The field has been announced, the barrier draw conducted, and now we have the final field for the 2016 Melbourne Cup.
Race favourite Hartnell has come out as the biggest winner of the Cup draw, picking up barrier 12 just to make him even harder to beat in the race that stops the nation.
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Lexus Stakes winner and close second in the bookies market, Oceanographer will start right next to his rival in barrier 11.
Caulfield Cup winner Jameka has drawn tight into the fence at barrier 3, just next to Gallante who picked up the second gate.
Katelyn Mallyon will be out to repeat the feats of Michelle Payne last year as she starts in the saddle of Assign.
The Robert Hickmitt-trained gelding has drawn a less than ideal wide start at barrier 22.
Lee Freedman’s hopes for a sixth Melbourne Cup win will be resting on Exospheric who drew a very handy barrier 13.
He also has Our Ivanhowe in the field starting from barrier 6.
In terms of the widest draws, Beautiful Romance will start on the fence in barrier one, while Wicklow Brave will break out on the arc at barrier 24.
Japanese runner Curren Mirotic has drawn the dreaded barrier 18, a starting gate that no horse has ever won in the Cup’s long and illustrious history.
Other notables Bondi Beach and English champion Big Orange will start from 5 and 7 on November first.
| No | Horse | Weight | Trainer | Barrier |
| 1 | Big Orange | 57kg | Michael Bell | 7 |
| 2 | Our Ivanhowe | 57kg | Lee and Anthony Freedman | 6 |
| 3 | Curren Mirotic | 56.5kg | Osamu Hirata | 18 |
| 4 | Bondi Beach | 56kg | Aidan ‘O Brien | 5 |
| 5 | Exospheric | 56kg | Lee and Anthony Freedman | 13 |
| 6 | Hartnell | 56kg | John O’Shea | 12 |
| 7 | Who Shot Thebarman | 56kg | Chris Waller | 20 |
| 8 | Wicklow Brave | 56kg | Willie Mullins | 24 |
| 9 | Amoonqith | 54.5kg | David and B Hayes and Tom Dabernig | 19 |
| 10 | Gallante | 54.5kg | Robert Hickmott | 2 |
| 11 | Grand Marshal | 54.5kg | Chris Waller | 9 |
| 12 | Jameka | 54.5kg | Ciaron Maher | 3 |
| 13 | Heartbreak City | 54kg | Tony Martin | 23 |
| 14 | Sir John Hawkwood | 54kg | John P Thompson | 14 |
| 15 | Excess Knowledge | 53.5kg | Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott | 21 |
| 16 | Beautiful Romance | 52.5kg | Saeed bin Suroor | 1 |
| 17 | Almandin | 52kg | Robert Hickmott | 17 |
| 18 | Assign | 52kg | Robert Hickmott | 22 |
| 19 | Grey Lion | 52kg | Matt Cumani | 16 |
| 20 | Oceanographer | 52kg | Charlie Appleby | 11 |
| 21 | Secret Number | 52kg | Saeed bin Suroor | 10 |
| 22 | Pentathlon | 51.5kg | John Wheeler | 4 |
| 23 | Qewy | 51.5kg | Charlie Appleby | 15 |
| 24 | Rose of Virginia | 51kg | Lee and Shannon Hope | 8 |
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