The top tips, good-value roughies and horses to avoid in today's Melbourne Cup

4th November, 2019

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4th November, 2019

With the race that stops a nation taking place later this afternoon, we got Roar racing expert Matt Nicholls on the Game of Codes podcast to preview it.

He discussed the top tips, best roughies, track conditions, horses to avoid and much more in our special Melbourne Cup preview.

Listen to the discussion in the player above.

2019 Melbourne Cup field

No.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	Barrier
1	Cross Counter	William Buick	Charlie Appleby	57.5kg	5
2	Mer De Glace	Damian Lane	Hizashi Shimzu	56kg	2
3	Master Of Reality	Frankie Dettori	Joseph O’Brien	55.5kg	1
4	Mirage Dancer	Ben Melham	Busuttin/Young	55.5kg	13
5	Southern France	Mark Zahra	Maher/Eustace	55.5kg	14
6	Hunting Horn	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O’Brien	55kg	11
7	Latrobe	James McDonald	Joseph O’Brien	55kg	22
8	Mustajeer	Damien Oliver	Kris Lees	55kg	6
9	Rostropovich	Dwayne Dunn	Hayes/Dabernig	55kg	12
10	Twilight Payment	Hugh Bowman	Joseph O’Brien	55kg	19
11	Finche	Kerrin McEvoy	Chris Waller	54kg	4
12	Prince Of Arran	Michael Walker	Charlie Fellowes	54kg	8
13	Raymond Tusk	Jamie Spencer	Richard Hannon	53kg	3
14	Downdraft	John Allen	Joseph O’Brien	53.5kg	15
15	Magic Wand	Ryan Moore	Aidan O’Brien	53.5kg	24
16	Neufbosc	Luke Nolen	Hayes/Dabernig	53.5kg	23
17	Sound	James Winks	Michael Moroney	53.5kg	10
18	Surprise Baby	Jordan Childa	Paul Preusker	53.5kg	20
19	Constantinople	Joao Moreira	Hayes/Dabernig	52.5kg	7
20	Il Paradiso	Wayne Lordan	Aidan O’Brien	52.5kg	17
21	Steel Prince	Brett Pebble	Anthony Freedman	52.5kg	16
22	The Chosen One	Tim Clark	Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman	52kg	18
23	Vow And Declare	Craig Williams	Danny O’Brien	52kg	21
24	Youngstar	Tommy Berry	Chris Waller	52kg	9

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