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With the 2012 Melbourne Cup barrier draw and final field being released at 6:30pm we will be bringing you live updates of the events throughout the draw. The field is not likely to change between now and then but Glen Carpenter is finalising the field as we speak.

So get live updates throughout the Barrier Draw on this page.

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Glencadam Gold draws barrier 7

Niwot draws barrier 15

Zabeelionaire draws barrier 24

Red Cadeaux draws barrier 18

Ethiopia draws barrier 14

Precedence draws barrier 20

Tac De Boistron draws barrier 21

Cavalry Man draws barrier 6

My Quest For Peace draws barrier 1

Green Moon draws barrier 5

Maluckyday draws barrier 9

Mourayan draws barrier 3

Mount Athos draws barrier 8

Galileo’s Choice draws barrier 11

Kelinni draws barrier 10

Dunaden draws barrier 16

Winchester draws barrier 22

Voila Ici draws barrier 13

Americain draws barrier 12

Unusual Suspect draws barrier 23

Sanagas draws barrier 4

Lights Of Heaven draws barrier 17

Fiorente draws barrier 2

Jakkalberry draws barrier 19

2012 Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw

Number Horse Name Trainer Likely Jockey Weight (kg) Barrier
1 Dunaden Mikel Delzangles Craig Williams 58  16
2 Americain Alain de Royer Dupre Damien Oliver 58  12
3 Red Cadeaux Ed Dunlop Michael Rodd 55.5  18
4 Jakkalberry Marco Botti Colm O’Donoghue 55.5  19
5 Winchester John Sadler Jamie Mott 55.5  22
6 Voila Ici Michael Kent Olivier Doleuze 55.5  13
7 Cavalryman Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 54  6
8 Mount Athos Bart Cummings Brad Rawiller 54  8
9 Sanagas Luca Cumani Ryan Moore 54  4
10 Ethiopia Pat Carey Rhys McLeod 53.5  14
11 Fiorente Team Hawkes Jim Cassidy 53.5  2
12 Galileo’s Choice Robert Hickmott Brett Prebble 53.5  11
13 Glencadam Gold Robert Hickmott Hugh Bowman 53.5  7
14 Green Moon Team Hawkes Dwayne Dunn 53.5  5
15 Maluckyday Gai Waterhouse Tommy Berry 53.5  9
16 Mourayan Luca Cumani Corey Brown 53.5  3
17 My Quest For Peace Gai Waterhouse James McDonald 53.5  1
18 Niwot Dermot Weld Pat Smullen 53.5  15
19 Tac De Boistron Peter Moody Vlad Duric 53  21
20 Lights Of Heaven Peter Moody Luke Nolen 53  17
21 Precedence Bart Cummings Steven Arnold 53  20
22 Unusual Suspect Michael Kent Glyn Schofield 53  23
23 Zabeelionaire Leon Corstens Craig Newitt 52  24
24 Kelinni Chris Waller Glen Boss 51  10

 

Update 6:27pm – Just minutes away from the barrier draw. Stay tuned!

Update 5:28pm – We are just about an hour away from the official barrier draw at Flemington racecourse. Kelinni won today’s Lexus Stakes and will represent the 24th runner in the race. In other Melbourne Cup news today, Southern Speed has been withdrawn from the race and retired immediately after incurring an injury in track work this morning.

 
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