×04	ETAH JAMES (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Billy Egan	22	52.5kg		106
21	3x12x1	TIGER MOTH (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy	23	52.5kg	2.5kg	114
22	07511×0003	OCEANEX (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall	17	51.5kg		108
23	1x84x40661	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	13	51kg		111
24	3121112121	PERSAN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	20	51kg	1.0kg	107

Table Credit: Racing Australia.