2010 Melbourne Cup Field

The 2010 Melbourne Cup field will guarantee an exciting race this year, as the runners looking to contend the race that stops a nation are some of the finest in the country and the world.

Throughout the spring racing season, the latest race results have kept the favourites at Luxbet constantly changing. It all makes for a more interesting 2010 Melbourne Cup field to bet on, and a broader spread of bets means better payouts for the winning group of punters.

The 2010 Melbourne Cup field was released on Saturday October 30. We posted the final 2010 Melbourne Cup field on this page below as soon as it became available.

2010 Melbourne Cup Final Field & Barrier Draw

No. Horse Barrier Jockey Trainer
1 Shocking 24 M Rodd Mark Kavanagh
2 Campanologist 19 K McEvoy Saeed Bin Suroor
3 So You Think 3 S Arnold Bart Cummings
4 Zipping 16 N Hall Robert Hickmott
5 Illustrious Blue 9 G Boss William J Knight
6 Mr Medici 5 D Beadman Peter Ho
7 Shoot Out 17 C Brown John Wallace
8 Americain 12 G Mosse Alain de Royer Dupre
9 Tokai Trick 4 K Fujito Kenji Nonaka
10 Buccellati 21 S King Tony Noonan
11 Descarado 1 N Rawiller Gai Waterhouse
12 Harris Tweed 13 B Rawiller Murray & Bjorn Baker
13 Manighar 20 D Oliver Luca Cumani
14 Master O’Reilly 18 V Duric Danny O’Brien
15 Moncao Consul 14 C Williams Michael Moroney
16 Profound Beauty 22 P Smullen Dermot K Weld
17 Zavite 7 M Walker Anthony Cummings
18 Bauer 2 C Munce Luca Cumani
19 Holberg 10 F Dettori Saeed Bin Suroor
20 Precedence 15 B Shinn Bart Cummings
21 Red Ruler 8 M Du Plessis John Sargent
22 Linton 23 B Prebble Robert Hickmott
23 Once Were Wild 11 J Cassidy Gai Waterhouse
24 Maluckyday 6 L Nolen Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes

2010 Melbourne Cup Third Declaration

The number of horses in contention for the 2010 Melbourne Cup field has been cut down to 47 after the third round of declarations on Monday 25th of October. The declarations list is led by 2010 Cox Plate winner So You Think – read more at 2010 Melbourne Cup Third Declarations.

2010 Melbourne Cup Second Declaration

The second round of declarations for the 2010 Melbourne Cup field was announced on Tuesday 5th October. The number of horses still in contention for a start in the 2010 Melbourne Cup now stands at 78. For the full list of horses nominated for the second declaration stage go to 2010 Melbourne Cup Field Second Declaration.

2010 Melbourne Cup First Declarations

On September 7 the field for the 2010 Melbourne Cup was cut down to 151 horse after the First Declaration stage. The full list of horse that are still in contention for this year’s field can be found at 2010 Melbourne Cup First Declaration.

Melbourne Cup 2010 Nominations

In 2010 there was a record number of 253 horses nominated for the Melbourne Cup field. For the full list of nominated runners see 2010 Melbourne Cup Nominations.

2010 Melbourne Cup Field Dates

  • Melbourne Cup Nominations: 3rd August 2010
  • Melbourne Cup Late Nominations: 10th August 2010
  • Melbourne Cup Handicaps Declared: 1st September 2010
  • Melbourne Cup First Declaration: 7th September 2010
  • Melbourne Cup Second Declaration: 5th October 2010
  • Melbourne Cup Third Declaration: 25th October 2010
  • Melbourne Cup Final Field Declaration: 30th October 2010

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