The first automatic exemption spot for the 2019 Melbourne Cup will go on the line at Caulfield, when 22 horses take part in the 2019 Caulfield Cup, which is one of Australia’s most famous races.
The field was locked in earlier this week, with the barrier draw for the race completed on Wednesday in Melbourne.
Best Solution was last year’s champion, however, won’t be defending the title, with a new champion guaranteed and a tight-looking race on the cards over a distance of 2400 metres.
Hartnell, who has been around at the top of racing for a long time, would ordinarily have been favourite, however, a bad barrier and heavy weight penalty puts the James Cummings-trained horse down the pecking order.
Instead, the impressive Finche, who ran well in the 2018 Melbourne Cup, is likely to enter as favourite ahead of Mer De Glace, Mustajeer and Constantinople.
As the name suggests, the race will be held at the Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, with it being the ninth race on the card for Saturday, October 19. This should make the start time 5:15pm (AEDT).
No. | Barrier | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Weight |
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1 | 17 | Hartnell | James Cummings | Brad Rawiller | 58kg |
2 | 13 | Mirage Dancer | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Ben Melham | 56kg |
3 | 21 | Mer De Glace | Hisashi Shimizu | Damian Lane | 55.5kg |
4 | 16 | Mustajeer | Kris Lees | Damien Oliver | 55.5kg |
5 | 18 | Rostropovich | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Dwayne Dunn | 55.5kg |
6 | 19 | Finche | Chris Waller | Michael Walker | 54.5kg |
7 | 4 | Gold Mount | Ian Williams | Mark Du Plessis | 54.5kg |
8 | 15 | Red Verdon | Ed Dunlop | Pat Cosgrove | 54.5kg |
9 | 14 | Angel Of Truth | Gwenda Markwell | Dean Yendall | 54kg |
10 | 1 | Big Duke | Kris Lees | Brett Prebble | 54kg |
11 | 7 | Constantinople | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Luke Nolen | 53kg |
12 | 10 | Mr Quickie | Phillip Stokes | John Allen | 53kg |
13 | 2 | Crown Prosecutor | Stephen Marsh | Craig Grylls | 52.5kg |
14 | 9 | Vow and Declare | Danny O’Brien | Craig Williams | 52.5kg |
15 | 20 | Brimham Rocks | Chris Waller | Michael Dee | 52kg |
16 | 22 | The Chosen One | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | Stephen Baster | 52kg |
17 | 6 | Qafila | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Corey Parish | 51.5kg |
18 | 5 | Wolfe | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Beau Mertens | 50kg |
19 | Emergency | Sound | Michael Moroney | James Winks | 54kg |
20 | Emergency | Neufbosc | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Jye McNeil | 54kg |
21 | Emergency | True Self | William Mullins | Declan Bates | 52kg |
22 | Emergency | Prince of Arran | Charlie Fellowes | Jamie Kah | 53.5kg |