Melbourne Cup 2022 barrier draw, barrier stats and betting odds

A Melbourne Cup favourite has been dealt the worst possible hand after drawing the worst barrier in the history of the race.

The barrier draw had it all. (AAP Image/Michael Dodge).

The Melbourne Cup barrier draw has once again thrown chaos into the betting pool with second favourite Without a Fight dealt a brutal blow.

The dreaded barrier 18 has only produced a Melbourne Cup winner once and the barrier went down to the final few selections before it was plucked.

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Sadly for the connections of Without a Fight it was their horse who will start from the dreaded barrier.

Deauville Legend, the favourite entering the barrier draw, only enhanced its chances by drawing nicely in barrier 9.

“I’m pleased. I didn’t want a very low draw and I didn’t want a really wide draw so 9 is absolutely spot on for us,” trainer James Ferguson said.

“With the pace being on the outside, they’re going to go some clip to get there so ideally we can get into a nice position early doors and we don’t have to work too hard to get there either.”

Two horses expected to push the pace along at Flemington on Tuesday drew the widest barriers with Serpentine (23) and Knights Order (24).

It means the pace on Cup Day could be extremely high as the two outsiders storm down to the first post to lead the field around the first bend and down the back straight.

The heavens are tipped to open up for the race that stops the nation which could also throw a cat among the pigeons for attendees and punters.

The barrier draw had it all. (AAP Image/Michael Dodge).

MELBOURNE CUP BARRIERS

1: Grand Promenade

2: Stockman

3: Emissary

4: Vow and Declare

5: Realm of Flowers

6: Interpretation

7: Numerian

8: High Emocean

9: Deauville Legend

10: Duais

11: Montefilia

12: Lunar Flare

13: Daqiansweet Junior

14: Gold Trip

15: Hoo Ya Mal

16: Smokin Romans

17: Camorra

18: Without A Fight

19: Arapaho

20: Point Napean

21: Young Werther

22: Tralee Rose

23: Serpentine

24: Knights Order

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MELBOURNE CUP BARRIER STATISTICS

Barrier 5: Eight wins

Barriers 10, 14, 19: Seven wins

Barrier 11: Six wins

Barriers 1, 4, 6, 8, 17: Five wins

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Barrier 18: Zero wins

MELBOURNE CUP 2022 FIELD

1 GOLD TRIP (FR) ( Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) M Zahra 57.5kg

2 DUAIS (Edward Cummings) H Bowman 55.5kg

3 KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE) ( Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott) T Clark 55.5kg

4 MONTEFILIA (David Payne) J Collett 55.5kg

5 NUMERIAN (IRE) (Annabel Neasham) T Berry 55.5kg

6 WITHOUT A FIGHT (IRE) ( Simon & Ed Crisford) W Buick 55.5kg

7 CAMORRA (IRE) ( Ben & JD Hayes) B J Melham 55kg

8 DEAUVILLE LEGEND (IRE) (James Ferguson) K McEvoy 55kg

9 STOCKMAN (NZ) (Joseph Pride) S Clipperton 54kg

10 VOW AND DECLARE (Danny O’Brien) B Shinn 54kg

11 YOUNG WERTHER (NZ) (Danny O’Brien) D M Lane 54kg

12 HOO YA MAL (GB) ( Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott) C Williams 53.5kg

13 SERPENTINE (IRE) (Robert Hickmott) J Allen 53.5kg

14 DAQIANSWEET JUNIOR (NZ) (Phillip Stokes) D Moor 53kg

15 GRAND PROMENADE (GB) ( Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) H T Coffey 53kg

16 ARAPAHO (FR) (Bjorn Baker) Ms R King 52.5kg

17 EMISSARY (GB) (Michael Moroney) P M Moloney 51.5kg

18 LUNAR FLARE (Grahame Begg) M J Dee 51.5kg

19 SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) ( Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) Ms J Kah 51.5kg

20 TRALEE ROSE (NZ) (Symon Wilde) D Yendall 51.5kg

21 POINT NEPEAN (IRE) (Robert Hickmott) W M Lordan 51kg

22 HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ) ( Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) T M Nugent 50kg

23 INTERPRETATION (IRE) ( Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) C Newitt 50kg

24 REALM OF FLOWERS ( Anthony & Sam Freedman) D Thornton 50kg

The race is set to get underway at 3pm (AEDT) on Tuesday November 1st and can be watched on Channel 10.

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