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Melbourne Cup field with the barrier draw:
No.
Horse
Trainer
Jockey
Barrier
Weight
1
BIG ORANGE
Michael Bell
Jamie Spencer
7
57kg
2
OUR IVANHOWE
Lee & Anthony Freedman
Dwayne Dunn
6
3
CURREN MIROTIC
Osamu Hirata
Tommy Berry
18
56.5kg
4
BONDI BEACH
Aidan O'Brien
Ryan Moore
5
56kg
EXOSPHERIC
Damien Oliver
13
HARTNELL
John O'Shea
James McDonald
12
WHO SHOT THEBARMAN
Chris Waller
Hugh Bowman
20
8
WICKLOW BRAVE
William Mullins
Frankie Dettori
24
9
ALMOONQITH
David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
Michael Walker
19
54.5kg
10
GALLANTE
Robert Hickmott
Blake Shinn
11
GRAND MARSHAL
Ben Melham
JAMEKA
Ciaron Maher
Nicholas Hall
HEARTBREAK CITY
Tony Martin
Joao Moreira
23
54kg
14
SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD
John P Thompson
Blake Spriggs
15
EXCESS KNOWLEDGE
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
Vlad Duric
21
53.5kg
16
BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE
Saeed Bin Suroor
Damian Lane
52.5kg
17
ALMANDIN
Kerrin McEvoy
52kg
ASSIGN
Katelyn Mallyon
22
GREY LION
Matt Cumani
Glen Boss
OCEANOGRAPHER
Charlie Appleby
Chad Schofield
SECRET NUMBER
Stephen Baster
PENTATHLON
John Wheeler
Mark Du Plessis
51.5kg
QEWY
Craig Williams
ROSE OF VIRGINIA
Lee & Shannon Hope
Ben E Thompson (a)
51kg
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There were 47 race meetings held across Australia last week with 3,198 horses competing in 340 races for a total prize money purse of $19,011,500 .
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