2016 Melbourne Cup barrier draw results: final field, betting odds
MELBOURNE Cup favourite Hartnell has been handed a tricky barrier draw for Tuesday’s big race.
Hartnell received barrier 12 and while it’s not a disastrous draw, only two runners have ever won from the gate in 155 runnings of the famous race.
Second-favourite Oceanographer, fresh off a storming Lexus Stakes win on Saturday, will start next to Hartnell in gate 11, however history is on the Godolphin horse’s side. Barrier 11 has historically been the most successful, providing eight winners.
Third favourite and Caulfield Cup winner Jameka drew nicely in gate three. Godolphin‘s Beautiful Romance drew the inside gate while English raider Wicklow Brave unfortunately drew the outside barrier.
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2016 MELBOURNE CUP FIELD (BARRIER IN PARENTHESIS)
1. Big Orange 57kg (7)
2. Our Ivanhowe 57kg (6)
3. Curren Mirotic 56.5kg (18)
4. Bondi Beach 56kg (5)
5. Exospheric 56kg (13)
6. Hartnell 56kg (12)
7. Who Shot Thebarman 56kg (20)
8. Wicklow Brave 56kg (24)
9. Almoonqith 54.5kg (19)
10. Gallante 54.5kg (2)
11. Grand Marshal 54.5kg (9)
12. Jameka 54.5kg (3)
13. Heartbreak City 54kg (23)
14. Sir John Hawkwood 54kg (14)
15. Excess Knowledge 53.5kg (21)
16. Beautiful Romance 52.5kg (1)
17. Almandin 52kg 9 (17)
18. Assign 52kg (22)
19. Grey Lion 52kg (16)
20. Oceanographer 52kg (11)
21. Secret Number 52kg (10)
22. Pentathlon 51.5kg (4)
23. Qewy 51.5kg (15)
24. Rose of Virginia 51kg (8)
MOST SUCCESSFUL BARRIERS
Barrier 11 (eight wins), barrier 14 (six), barrier eight (five).
WORST BARRIERS
Barrier 18 (zilch wins). Barrier 15 (once, in 1973). Barriers two, seven, 12 and 20 (two apiece).
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