Caulfield Cup field

Clinton Payne - Tuesday October 17

The field has been declared for Saturday's $3 million Group I Caulfield Cup (2400m).

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A total of 17 acceptances were received for the feature handicap after the shock withdrawal of Japanese import Admire Deus due to injury on Tuesday morning.

Three international raiders will line up in the Melbourne Racing Club's flagship race with the Hughie Morrison-trained Marmelo, Aidan O'Brien represented by Johannes Vermeer and Willie Mullins will saddle up Wicklow Brave.

Johannes Vermeer was the equal favourite prior to the field being declared along with Turnbull Stakes winner Humidor and Australian Oaks winner Bonneval.

Racenet has full stats including winning records, barriers, jockeys, trainers and recent winners on our Caulfield Cup page.

The barrier draw for the Caulfield Cup will be conducted at 5.15 on Tuesday.

The field for the Caulfield Cup is.

No	Horse	Trainer	Jockeys	Barrier	Weight
1	HUMIDOR (NZ)	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	TBA	56kg
2	MARMELO (GB)	Hughie Morrison	Hugh Bowman	TBA	55kg
3	JOHANNES VERMEER (IRE)	Aidan O'Brien	Ben Melham	TBA	54.5kg
4	JON SNOW (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Stephen Baster	TBA	54.5kg
5	HE'S OUR ROKKII (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolan	TBA	54kgk
6	SIR ISAAC NEWTON (GB)	Robert Hickmott	Katelyn Mallyon	TBA	54kg
7	VENTURA STORM (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damien Oliver	TBA	54kg
8	WICKLOW BRAVE (GB)	William Mullins	Joao Moreira	TBA	54kg
9	INFERENCE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	TBA	53.5kg
10	SINGLE GAZE	Nick Olive	Kathy O'Hara	TBA	53kg
11	BONNEVAL (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Kerrin McEvoy	TBA	52.5kg
12	HARDHAM	David Brideoake	Craig Newitt	TBA	52.5kg
13	BOOM TIME	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	TBA	TBA	52kg
14	ABBEY MARIE	Michael Kent	Beau Mertens (a)	TBA	51.5kg
15	HARLEM (GB)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Chad Schofield	TBA	51.5kg
16	AMELIE'S STAR	Darren Weir	Michael Dee	TBA	51kg
17	LORD FANDANGO (GER)	Archie Alexander	Ben Allen (a)	TBA	50kg

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