2024 Melbourne Cup field and hurdles confirmed: Buckaroo draws hurdle 21

Chris WallerCaulfield Cup finalist Buckaroo will start favorite from 21st hurdle in Tuesday’s Group 1 $8.56 million. Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) s Field for 24 horses for the 164th edition of the great race, which is now confirmed.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2024 Melbourne Cup Final. are missing, and Buckaroo is one of the bumpers five Waller-trained contenders as the master rider seeks his second win since Verry Elligant in 2021.

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Trainer Chris Waller dominates the 2024 Melbourne Cup field, riding five of the 24 runners including favorite Buckaroo!

2022 Victoria Derby winner Waller Manzoiswhich they will ride Declan Batesmade the cut on Saturday, retiring Kiwi racehorse Mahrajaan, who was last in long list of Melbourne Cup horses excluded by Racing Victoria stewards because of their CT scans.

Together with the favorite Buckaroo and the three-figured brute Manzois Waller will also be saddled Kovalica 6th Cox Plate player, 3rd Caulfield Cup player Land legend who looks good on Tuesday, and Valiant King.

Joao Moreira will be a partner Melbourne Cup favorite this year who looks hard to beat the top choice despite not winning over 1800m ahead of his two-mile test at a very manageable 54.5kg.

Chris Waller trained horses for the 2024 Melbourne Cup

• Buckaroo (Joao Moreira)
• Kovalica (Damian Lane)
• Land legend (Zach Purton)
• Valiant King (Craig Newitt)
• Manzois (Declan Bates)

Three out of the last seven Melbourne Cup winners completed international training in Rekindling (2017), Cross Counter (2018) and Twilight Payment (2020).

This year there are five raiders left who will compete with the best in Melbourne Cup betting be Willie Mullins-trained Vauban returned for a second chance after finishing 14th last year as the beaten favorite in the No Fight event.

Vauban, who will contest the 55.5kg Melbourne Cup super-heavyweight on Tuesday, was last seen running second in the Group 1 Irish St Leger (2816m), always a race in good form.

2024 Melbourne Cup Topweight

There are five internationals in the 2024 Melbourne Cup, including Vauban and Absurd for Willie Mullins, who both bounced back unplaced in an arguably tougher competition last spring.

Mullins and his team are confident the horse can atone for last year’s failure, and the bookmakers agree.

Mullins will also ride last year’s handicap winner Ebor. Absurd in his bid to win the Melbourne Cup.

Absurd also competed in the 2023 Melbourne Cup, finishing seventh, but he has a better chance than his stablemate to improve and win in 2024.

He is a double winner from five starts in the last 12 months, but none of the wins came in the group class, suggesting he is not as good as the other Irish visitor.

Internationally trained horses for the 2024 Melbourne Cup (outside Australia and New Zealand)

• Strain rate (Noboru Takagi)
• Vauban (Willie Mullins)
• Absurd (Willie Mullins)
• One smooth operator (Brian Ellison)
• Sea King (Harry Eustace)

Vauban will have an English hoop William Buick on board on Tuesday, with Absurde partnered by a three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey. Kerryn McAvoy chasing its record fourth success.

Japan Strain rate set to join the Delta Blues (2006) as the only Japanese-trained Melbourne Cup winner gets a chance to redeem himself after a conservative performance for a disappointing Australian debut in the Caulfield Cup.

The horse ran 13th, beaten by about 16 lengths, but has winning form up to 3000m, looks better to run and can now make up for it on price.

Harry Eustaceimpressive Bendigo Cup winner Sea King And Brian Ellison-trained One smooth operator who put them to bed for the Ladbrokes Geelong Cup are the other international visitors, both with strong claims to win the 2024 ‘Race that Stops a Nation’.

Sea King, the sixth on Ebor before going underwater, will carry 50.5 kg. Holly Doyle rode after spoiling his opponents in the Bendigo Cup with a 3.75-inch run home.

Onesmoothoperator will ride Craig Williamswho won the Cup back in 2019 aboard Vow And Declare and overcame a preliminary scare to get the chance to run.

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Three internationals have won the Geelong Cup – Melbourne Cup twice and Onesmoothoperator has the money to be next on Tuesday!

He had previously been left in disarray after a cut was discovered on his heel, but he was subsequently re-shoeed and re-examined, with all parties happy for his participation in the famous tournament. Flemington Race 7 on Tuesday.

Fellow raiders Media Puzzle (2002), Americain (2010), Dunaden (2011) completed Geelong Cup – Melbourne Cup Double which bodes well for Onesmoothoperator in the latter’s less-than-vintage edition this year.

Melbourne Cup winning jockeys ride in 2024

• Kerryn McAvoy (Absurd)
• Mark Zara (Circle of Fire)
• Craig Williams (Operator Onesmooth)
• Jai McNeil (Just great)

Mark Zarawho famously decided to leave the Gold Trip, where he won in 2022, to become a partner Anthony and Sam Friedman-trained winner of the 56.5kg and salute uncontested Caulfield Cup last year will be aiming for a third straight Melbourne Cup victory in 2024 on the saddle. Circle of Fire.

One of four 2024 Melbourne Cup contenders For Ciaron Maherwho trained Gold Trip in 2022 in partnership with David Eustace, Circle Of Fire is a proven Sydney Cup-winning two-mile runner but has not been in great form this spring, including his last Caulfield Cup start, 10th.

