{"id":217273,"date":"2025-10-22T06:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/217273\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:53:08","slug":"final-field-list-of-horses-entry-list-when-are-final-declarations-barrier-draw-weights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/217273\/","title":{"rendered":"Final field, list of horses, entry list, when are final declarations, barrier draw, weights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gilded Water, the horse owned by King Charles, is among those seeking direct entry into the Melbourne Cup via the Geelong Cup.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s race meet was abandoned due to heavy winds which damaged marquees and the track itself, with the Geelong Cup rescheduled for Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The race is a key element of the Melbourne Cup build-up with the winner given direct entry into the $10m spring carnival main event.<\/p>\n

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As of Monday seven horses in the Geelong Cup field were on the Melbourne Cup Order of Entry including Changingoftheguard (23), Onesmoothoperator (24), Grand Pierro (35), Whisky On The Hill (36), Torranzino (40), Gilded Water (41) and Fernao (42).<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to run at Geelong Cup. The weights are slightly better,\u201d Cup-winning trainer Ciaron Maher said of Gilded Water.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had accepted at Moonee Valley because of the uncertainty of the weather, so I think I will still run at Geelong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gilded Water (GB) on the way to the barriers prior to the running of the The Lexus Bart Cummings at Flemington Racecourse on October 04, 2025 in Flemington, Australia. (Photo by George Sal\/Racing Photos via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

It comes after one-time Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup favourite Sir Delius was sent to the paddock as Tulloch Lodge turn their focus to a Sydney autumn carnival campaign.<\/p>\n

The door was left ajar for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Sir Delius to continue his spring campaign in Sydney following his bombshell withdrawal from both the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup.<\/p>\n

Sir Delius was ruled out of the Melbourne spring\u2019s two biggest races after Racing Victoria\u2019s controversial veterinary protocols ruled the star import had a heightened risk of injury.<\/p>\n

Melbourne Cup runners are required to undergo compulsory Computed Tomography (CT) scan of distal limbs before an independent review is done of those scans.<\/p>\n

Racing Victoria stewards stood down Sir Delius from competing in the remainder of the carnival however there was still the option of the multiple Group 1 winner running in Sydney, provided he was given the green light by Racing NSW stewards.<\/p>\n

But Sir Delius was a notable omission from Saturday\u2019s Group 3 $750,000 Craven Plate (1800m) with Waterhouse confirming the five-year-old had now been spelled.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter discussing Sir Delius with the ownership group, Adrian and I have made the decision to spell him and set our sights on the autumn carnival,\u201d Waterhouse said on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an extremely valuable horse and one we firmly believe will continue to prove he\u2019s the best weight for age performer in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waterhouse confirmed the Group 1 $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Royal Randwick would be the target for Sir Delius in the New Year.<\/p>\n

Portions of this article were originally published at Punters and were republished with permission.<\/a><\/p>\n

HOW DOES THE MELBOURNE CUP ORDER OF ENTRY WORK?<\/p>\n

The Melbourne Cup Order of Entry<\/a> dictates which horses make the field for the Flemington event.<\/p>\n

Of the 24 Melbourne Cup entrants who make the cut, 10 are winners of the Ballot Exemption or Golden Ticket races (like the Geelong Cup) while the remaining 14 are determined by weight.<\/p>\n

Those weights can change based on performances between September and November 1 and are determined by Racing Victoria\u2019s chief handicapper.<\/p>\n

The final field will be announced at around 4:30pm on Saturday November 1, before the Melbourne Cup runs at 3pm on Tuesday November 4.<\/p>\n

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Melbourne Cup declarations schedule (All times AEDT)<\/p>\n

Third declarations: 12pm Monday October 27<\/p>\n

Final Declarations and Field: 4:30pm Saturday November 1<\/p>\n

Barrier draw: 5:30pm Saturday November 1<\/p>\n

Ballot exempt races<\/p>\n

The Bart Cummings, Caulfield Cup, Andrew Ramsden, Cox Plate, Lexus Archer Stakes, Roy Higgins Quality, Geelong Cup, Moonee Valley Gold Cup, Ebor Handicap and Belmont Gold Cup<\/p>\n

International races where winner is invited<\/p>\n

The Arlington Million, the San Juan Capistrano Handicap in the USA, the Doncaster Cup in the UK, the Irish St. Leger, the Tenno Sho and Sankei Sho in Japan<\/p>\n

Current Melbourne Cup Order of Entry<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday October 21<\/p>\n

