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2025 G1 Melbourne Cup Field and Barrier Draw

Breednet - Saturday November 1

The field and barrier draw has been decided for the Group I Melbourne Cup on Tuesday with favourite, and sole Australian bred entrant, Half Yours drawing in barrier eight.

Half Yours

There are 10 international runners set to line up with the highest rated of those in the market Al Riffa drawing out wide in gate 19.

Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) Group 1 - $10,000,000

1. Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett) Joseph O'Brien / Mark Zahra (19) 59kg

2. Buckaroo (GB) (Fastnet Rock) Chris Waller / Craig Williams (12) 57kg

3. Arapaho (Fr) (Lope De Vega) Bjorn Baker / Rachel King (15) 56.5kg

4. Vauban (Fr) (Galiway) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott / Blake Shinn (2) 56.5kg

5. Chevalier Rose (Jpn) (Deep Impact) Hisashi Shimizu / Damian Lane (5) 55.5kg

6. Presage Nocturne (Ire) (Wootton Bassett) Alessandro Botti / Stephane Pasquier (9) 55.5kg

7. Middle Earth (GB) (Roaring Lion) Ciaron Maher / Ethan Brown (13) 54.5kg

8. Meydaan (Ire) (Frankel) Simon & Ed Crisford / James McDonald (22) 54kg

9. Absurde (Fr) (Fastnet Rock) Willie Mullins / Kerrin McEvoy (4) 53.5kg

10. Flatten The Curve (Fr) (Zarak) Henk Grewe / Thore Hammer-Hansen (17) 53.5kg

11. Land Legend (Fr) (Galileo) Chris Waller / Joao Moreira (16) 53.5kg

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12. Smokin' Romans (NZ) (Ghibellines) Ciaron Maher / Ben Melham (11) 53.5kg

13. Changingoftheguard (Ire) (Galileo) Kris Lees / Tim Clark (24) 53kg

14. Half Yours (St Jean) Tony & Calvin McEvoy / Jamie Melham (8) 53kg

15. More Felons (Ire) (Churchill) Chris Waller / Tommy Berry (23) 53kg

16. Onesmoothoperator (USA) (Dialed In) Brian Ellison / Harry Coffey (6) 52kg

17. Furthur (Ire) (Waldgeist) Andrew Balding / Michael Dee (7) 52kg

18. Parchment Party (USA) (Constitution) William Mott / John Velazquez (3) 52kg

19. Athabascan (Fr) (Almanzor) John O'Shea & Tom Charlton / Declan Bates (1) 51.5kg

20. Goodie Two Shoes (Ire) (Fastnet Rock) Joseph O'Brien / Wayne Lordan (20) 51.5kg

21. River Of Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars) Chris Waller / Beau Mertens (14) 51.5kg

22. Royal Supremacy (Ire) (Make Believe) Ciaron Maher / Robbie Dolan (21) 51kg

23. Torranzino (NZ) (Tarzino) Paul Preusker / Celine Gaudray (18) 51kg

24. Valiant King (GB) (Roaring Lion) Chris Waller / Jye McNeil (10) 51kg

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