But there is one runner that appears to be edging slightly ahead among the tippers. <\/p>\n
Scroll down to see who\u2019s backing who for this year\u2019s Melbourne Cup. <\/p>\n
Watch live coverage of the 2025 Spring Racing Carnival events with Racing.com available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. <\/a><\/p>\n MORE MELBOURNE CUP<\/p>\n JIM CASSIDY\u2019S VERDICT: All 24 runners with long shot backed <\/a><\/p>\n TREVOR MARSHALLSEA\u2019S FORM GUIDE: Every runner rated<\/a><\/p>\n ULTIMATE GUIDE: Everything you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n WEATHER: Flemington forecast as rain looms<\/a><\/p>\n ORDER OF ENTRY: Who made the cut, and who didn\u2019t<\/a><\/p>\n MELBOURNE CUP BARRIER DRAW: How every horse fared<\/a><\/p>\n DUMMIES\u2019 GUIDE: How to put on a bet<\/a><\/p>\n ALL EXPERT TIPS<\/p>\n JIM CASSIDY (foxsports.com.au) <\/a><\/p>\n 1. MEYDAAN<\/p>\n 2. Onesmoothoperator<\/p>\n 3. Presage Nocturne<\/p>\n 4. Al Riffa<\/p>\n TREVOR MARSHALLSEA (foxsports.com.au)<\/a><\/p>\n 1. PRESAGE NOCTURNE<\/p>\n 2. Meydaan<\/p>\n 3. Flatten The Curve<\/p>\n 4. Valiant King<\/p>\n 2025 Melbourne Cup barrier draw | 00:32<\/p>\n DANIEL NUTTALL (foxsports.com.au)<\/p>\n 1. BUCKAROO<\/p>\n 2. Absurde<\/p>\n 3. Goodie Two Shoes<\/p>\n 4. River of Stars<\/p>\n DAMIEN OLIVER (Melbourne Cup winning jockey) <\/p>\n 1.VALIANT KING <\/p>\n 2. Presage Nocturne<\/p>\n 3. Half Yours<\/p>\n MICHELLE PAYNE (Melbourne Cup winning jockey) <\/p>\n 1. ABSURDE<\/p>\n 2. Half Yours<\/p>\n 3. Flatten The Curve<\/p>\n 4. Torranzino<\/p>\n CLINTON PAYNE (Racenet)<\/p>\n 1. MORE FELONS <\/p>\n 2. Valiant King <\/p>\n 3. Half Yours <\/p>\n 4. Presage Nocturne<\/p>\n FRANCESCA CUMANI (Channel 9) <\/p>\n 1. PRESAGE NOCTURNE<\/p>\n 2. Absurde<\/p>\n 3. Goodie Two Shoes<\/p>\n 4. Al Riffa<\/p>\n JAMES LAMB (Punters.com) <\/p>\n 1. VALIANT KING<\/p>\n 2. Buckaroo<\/p>\n 3. Al Riffa<\/p>\n 4. Meydann<\/p>\n SIMON O\u2019DONNELL (Channel 9) <\/p>\n 1. VALIANT KING<\/p>\n 2. Presage Nocturne<\/p>\n 3. Half Yours<\/p>\n 4. AL Riffa<\/p>\n RYAN COOK (Ladbrokes)<\/p>\n 1. VALIANT KING<\/p>\n 2. River Of Stars <\/p>\n 3. Absurde <\/p>\n 4. Torranzino <\/p>\n TRAV NOONAN (RSN)<\/p>\n 1. FLATTEN THE CURVE<\/p>\n 2. Al Riffa<\/p>\n 3. Half Yours<\/p>\n 4. Absurde<\/p>\n RAY THOMAS (Racenet)<\/p>\n 1. VALIANT KING <\/p>\n 2. Half Yours <\/p>\n 3. Absurde<\/p>\n 4. More Felons <\/p>\n GLEN BOSS (Melbourne Cup winning jockey) <\/p>\n 1. BUCKAROO<\/p>\n MORE TO COME<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 Melbourne Cup is here \u2014 and if the expert tips are anything to go by, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,2652,81761,81754,81762,81757,81766,81760,81765,81756,9499,81758,81763,123,111,139,69,2659,79022,81759,213,81755,2821,79027,81764],"class_list":["post-114815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-barrier-drawracing","tag-cup-barrier","tag-cup-legend","tag-cup-predictions","tag-expert-predictions","tag-expert-tips","tag-form-guide","tag-fox-sports","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-james-lamb","tag-jim-cassidy","tag-melbourne","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-oceania","tag-presage-nocturne","tag-rain-looms","tag-sports","tag-standout-performances","tag-victoria","tag-vince-caligiuri","tag-wide-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/content.foxsports.com.au\/fs\/electrode\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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