It's a tight squeeze for the Caulfield Cup! Twenty-three horses were paid up when Caulfield Cup final acceptances closed on Tuesday morning. The Melbourne Racing Club committee will meet to determine the makeup of the $2.5 million field. Three horses ranked equal on the Order of Entry need to be squeezed into two positions. The final two slots in the field of 18 will go to either Alcopop, Moudre or Sabrage with the one that misses out to be the first of four emergencies. The other emergencies wi

It's a tight squeeze for the Caulfield Cup! Twenty-three horses were paid up when Caulfield Cup final acceptances closed on Tuesday morning. The Melbourne Racing Club committee will meet to determine the makeup of the $2.5 million field. Three horses ranked equal on the Order of Entry need to be squeezed into two positions. The final two slots in the field of 18 will go to either Alcopop, Moudre or Sabrage with the one that misses out to be the first of four emergencies. The other emergencies will come from Gatewood, Ibicenco, Fictional Account and Maluckyday. There were no surprises at the top of the Order of Entry, with the past two Melbourne Cup winners Americain and Dunaden - who share the 58kg top weight - both accepting, along with defending champion Southern Speed and pre-post favourite Glencadam Gold. The final field will be announced at Caulfield at 3pm with barriers to be drawn tomorrow at 11am.

BMW CAULFIELD CUP
No Claims. Group 1.
2400 Metres $2,650,000

1 Southern Speed ( Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas)
54.5
2 Shahwardi (FR) (Alain de Royer Dupre) 51.5
3 Folding Gear (NZ) ( Lee & Shannon Hope) 52.0(1.0)
4= Americain (USA) (Alain de Royer Dupre) 58.0
4= Dunaden (FR) (Mikel Delzangles) 58.0
6= Jakkalberry (IRE) (Marco Botti) 55.5
6= Winchester (USA) (John Sadler) 55.5
*8= December Draw (IRE) (Mark Kavanagh) 55.0
*8= Voila Ici (IRE) (Peter G Moody) 55.0
*10= Lights of Heaven (NZ) (Peter G Moody) 53.0
10= Secret Admirer (Grahame Begg) 53.0
12= Midas Touch (GB) (Robert Hickmott) 54.0
*12= Sanagas (GER) (Bart Cummings) 54.0
14= My Quest For Peace (IRE) (Luca Cumani) 53.5
14= Niwot ( Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes) 53.5
14= Seville (GER) (Robert Hickmott) 53.5
*14= Tac de Boistron (FR) (Michael Kent) 53.5
14= Zabeelionaire (NZ) (Leon Corstens) 52.0
*14= Glencadam Gold (IRE) (Gai Waterhouse) 53.5(3.5)
20= Brigantin (USA) (Andre Fabre) 53.0
*20= Prairie Star (FR) (Danny O'Brien) 53.0
*20= Sneak a Peek (ITY) (Peter G Moody) 53.0
23= Alcopop (Jake Stephens) 52.5
23= Ironstein (Gerald Ryan) 52.5
*23= Moudre (Ciaron Maher) 52.5

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23= Tanby (Robert Hickmott) 52.5(0.5)
*23= Sabrage (Michael Moroney) 51.0
28 Dance With Her ( David Brideoake & David Feek) 50.5
29= Gatewood (GB) (John Gosden) 51.5
29= Ibicenco (GER) (Luca Cumani) 51.5
31 Bianmick (Michael Brady) 51.0(1.0)
32= Excluded (NZ) (Robert Hickmott) 50.0
*32= Fictional Account (IRE) (David Hayes) 50.0
*32= Mr O'ceirin (NZ) (Ciaron Maher) 50.0
*32= Red Eye Special (NZ) (Michael Moroney) 50.0
36 Maluckyday (NZ) ( Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes)