The 2017 Melbourne Cup field originally drew the full 24 horse limit but come race day the Chris Waller-trained Who Shot Thebarman was scratched from the line-up in the iconic Flemington Race 7 on Tuesday November 7, 2017.
View the official 2017 Melbourne Cup Results by following the link – the two-mile classic won by international raider Rekindling whose Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien, then 24, became the youngest Melbourne Cup winning horseman in history.
The Melbourne Cup 2017 final field and barriers complete with the jockeys that rode in the 2017 edition of the Melbourne Cup are listed in full below.
2017 Melbourne Cup Final Field & Barrier Draw
Flemington Race 7 (3:00pm AEDT) – 07/11/2017
| # | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Hcp. Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x2822x1229 | HARTNELL (GB) | G | 7 | James Cummings | Damian Lane | 12 | 57.5kg | 115 |
| 2 | 665111×214 | ALMANDIN (GER) | G | 8 | Robert Hickmott | Frankie Dettori | 14 | 56.5kg | 112 |
| 3 | 212×681352 | HUMIDOR (NZ) | G | 5 | Darren Weir | Blake Shinn | 13 | 56kg | 112 |
| 4 | 242x11711x | TIBERIAN (FR) | H | 6 | Alain Couetil | Olivier Peslier | 23 | 55.5kg | 110 |
| 5 | 232x1521x6 | MARMELO (GB) | H | 5 | Hughie Morrison | Hugh Bowman | 16 | 55kg | 109 |
| 6 | 1132x11x5x | RED CARDINAL (IRE) | G | 6 | Andreas Wohler | Kerrin McEvoy | 24 | 55kg | 109 |
| 7 | 3x45712x23 | JOHANNES VERMEER (IRE) | H | 5 | Aidan O’Brien | Ben Melham | 3 | 54.5kg | 108 |
| 8 | x11x330x90 | BONDI BEACH (IRE) | G | 6 | Robert Hickmott | Michael Walker | 1 | 54kg | 106 |
| 9 | 1x2x30x91x | MAX DYNAMITE (FR) | G | 8 | William Mullins | Zac Purton | 2 | 54kg | 107 |
| 10 | 121x5x7620 | VENTURA STORM (IRE) | H | 5 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Glen Boss | 6 | 54kg | 106 |
| 11 | 3642×94491 | WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ) | G | 9 | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 20 | 54kg | 107 |
| 12 | 0x81424440 | WICKLOW BRAVE (GB) | G | 9 | William Mullins | Stephen Baster | 8 | 54kg | 107 |
| 13 | 113×550214 | BIG DUKE (IRE) | G | 6 | Darren Weir | Brenton Avdulla | 5 | 53.5kg | 104 |
| 14 | 428×320386 | US ARMY RANGER (IRE) | H | 5 | Joseph O’Brien | Jamie Spencer | 22 | 53.5kg | 106 |
| 15 | 6510×39341 | BOOM TIME | H | 6 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Cory Parish | 9 | 53kg | 102 |
| 16 | 031x270x07 | GALLANTE (IRE) | G | 7 | Robert Hickmott | Michael Dee | 18 | 53kg | 103 |
| 17 | 746Px61652 | LIBRAN (IRE) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | Dwayne Dunn | 7 | 53kg | 107 |
| 18 | 202x024x1x | NAKEETA (GB) | G | 7 | Iain Jardine | Glyn Schofield | 19 | 53kg | 105 |
| 19 | 2612×05442 | SINGLE GAZE | M | 5 | Nick Olive | Kathy O’Hara | 11 | 53kg | 108 |
| 20 | 11x6248x22 | WALL OF FIRE (IRE) | H | 5 | Hugo Palmer | Craig Williams | 15 | 53kg | 105 |
| 21 | 9P01712x72 | THOMAS HOBSON (GB) | G | 8 | William Mullins | Joao Moreira | 21 | 52kg | 103 |
| 22 | 210×140124 | REKINDLING (GB) | H | 4 | Joseph O’Brien | Corey Brown | 4 | 51.5kg | 110 |
| 23 | 214×839410 | AMELIE’S STAR | M | 6 | Darren Weir | Dean Yendall | 10 | 51kg | 103 |
| 24 | x232521033 | CISMONTANE (NZ) | G | 5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Beau Mertens | 17 | 50kg | 84 |
