PLACE YOUR BETS

By Graham Potter | Saturday, October 31, 2009

The preliminaries for the $5.5 million Melbourne Cup of 2009 are all but over.

Weeks of jostling for position on the Order Of Entry have ended with a line being drawn under the names of the top twenty-four horses.

The battle to be there to face the starter on the first Tuesday in November, as ever, has its list of casualties, but their time has come and gone. The stage now belongs to those who are confirmed starters.

It is time to place your bets.

The final field is listed below - saddle-cloth number; horse name; trainer / jockey; draw-weight.

1 Viewed (Bart Cummings / Brad Rawiller) 9-58.
2 C’Est La Guerre (John Sadler / Steven Arnold) 7-55.5.
3 Fiumicino (John, Michael and Wayne Hawkes / Steven King) 24-55.5.
4 Master O’Reilly (Danny O’Brien / Vlad Duric) 16-55.
5 Mourilyan (Herman Brown / Glyn Schofield) 14-54.5
6 Roman Emperor (Bart Cummings / Hugh Bowman) 15-54.
7 Ista Kareem (Colin Little / Luke Nolan) 23-53.5.
8 Crime Scene (Saeed Bin Suroor / Kerrin McEvoy) 11-53.
9 Munsef (Ian Williams / Zac Purten) 5-53.
10 Zavite (Anthony Cummings / Mark Zahra) 3-53.
11 Alcopop (Jake Stephens / Dom Tourneur) 12-52.5.
12 Harris Tweed (Murray and Bjorn Baker / Craig Newitt) 20-52.5.
13 Kibbutz (Jarrod McLean / Chris Symons) 8-52.5.
14 Newport (Paul Perry / Peter Wells) 18-52.5.
15 Warringah (Chris Waller / Damien Oliver) 17-52.5.
16 Gallions Reach (Richard Yuill / Dwayne Dunn) 6-52.
17 Spin Around (Steven Cooper / Mark Du Plessis) 4-52.
18 Basaltico (Luca Cumani / Danny Nikolic) 10-51.5.
19 Capecover (Alexander Fieldes / Noel Harris) 19-51.5.
20 Daffodil (Kevin Gray / Chris Munce) 21-51.5.
21 Shocking (Mark Kavanagh / Corey Brown) 22-51.
22 Allez Warrior (Bart Cummings / Michelle Payne) 13-50.5
23 Changingoftheguard (David Hayes / Glen Boss) 1-50.5.
24 Leica Ding (Darren Weir / Craig Williams) 2-50.5.

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