Melbourne Cup 2022 tips: Who the experts and celebs think will win the big race

The James Ferguson trained Deauville Legend will start hot favourite for Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup, so there’s no surprise that it’s dominating the experts and celebrity tips.

Here is how the expert, and not so expert, tipsters see the Cup unfolding.

Cameron Rose, Roar Expert
1. Deauville Legend
2. Hoo Ya Mal
3. High Emocean
4. Daqiansweet Junior

Stuart Thomas, Roar Expert
1. Gold Trip
2. Deauville Legend
3. Realm of Flowers
4. Lunar Flare

Nick Ashman, Form Analyst

1. Deauville Legend
2. Lunar Flare
3. Point Nepean
4. Stockman

Simon O’Donnell, Commentator

1. Montefilia
2. Vow And Declare
3. Deauville Legend
4. Without A Fight

Corey Brown, Former Jockey

1. Montefilia
2. Deauville Legend
3. Realm Of Flowers
4. Vow And Declare

Amanda Elliott, Former VRC chairman

1. Montefilia
2. Deauville Legend
3. Stockman
4. Realm Of Flowers

Damien Ractliffe, The Age, Form Analyst

1. Deauville Legend
2. Without A Fight
3. Young Werther
4. Montefilia

Peter Ryan, The Age

1. Deauville Legend
2. Young Werther
3. Serpentine
4. Grand Promenade

Michelle Payne, Melbourne Cup Winning Jockey

1. Realm Of Flowers
2. Without A Fight
3. Knights Order
4. Lunar Flare

Anthony Carbines, Victorian Racing Minister

1. Lunar Flare
2. Without A Fight
3. Deauville Legend
4. Vow And Declare

Crystal Kimber, Melbourne Cup Ambassador

1. Realm of Flowers
2. Deauville Legend
3. Without A Fight
4. Smokin’ Romans

Ollie Wines, VRC Ambassador

1. Lunar Flare
2. Deauville Legend
3. Realm of Flowers
4. Hoo Ya Mal

Andrew Wu, The Age

1. Gold trip
2. Deauville Legend
3. Young Werther
4. Hoo Ya Mal

Michael Manley, The Age

1. Gold Trip
2. Deauville Legend
3. Smokin’ Romans
4. Without A Fight

Tim Habel, The Age

1. Deauville Legend
2. Smokin’ Romans
3. Lunar Flare
4. Gold Trip

Chris Roots, Sydney Morning Herald

1. Montefilia
2. Deauville Legend
3. Lunar Flare
4. Without A Fight

Scott Spits, The Age

1. Montefilia
2. Gold Trip
3. Young Werther
4. Deauville Legend

Max Presnell, Sydney Morning Herald

1. Montefilia
2. Gold Trip
3. Stockman
4. Lunar Flare

Rob Sutherland, News Corp

1. Deauville Legend
2. Knights Order
3. Montefilia
4. Duais

James Lamb, punters.com.au

1. Deauville Legend
2. Without A Fight
3. Hoo Ya Mal
4. Knights Order