The pitches for the 2024 Melbourne Cup have been announced!Caulfield Cup runner-up Buckaroo is the ($5.50) favorite and will wear saddle no. 2. Champion trainer Chris Waller has the most riders with five, while Ciaron Maher has four horses in his stable.
MELBOURNE CUP FINAL FIELD
Ballot Order – Horse (barrier) – Trainer – Jockey – Weight
1 – VAUBAN (11) – Willie Mullins – William Buick – 55.5kg
2 – BUCKAROO (21) – Chris Waller – Joao Moreira – 54.5kg
3 – CIRCLE OF FIRE (24) – Ciaron Maher – Mark Zahra – 54.5kg
4 – WARP SPEED (3) – Noboru Takagi – Akira Sugawara – 54kg
5 – KOVALICA (17) – Chris Waller – Damian Lane – 53.5kg
6 – SHARP ‘N’ SMART (15) – Graeme & Deborah Rogerson – Michael Dee – 53.5kg
7 – JUST FINE (13) – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Jye McNeill – 53kg
8 – LAND LEGEND (18) – Chris Waller – Zac Purton – 53kg
9 – ABSURDE (7) – Willie Mullins – Kerrin McEvoy – 52.5kg
10 – ATHABASCAN (2) – John O’Shea & Tom Charlton – Zac Lloyd – 52kg
11 – KNIGHT’S CHOICE (6) – John Symons & Sheila Laxon – Robbie Dolan – 51.5kg
12 – OKITA SOUSHI (10) – Ciaron Maher – Jamie Kah – 51kg
13 – ONESMOOTHOPERATOR (12) – Brian Ellison – Craig Williams – 51kg
14 – ZARDOZI (4) – James Cummings – Andrea Atzeni – 51kg
15 – SEA KING (1) – Harry Eustace – Hollie Doyle – 50.5kg
16 – VALIANT KING (22) – Chris Waller – Craig Newitt – 50.5kg
17 – FANCY MAN (19) – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Ron Stewart – 50kg
18 – INTERPRETATION (14) – Ciaron Maher – Teo Nugent – 50kg
19 – MANZOICE (8) – Chris Waller – Declan Bates – 50kg
20 – MOSTLY CLOUDY (16) – Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young – Karis Teetan – 50kg
21 – POSITIVITY (20) – Andrew Forsman – Winona Costin – 50kg
22 – SAINT GEORGE (9) – Ciaron Maher – Tyler Schiller – 50kg
23 – THE MAP (23) – Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray – Rachel King – 50kg
24 – TRUST IN YOU (5) – Bruce Wallce & Grant Cooksley – Mark Du Plessis – 50kg
