Melbourne Cup sweep generator 2020: Take on your mates

The Melbourne Cup 2020 will be a race like no other. Just because we can’t get to the track doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun with your friends.

The 2020 Melbourne Cup will be one like no other.

Just because we can’t get to the track doesn’t mean you can’t have a flutter with your mates.

Get your Melbourne Cup sweep sorted with our interactive below.

While you’re at it, check out our incredible form guide.

CUP DAY LIVE: EVERY RACE, EVERY TIP, EVERY MOMENT

CUP DAY FACTORS

First race: 10.45am

Melbourne Cup: 3pm

Last race: 5.15pm

Track: Good (4)

Weather: Sunny 28C

KATIE MALLYON SWEEP COMMENTS AND TIPS

1. Prince Of Arran

2. Surprise Baby

3. Tiger Moth

4. Sir Dragonet

1. ANTHONY VAN DYKE

Last horse to carry No.1 saddlecloth and win was Makybe Diva back in 2005 when the great mare won her third Melbourne Cup. This horse certainly can win after producing one of the runs of the race from back in the Caulfield Cup behind Verry Elleegant. Barrier 3 will make Hugh Bowman’s ride easier and I can see him running a top race.

2. AVILIUS

Ran in the Cup two years ago and got absolutely flattened the first time out of the straight. Forget he ever went around. This preparation has shown he is still capable of winning with an exceptional run in the Caulfield Cup without a lot of luck.

3. VOW AND DECLARE

Last year’s winner of the Melbourne Cup so the journey is no worries for him. The last gelding to do the back to back cups was Think Big in 1974-75. A massive thrill for jockey Jamie Mott, who is having his second ride in the big race, and from barrier four he will be able to find a great spot in running. Not the worst.

4- MASTER OF REALITY

Irish horse who ran a huge race last year in the Cup when narrowly beaten by Vow and Declare. This year he looks to be going even better with a second in the Irish St Ledger Trial and an impressive victory in the Her Majesty’s Plate. If he were to win the Cup he will give owner Lloyd Williams his 7th win in the great race and Ben Melham his first after getting so close three years ago on Johannes Vermeer.

5-SIR DRAGONET

Irish galloper who was afforded a beautiful ride by Glen Boss in the Cox plate. He looked to be only getting warm on the line and post-race looked as if he could have gone around again. This horse is fit and has the 3200m written all over him. Drawn nicely in barrier 14, my only query is the horse hasn’t won on a good track so I guess they’re hoping it’s not too firm on the day.

6-TWILIGHT PAYMENT

Came out last year and ran well in the Cup after having to do a bit of work from barrier 19. This year he is drawn a little closer in 12 which will allow him to find a spot a bit quicker and easier. The horse looks to be going better this year. He was an eight-length winner of the Curragh Cup with 63kg then ran a solid third in the Irish St Ledger with 62kg. Can’t underestimate the talent this horse has.

7-VERRY ELLEEGANT

Six-time Group 1 in red hot form after winning the Turnbull Stakes and Caulfield Cup. She’s built like a marathon runner and her heart is as big as herself. She is bred to stay the trip however her racing manners can sometimes bring her undone. She is a horse that enjoys room so barrier 15 is no concern.

8-MUSTAJEER

Another horse having his second attempt at winning the great race. He ran 23rd in the Cup last year. I think having another year to adapt to the Australian climate and racing will hold him in a better spot this year. He looks an honest stayer but everything does need to work out perfectly for him. His jockey Michael Rodd won the race on Efficient in 2007.

9-STRATUM ALBION

He wasn’t beaten far in a Group 2 Lonsdale Cup (3200m) in England before making his way to Australia. A few jumps races in the form lines but I’m not worried because Willie Mullens has had success previously following that similar path into the race with Max Dynamite, who was so close on two occasions. Top trainer must be respected.

10-DASHING WILLOUGHBY

Looked to have gone amiss in the Caulfield Cup but pulled up with no abnormalities. He certainly can stay so if you’re willing to forgive his run in the Caulfield Cup his form prior to that seems to be OK. Maybe he wasn’t a fan of Caulfield but it’s really hard to see him winning that performance.

11- FINCHE

Looking to be the first horse since Empire Rose in 1988 to win the Melbourne Cup at a third attempt. Finche has finished no worse than 3.5L in his first two Cups. He is an honest stayer who has drawn to get the run of the race from barrier six. Has a big long stride and loves the big track at Flemington. You can’t leave him out of your multiples and he sure will give you a great run for your money.