The remaining Maher-trained runners were Ladbrokes Moonee Valley Gold Cup winners from their last start. Okita SushiGeelong Cup finalist Interpretationand late inclusion due to high dropout rates Saint George.

Melbourne Cup 2024 field: trainers with the most runners

• Chris Waller (5) – Buckaroo, Kovalika, Land Legend, Valiant King, Manzois.
• Ciaron Maher (4) – Circle of Fire, Okita Sushi, Interpretation, St. George
• Willie Mullins (2) – Vauban, Absurd

Both Okita Sushi, when trained by Irishman Joseph O’Brien, and Interpretation also competed in last year’s Melbourne Cup, finishing 11th and 6th respectively.

2023 Melbourne Cup contenders in 20234

• Interpretation (6th place)
• Absurd (7th place)
• Okita Sushi (11th place)
• Vauban (14th)

Michelle Payne, the 100/1 outsider Prince Of Penzance in 2015, is the only female rider to date to win the Melbourne Cup, but this year’s event will feature a record four female jockeys.

Female jockeys take part in the 2024 Melbourne Cup race

• Jamie Ka (Okita Sushi)
• Holly Doyle (Sea King)
• Rachel King (Map)
• Winona Costin (Positivity)

The 2021 Verry Elleegant, who tragically passed away while in foal earlier this year, became the first mare to win the Melbourne Cup since three-time winner Makibe Diva (2003-05).

This year there are three females participating in the competition. Godolphin– rushed Zardozi fourth in the Caulfield Cup, winner of the Golden Ticket for defeating Andrew Ramsden Mapand New Zealander Positivity who won Naturalism earlier in this preparation.

2024 Melbourne Cup, Mares

• Zardozi (James Cummings)
• Map (Dan Clarken and Upi MacGillivray)
• Positivity (Andrew Forsman)

2024 Melbourne Cup configured to run as Flemington Race 7 at 15:00 (AEDT) on Tuesday 5^th November.

Melbourne Cup 2024 odds

Melbourne Cup 3200m (final field)

OpenRace time: 1730757600

Ratios are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all our live racing markets, visit ladbrokes.com.au/racing.

Data received: 02/11/2024, 18:27:48 (Australia/Brisbane)

2024 Melbourne Cup Final and Hurdle Draw

1. Vauban (France) (Willie Mullins) who will ride William Buick (55.5 kg) from barrier 11

2. Buckaroo (UK) (Chris Waller) who will ride Joao Moreira (54.5 kg) from barrier 21

3. Circle of Fire (UK) (Ciaron Maher) who will ride Mark Zara (54.5 kg) from barrier 24

4. Warp speed (Japan) (Noboru Takagi) who will ride Akira Sugawara (54.5 kg) from barrier 3

5. Kovalitsa (New Zealand) (Chris Waller) who will ride Damian Lane (53.5 kg) from barrier 17

6. Sharp ‘n’ Smart (New Zealand) (Graham and Deborah Rogerson) who will be ridden Michael Dee (53.5 kg) from barrier 15

7. Simply Excellent (IRE) (Guy Waterhouse and Adrian Bott) who will be ridden Jai McNeil (53 kg – including 0.5 kg penalty) from barrier 13

8. Land Legend (France) (Chris Waller) who will ride Zach Purton (53 kg – including 1.0 kg penalty) from barrier 18

9. Absurd (France) (Willie Mullins) who will ride Kerryn McAvoy (52.5 kg) from barrier 7

10. Athabasca (France) (John O’Shea and Tom Charlton) who will be ridden Zack Lloyd (A) (52 kg) from barrier 2

11. The Knight’s Choice (John Simons and Sheila Lacson) who will be ridden Robbie Dolan (51.5 kg) from barrier 6

12. Okita Sushi (IRE) (Ciaron Maher) who will ride Jamie Ka (51 kg – including 1.0 kg penalty) from barrier 10

13. Operator Onesmooth (USA) (Brian Ellison) who will ride Craig Williams (51 kg – including 1.0 kg penalty) from barrier 12

14. Zardozi (James Cummings) who will ride Andrea Atzeni (51 kg) from barrier 4

15. Sea King (UK) (Harry Eustace) which will be ridden Holly Doyle (50.5 includes a penalty of 0.5 kg) from barrier 1

16. Valiant King (UK) (Chris Waller) who will ride Craig Newitt (50.5 kg) from barrier 22

17. An Unusual Man (IRE) (Annabelle Neesham and Rob Archibald) who will be ridden Ron Stewart (50 kg) from barrier 19

18. Interpretation (IRE) (Ciaron Maher) who will ride Theo Nugent (50 kg) from barrier 14

19. Manzois (Chris Waller) who will ride Declan Bates (50 kg) from barrier 8

20. Mostly cloudy (IRE). (Trent Busattin and Natalie Young) who will be ridden Karis Titan (50 kg) from barrier 16

21. Positivity (New Zealand) (Andrew Forsman) who will ride Winona Costin (50 kg) from barrier 20

22. St. George (UK) (Ciaron Maher) who will ride Tyler Schiller (50kg) from barrier 9

23. Map (Dan Clarken and Upi McGillvray) who will be ridden Rachel King (50 kg) from barrier 23

24. Trust You (New Zealand) (Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley) who will be ridden Mark Du Plessis (50 kg) from barrier 5