1= HALF YOURS Tony & Calvin McEvoy 53kg<\/p>\n

1= DEAKIN (FR) Phillip Stokes 52kg<\/p>\n

1= PARCHMENT PARTY (USA) William Mott 52kg<\/p>\n

1= REVELARE Robert Hickmott 51.5kg<\/p>\n

1= VALIANT KING (GB) Chris Waller 51kg<\/p>\n

6 AL RIFFA (FR) Joseph O\u2019Brien 59kg<\/p>\n

7 BUCKAROO (GB) Chris Waller 57kg<\/p>\n

8 ARAPAHO (FR) Bjorn Baker 56.5kg<\/p>\n

9 VAUBAN (FR) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 56.5kg<\/p>\n

10 CHEVALIER ROSE (JPN) Hisashi Shimizu 55.5kg<\/p>\n

11 PRESAGE NOCTURNE (IRE) Alessandro Botti 55.5kg<\/p>\n

12 FURTHUR (IRE) Andrew Balding 52kg<\/p>\n

13 MIDDLE EARTH (GB) Ciaron Maher 54.5kg<\/p>\n

14 ZARDOZI Ciaron Maher 52.5kg<\/p>\n

15 MEYDAAN (IRE) Simon & Ed Crisford 54kg<\/p>\n

16 LAND LEGEND (FR) Chris Waller 53.5kg<\/p>\n

17 SMOKIN\u2019 ROMANS (NZ) Ciaron Maher 53.5kg<\/p>\n

18 ABSURDE (FR) Willie Mullins 53.5kg<\/p>\n

19 FLATTEN THE CURVE (FR) Henk Grewe 53.5kg<\/p>\n

20 RIVER OF STARS (IRE) Chris Waller 51.5kg<\/p>\n

21 MORE FELONS (IRE) Chris Waller 53kg<\/p>\n

22 GOODIE TWO SHOES (IRE) Joseph O\u2019Brien 51.5kg<\/p>\n

23 CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE) Kris Lees 53kg<\/p>\n

24 ONESMOOTHOPERATOR (USA) Brian Ellison 52kg<\/p>\n

25 ATHABASCAN (FR) John O\u2019Shea & Tom Charlton 51.5kg<\/p>\n

26 POINT KING (IRE) Anthony & Sam Freedman 51.5kg<\/p>\n

27 ROYAL SUPREMACY (IRE) Ciaron Maher 51kg<\/p>\n

28 MARK TWAIN (NZ) Roger James & Robert Wellwood 51kg<\/p>\n

29 BIRDMAN (IRE) Chris Waller 51kg<\/p>\n

30 POST IMPRESSIONIST (IRE) Anthony & Sam Freedman 51kg<\/p>\n

31 SCARY (NZ) Emma-Lee & David Browne 51kg<\/p>\n

32 TRAV (NZ) Raymond Connors 51kg<\/p>\n

33 ETNA ROSSO (IRE) Chris Waller 51kg<\/p>\n

34 BRAYDEN STAR (GB) Busuttin & Young 51kg<\/p>\n

35 GRAND PIERRO Jason Warren 51kg<\/p>\n

36 WHISKY ON THE HILL (GB) Glen Thompson 51kg<\/p>\n

37 INTERPRETATION (IRE) Ciaron Maher 51kg<\/p>\n

38 DON DIEGO DE VEGA (FR) Annabel & Rob Archibald 51kg<\/p>\n

39 SAYEDATY SADATY (IRE) Ciaron Maher 51kg<\/p>\n

40 TORRANZINO (NZ) Paul Preusker 51kg<\/p>\n

41 GILDED WATER (GB) Ciaron Maher 51kg<\/p>\n

42 FERNAO (IRE) Annabel & Rob Archibald 51kg<\/p>\n

43 GOLDEN SNAP (JPN) Katsunori Tanaka 51.5kg<\/p>\n

44 ADELAIDE RIVER (IRE) Kris Lees 52kg<\/p>\n

45= CLEVELAND (IRE) Kris Lees 51kg<\/p>\n

45= DASHING DUCHESS (NZ) Symon Wilde 51kg<\/p>\n

45= KINGS VALLEY (IRE) Ciaron Maher 51kg<\/p>\n

45= QUIETNESS (GB) John O\u2019Shea & Tom Charlton 51kg<\/p>\n

45= SO YOU ARE Stirling Osland 51kg<\/p>\n

45= STAR OF INDIA (IRE) Chris Waller 51kg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gilded Water, the horse owned by King Charles, is among those seeking direct entry into the Melbourne Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-217273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}