12- A PRINCE OF ARRAN

Another horse attempting to win the race at their third attempt. Placed in the past two Cups and looks to be going better again this year. His run in the Caulfield Cup was exceptional and after drawing barrier one, with hot jock Jamie Kah riding, it seems the stars are aligning for a repeat of the 2015 Melbourne Cup when Michelle Payne took it out on a Prince Of Penzance.

13-SURPRISE BABY

A promising stayer on the rise who found himself just too far back in the Melbourne Cup last year and had to make up a massive amount of ground. He has been carefully placed by trainer Paul Preusker his whole career and this horse has shown he definitely has what it takes to win the Cup. Craig Williams is looking for back-to-back Cups and I think he has the right horse to do it. Drawn nicely in barrier seven he shouldn’t find himself as far back as last year.

14-KING OF LEOGRANCE

Adelaide Cup winner (3200m) and looked a class above. Since then he has had three starts and his recent effort was third in the Geelong Cup where he looked to have every chance. He always looked to have a bit of quality about him but his most recent form has me wondering if we’re seeing his true potential.

15-RUSSIAN CAMELOT

A classy northern hemisphere-bred four year-old who has done an amazing job in a short amount of time. Having his 10th start in the Melbourne Cup is remarkable and will be some sort of training effort from Danny O’Brien if he can win. I think he is certainly a horse for the future, I’m just worried about whether it’s all come a bit soon for him but certainly will be in the mix and an even better horse next year.

16- STEEL PRINCE

Is following the same path into the Melbourne Cup as last year, however, this time he was able to take home the Geelong Cup. He finished just over two lengths off them in last year’s Cup and having that win under his belt is surely a massive confidence booster. He has the Wizard from the West Willie Pike aboard and he certainly is going to need to work some of that magic from barrier 21, the most recent barrier to be successful in the Cup.

17-THE CHOSEN ONE

The Kiwi galloper must not be discounted after his cracking third in the Caulfield cup behind Verry Elleegant and Anthony Van Dyke. He was beaten five lengths in last year’s Cup but looks to be in better shape this time in. He ran second in the Sydney Cup (3200m) to Etah James on a heavy track and has drawn to get a soft run from barrier five.

18-ASHRUN

I loved his performance in the Hotham Handicap and he looks to be crying for the 3200m. He ran well in the Geelong Cup prior but once he stepped onto the big Flemington track he really came into his own. Andreas Wohler won the Cup in 2014 with Protectionist so he knows the right horses to bring out for the big one. Third run in 13 days the only query?

19-WARNING

Victoria Derby winner last year trying to emulate the big grey Efficient, who was successful in the double in 2006-07. He is a horse that everything needs to go right as we saw in the Caulfield Cup when he ran a disappointing 12th. If he can find a spot not too far away he can give a sight! The mighty Subzero carried the famous Freedman colours to victory in 1992.

20-ETAH JAMES

Since winning the Sydney Cup she’s only had two other runs, The Metropolitan and the Moonee Valley Gold Cup, where she ran OK. She may just be getting to her right fitness levels now and the last horse to win the Sydney-Melbourne Cup double was the mighty mare Makybe Diva.

21-TIGER MOTH

This horse looks the real deal. Narrowly beaten in the Irish Derby, which is a race that has produced some of our champion stayers in the past, and then followed it up with an easy win in the Group 3 Kilternan Stakes (2400m). He will jump from barrier 23, which hasn’t produced the Cup winner since Van Der Hum in 1976 but with any luck he will be in the finish.

22-OCEANEX

Won her way into the Cup by winning the Andrew Ramsden back in May. On that occasion she defeated King of Leogrance and ever since has been just going fairly. Her latest effort showed she is somewhat back to her best and no doubt she will enjoy getting out to 3200m and the big track.

23-MIAMI BOUND

The VRC Oaks winner from last year should have no problem staying the trip. Finally put her next win on the board last week in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup where she powered through the line. She looks to be back in business after a couple of ordinary runs at the start of the prep.

24-PERSAN

Won his way into the race via The Bart Cummings and will not have had a run since. He is honest as the day is long and has raced all through winter so definitely has fitness on his side. You can’t rule him out. The last horse to win from barrier 20 was Empire Rose in 1988.