Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Almandin has been a top favourite for many locals placing their bets for the race which starts at the Flemington racecourse in Melbourne this afternoon.
Grants Betting Limited General Manager Vijen Sundar says they are expecting more people to come in and place their bets today.
The listed favourites for the Melbourne Cup are Marmelo, Almandin, Humidor, Rekindling, Wall of Fire and Max Dynamite.
Humidor is owned by former All Black loose forward Mark Carter.
There are only 23 runners now after New Zealand horse, Who Shot Thebarman was ruled out.
Almandin is looking to become the first horse since Makybe Diva to win back to back Cups.
There will be 11 overseas‑trained horses on the field this year, equalling the record from 2011 and 2015.
Max Dynamite who came second to Prince of Penzance two years ago is also a top favourite.
Other horses to look out for are Boom Time, Red Cardinal, Bondi Beach, Gallante, US Army Ranger, and Hartnell.
The prize money for the race is $6 million Australian dollars.
The Melbourne Cup race will start at 5pm today.
Barrier draw in full (jockeys in brackets)
Bondi Beach (Michael Walker)
Max Dynamite (Zac Purton)
Johannes Vermeer (Ben Melham)
Rekindling (Corey Brown)
Big Duke (Brenton Avdulla)
Ventura Storm (Glen Boss)
Libran (Dwayne Dunn)
Wicklow Brave (Stephen Baster)
Boom Time (Cory Parish)
Amelie's Star (Dean Yendall)
Single Gaze (Kathy O'Hara)
Hartnell (Damien Lane)
Humidor (Blake Shinn)
Almandin (Frankie Dettori)
Wall of Fire (Craig Williams)
Marmelo (Hugh Bowman)
Cismontane (Beau Mertens)
Gallante (Michael Dee)
Nakeeta (Glyn Schofield)
Thomas Hobson (Joao Moreira)
US Army Ranger (Jamie Spencer)
Tiberian (Olivier Peslier)
Red Cardinal (Kerrin McEvoy)
Source: ABC
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