The top 24 horses will make the final cut for the 2020 Melbourne Cup on Nov. 3, but there will be changes over the coming week as several horses race to try and improve their standing and win a berth:
UPDATED ORDER OF ENTRY (horse, trainer, weight)
1. VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ), Chris Waller, 55.5kg
2. SIR DRAGONET (IRE), Ciaron Maher & David Eustace, 55.5kg
3. OCEANEX (NZ), Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr), 51.5kg
4. PERSAN, Ciaron Maher & David Eustace, 51kg
5. ANTHONY VAN DYCK (IRE), Aidan O’Brien, 58.5kg
6. VOW AND DECLARE, Danny O’Brien, 57kg
7. AVILIUS (GB), James Cummings, 57kg
8. RUSSIAN CAMELOT (IRE), Danny O’Brien, 53.5kg
9. MASTER OF REALITY (IRE), Joseph O’Brien, 56kg
10. TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE), Joseph O’Brien, 55.5kg
11. TIGER MOTH (IRE), Aidan O’Brien, 52.5kg
12. MUSTAJEER (GB), Kris Lees, 55kg
13. STRATUM ALBION (GB), Willie Mullins, 55kg
14. PRINCE OF ARRAN (GB), Charlie Fellowes, 54.5kg
15. WARNING, Anthony & Sam Freedman, 53kg
16. SURPRISE BABY (NZ), Paul Preusker, 54.5kg
17. DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB), Andrew Balding, 54.5kg
18. FINCHE (GB), Chris Waller, 54.5kg
19. ETAH JAMES (NZ), Ciaron Maher & David Eustace, 52.5kg
20. MIAMI BOUND (NZ), Danny O’Brien, 51kg
21. THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ), Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman, 53.5kg
22. STEEL PRINCE (IRE), Anthony & Sam Freedman, 53.5kg
23. KING OF LEOGRANCE (FR), Danny O’Brien, 53.5kg
24. TRUE SELF (IRE), Willie Mullins, 52kg
25. ZEBROWSKI (NZ), Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes, 52kg
26. SAN HUBERTO (IRE), Matt Cumani, 53.5kg
27. NICKAJACK CAVE (IRE), Peter G Moody, 53.5kg
28. PLATINUM INVADOR (NZ), Peter G Moody, 53kg
29. ASHRUN (FR), Andreas Wohler, 53kg
30. HUSH WRITER (JPN), Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott, 52.5kg
It’s an intriguing betting race already with Aidan O’Brien-trained Irish import Tiger Moth holding favouritism at $6 despite being yet to race in Australia and Sir Dragonet ($7.50) surging into second favoritism after its Cox Plate win.
Local hope Surprise Baby ($10), Caulfield Cup winner Very Elleegant ($11) and runner-up Anthony Van Dyck ($11) are also prominent in the market along with last year’s second-place getter Prince of Arran ($13) and Russian Camelot ($13).
Here are the leaders in the current betting market, via Bet365…
