{"id":115021,"date":"2025-11-03T04:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T04:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/115021\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T04:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T04:27:07","slug":"melbourne-cup-2025-latest-odds-who-is-the-favourite-scratchings-prices-half-yours-al-riffa-valiant-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/115021\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Cup 2025 latest odds, who is the favourite, scratchings, prices, Half Yours, Al Riffa, Valiant King"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 Melbourne Cup <\/a>looms as one of the most open in years, so it\u2019ll be fascinating to see how the betting market takes shape ahead of Tuesday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

Caulfield Cup winner Half Yours has drifted a touch to $7 but still holds favouritism over the likes of Al Riffa, Valiant King, Presage Nocturne and Buckaroo who were all rated at single figure odds early on Monday.<\/p>\n

But they aren\u2019t the only fancied runners with the market suggesting the bulk of the 24-horse field has a chance to win the race. <\/p>\n

Check below for the latest odds ahead of Tuesday\u2019s race, to be run at 3pm AEST.<\/p>\n

TREVOR MARSHALLSEA\u2019S FORM GUIDE: Every runner rated<\/a><\/p>\n

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JIMMY CASSIDY\u2019S CUP FORM GUIDE: Legendary jockey\u2019s verdict on every runner<\/a><\/p>\n

ULTIMATE GUIDE: Everything you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n

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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

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LATEST ODDS as of 1.30pm AEDT FRIDAY (via TAB)<\/p>\n

$7 Half Yours<\/p>\n

$8 Al Riffa<\/p>\n

$8.50 Valiant King<\/p>\n

$8.50 Presage Nocturne<\/p>\n

$9 Buckaroo<\/p>\n

$17 River of Stars<\/p>\n

$19 Absurde<\/p>\n

$19 Meydaan<\/p>\n

$19 Flatten the Curve<\/p>\n

$26 Furthur<\/p>\n

$26 Royal Supremacy<\/p>\n

$26 Vauban<\/p>\n

$31 Onesmoothoperator<\/p>\n

$34 Goodie Two Shoes<\/p>\n

$34 Torranzino<\/p>\n

$41 Chevalier Rose<\/p>\n

$41 Arapaho<\/p>\n

$41 Middle Earth<\/p>\n

$41 More Felons<\/p>\n

$51 Land Legend<\/p>\n

$61 Smokin\u2019 Romans<\/p>\n

$61 Changingoftheguard<\/p>\n

$71 Parchment Party<\/p>\n

$71 Athabascan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 Melbourne Cup looms as one of the most open in years, so it\u2019ll be fascinating to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,2652,81761,81972,56024,81754,81765,9499,81973,111,139,69,2659,81971,42078,81759,81970,81969,213,2821],"class_list":["post-115021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-barrier-drawracing","tag-betting-market","tag-caulfield","tag-cup-barrier","tag-form-guide","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-holds-favouritism","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-oceania","tag-official-barrier","tag-parchment-party","tag-rain-looms","tag-royal-supremacy","tag-single-figure-odds","tag-sports","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115021","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=115021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}