Melbourne Cup hope Constantinople ($8.50) could have history on his side to take out the 2019 Melbourne Cup.
After looking at the numbers, Constantinople has more in common with previous Melbourne Cup winners than other any horse in tomorrow’s race across five categories – sex, colour, age weight and name, with 89 Melbourne Cup winners only having one word in their name.
Constantinople
| Sex | Horse |
| Colour | Bay |
| Age | 4 year old |
| Weight | 52.5kg |
History of Melbourne Cup winners:
Sex
Horse: 67 wins
Gelding: 54 wins
Colt: 21 wins
Mare: 13 wins
Filly: 3 wins
Colour
Bay: 69 wins
Brown: 39 wins
Chestnut: 34 wins
Grey: 6 wins
Bay/Brown: 5 wins
Black: 3 wins
Brown/Black: 2 wins
Age of winners
4: 45 wins
5: 44 wins
6: 33 wins
3: 23 wins
7: 11 wins
8: 2 wins
Weight
53kg: 9 wins
51, 52.5, 54.5kg: 8 wins
47, 48, 52, 56kg: 7 wins
Winners starting with each letter
T – 16 wins
P – 14 wins
M & S – 12 wins
B & R – 11 wins
Winners with number of words in name
1 – 89 wins
2 – 63 wins
3 – 6 wins
TAB Odds: Melbourne Cup 2019
$6.50 Mer de Glace
$8.50 Constantinople
$9.50 Finche
$11 Vow and Declare
$13 Cross Counter
$15 Surprise Baby
$15 Il Paradiso
$17 Mustajeer
$19 Prince of Arran
$21 Southern France
$21 Downdraft
$21 Raymond Tusk
$23 Latrobe
$26 Magic Wand
$26 Master of Reality
$34 Mirage Dancer
$34 Youngstar
$51 Twilight Payment
$51 Hunting Horn
$67 Steel Prince
$67 Rostropovich
$71 The Chosen One
$101 Sound
$126 Neufbosc