Melbourne Cup Field

Melbourne Cup Field

The Melbourne Cup field is essential for all serious punters wishing to make a successful bet on the 2017 Melbourne Cup. With information on the horse’s name, saddlecloth number, jockey, trainer, barrier position and weight, punters are able to assess the horse’s chances of success based on their knowledge of the trainer and jockey’s previous race records. Also, the punter will need to consider how the horse will start from the selected barrier position as well as handling the weight they are expected to carry. Aside from the field guide provided by the race organisers, additional information regarding the weather forecast and commentary on the horses’ current form is available from selected newspapers a few days before the race.

Final 2017 Melbourne Cup Results

• 1st.Rekindling
• 2nd.Johannes Vermeer
• 3rd.Max Dynamite
• 4th.Big Duke

The 2017 Melbourne Cup field will run on Tuesday, November 7th at 3:00pm AEDT. Melbourne Cup Field

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Form guides are the other essential papers required by a punter and bookmaker as they provide information on the horses’ race career including wins, losses and distances raced. By using this information with the field guide, punters are able to eliminate the horses with little chance of winning either because of the race distance, weight, age etc.

The Cup field guide is released to bookmakers and punters the Saturday prior to the Melbourne Cup however many bookmakers have suggested that the most important guide is the Caulfield Cup. This race is the lead up the Cup and many horses which have won the Caulfield Cup have gone on to win the Melbourne Cup. The Geelong Cup also acts as a good indicator, as the winner gains Melbourne Cup ballot exemption. The official Melbourne Cup field will be published on Saturday November 4th, 2017.