A capacity field of 24 horses will line up in this year’s Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday November 6 2018.
The race is set to start at 3pm Melbourne time, which is currently AEDT on daylight savings time.
Nowadays placing a bet on the Cup is so easy as there are a number of regulated online bookmakers in Australia. Our pick of the bunch is Unibet.
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If you are looking to have a bet on the Melbourne Cup, first you need to familiarise yourself with the full field of horses and the form guide.
You can then decide on how you want to bet, whether it be a win bet, a place bet, an each-way or an exotic bet such as an exacta or a trifecta.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x3195x1111 | BEST SOLUTION (IRE) | Saeed Bin Suroor | Pat Cosgrave | 57.5kg | – | 114 |
| 2 | x512433x43 | THE CLIFFSOFMOHER (IRE) | Aidan O’Brien | Ryan Moore | 56.5kg | – | 112 |
| 3 | 57x150x11x | MAGIC CIRCLE (IRE) | Ian Williams | Corey Brown | 56kg | – | 111 |
| 4 | 5x211250x0 | CHESTNUT COAT (JPN) | Yoshito Yahagi | Yuga Kawada | 55.5kg | – | 110 |
| 5 | 1796x4341x | MUNTAHAA (IRE) | John Gosden | Jim Crowley | 55.5kg | – | 110 |
| 6 | 144x1132x0 | SOUND CHECK (GER) | Michael Moroney | Jordan Childs | 55.5kg | – | 110 |
| 7 | x6731x7694 | WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ) | Chris Waller | Ben Melham | 55.5kg | – | 110 |
| 8 | 5462×02410 | ACE HIGH | David Payne | Tye Angland | 55kg | – | 110 |
| 9 | 1x69x2112x | MARMELO (GB) | Hughie Morrison | Hugh Bowman | 55kg | – | 109 |
| 10 | 3326×11114 | AVILIUS (GB) | James Cummings | Glyn Schofield | 54.5kg | 1.5kg | 109 |
| 11 | 2x436013x1 | YUCATAN (IRE) | Aidan O’Brien | James McDonald | 54.5kg | 2.5kg | 108 |
| 12 | 56164×5266 | AUVRAY (FR) | Richard Freedman | Tommy Berry | 54kg | – | 107 |
| 13 | 13x655x1x3 | FINCHE (GB) | Chris Waller | Zac Purton | 54kg | – | 107 |
| 0 | x5x0x08030 | RED CARDINAL (IRE) | Darren Weir | Damien Oliver | 54kg | – | 102 |
| 15 | 21x05x4059 | VENGEUR MASQUE (IRE) | Michael Moroney | Patrick Moloney | 54kg | – | 104 |
| 16 | 7829×79401 | VENTURA STORM (IRE) | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Mark Zahra | 54kg | – | 105 |
| 17 | 2188632×31 | A PRINCE OF ARRAN (GB) | Charlie Fellowes | Michael Walker | 53kg | – | 105 |
| 18 | 1x5x005770 | NAKEETA (GB) | Iain Jardine | Regan Bayliss | 53kg | – | 105 |
| 19 | 4513×01473 | SIR CHARLES ROAD | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott | Dwayne Dunn | 53kg | – | 102 |
| 20 | 58402×0080 | ZACADA (NZ) | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | Damian Lane | 53kg | – | 100 |
| 21 | 231130×341 | RUNAWAY | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Stephen Baster | 52kg | 1.5kg | 102 |
| 22 | 11113×6327 | YOUNGSTAR | Chris Waller | Craig Williams | 51.5kg | – | 107 |
| 23 | 11x24112x | CROSS COUNTER (GB) | Charlie Appleby | Kerrin McEvoy | 51kg | – | 109 |
| 24 | 3×41922515 | ROSTROPOVICH (IRE) | Aidan O’Brien | Wayne Lordan | 51kg | – | 109 |