The 2016 Melbourne Cup Field & Barrier Draw can be found here. We also provide updates on the Melbourne Cup Declarations stages.
The 2016 Melbourne Cup field featured a capacity 24 runners and all 24 Melbourne Cup Horses lined-up in the famous Flemington Race 7 on Tuesday November 1, 2016.
View the official 2016 Melbourne Cup Results and see below for the Melbourne Cup 2016 final field and barriers for all the horses, trainers and jockeys that featured in the two mile classic.
2016 Melbourne Cup Final Field & Barrier Draw
Flemington Race 7 (3:00pm AEDT) – 01/11/2016
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7x5x23x11x | BIG ORANGE (GB) | Michael Bell | Jamie Spencer | 7 | 57kg | – | 117 |
| 2 | 0x5501x586 | OUR IVANHOWE (GER) | Lee & Anthony Freedman | Dwayne Dunn | 6 | 57kg | – | 116 |
| 3 | x300x620x9 | CURREN MIROTIC (JPN) | Osamu Hirata | Tommy Berry | 18 | 56.5kg | – | 116 |
| 4 | 1220x11x33 | BONDI BEACH (IRE) | Aidan O’Brien | Ryan Moore | 5 | 56kg | – | 116 |
| 5 | 1413×18353 | EXOSPHERIC (GB) | Lee & Anthony Freedman | Damien Oliver | 13 | 56kg | – | 117 |
| 6 | 50x5x21112 | HARTNELL (GB) | John O’Shea | James McDonald | 12 | 56kg | – | 123 |
| 7 | 0324×65272 | WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ) | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | 20 | 56kg | – | 115 |
| 8 | 3333×26431 | WICKLOW BRAVE (GB) | William Mullins | Frankie Dettori | 24 | 56kg | – | 117 |
| 9 | x9065x8084 | ALMOONQITH (USA) | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Michael Walker | 19 | 54.5kg | – | 112 |
| 10 | 069x031x27 | GALLANTE (IRE) | Robert Hickmott | Blake Shinn | 2 | 54.5kg | – | 114 |
| 11 | 8533×72691 | GRAND MARSHAL (GB) | Chris Waller | Ben Melham | 9 | 54.5kg | – | 115 |
| 12 | 5324×47121 | JAMEKA | Ciaron Maher | Nicholas Hall | 3 | 54.5kg | 2.0kg | 119 |
| 13 | 00x101x11x | HEARTBREAK CITY (FR) | Tony Martin | Joao Moreira | 23 | 54kg | – | 113 |
| 14 | 2x1322x210 | SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD (IRE) | John P Thompson | Blake Spriggs | 14 | 54kg | 1.5kg | 114 |
| 15 | 17x20x9834 | EXCESS KNOWLEDGE (GB) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Vlad Duric | 21 | 53.5kg | – | 111 |
| 16 | x6153x1553 | BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE (GB) | Saeed Bin Suroor | Damian Lane | 1 | 52.5kg | – | 110 |
| 17 | x221x66511 | ALMANDIN (GER) | Robert Hickmott | Kerrin McEvoy | 17 | 52kg | 1.0kg | 108 |
| 18 | 8x1153x921 | ASSIGN (IRE) | Robert Hickmott | Ms Katelyn Mallyon | 22 | 52kg | 1.0kg | 104 |
| 19 | 32x1837x82 | GREY LION (IRE) | Matt Cumani | Glen Boss | 16 | 52kg | – | 107 |
| 20 | 11x4017x31 | OCEANOGRAPHER (GB) | Charlie Appleby | Chad Schofield | 11 | 52kg | 1.0kg | 107 |
| 21 | 361x2x12x1 | SECRET NUMBER (GB) | Saeed Bin Suroor | Stephen Baster | 10 | 52kg | – | 112 |
| 22 | 3254×06737 | PENTATHLON (NZ) | John Wheeler | Mark Du Plessis | 4 | 51.5kg | – | 102 |
| 23 | 22x0Fx22x1 | QEWY (IRE) | Charlie Appleby | Craig Williams | 15 | 51.5kg | 0.5kg | 107 |
| 24 | 62102×0940 | ROSE OF VIRGINIA (NZ) | Lee & Shannon Hope | Ben E Thompson (a) | 8 | 51kg | – | 100 |
