Cup week is here! We sat down with professional punter, ratings expert and Key Bets analyst Cameron O’Brien to get his thoughts on each and every runner in this year’s Melbourne Cup.
There’s no better pro to guide you through the myriad of different formlines that the field brings from all over the world.
Get into it! Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:
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Melbourne Cup 2019: Podcast running order
3:20 The Flemington track
4:40 Speed map
6:30 #1 Cross Counter (C Appleby / W Buick)
9:30 #2 Mer De Glace (H Shimizu / D Lane)
10:30 #3 Master Of Reality (J O’Brien / F Dettori)
11:40 #4 Mirage Dancer (Busuttin & Young / B Melham)
12:35 #5 Southern France (Maher & Eustace / M Zahra)
13:40 #6 Hunting Horn (A O’Brien / S Heffernan)
14:40 #7 Latrobe (J O’Brien / J McDonald)
15:40 #8 Mustajeer (K Lees / D Oliver)
16:30 #9 Rostropovich (Hayes & Dabernig / D Dunn)
17:40 #10 Twilight Payment (J O’Brien / J Bowman)
18:45 #11 Finche (C Waller / K McEvoy)
20:15 #12 Prince Of Arran (C Fellowes / M Walker)
21:10 #13 Raymond Tusk (R Hannon / J Spencer)
22:00 #14 Downdraft (J O’Brien / J Allen)
22:45 #15 Magic Wand (A O’Brien / R Moore)
23:35 #16 Neufbosc (Hayes & Dabernig / L Nolen)
24:10 #17 Sound (M Moroney / J Winks)
25:25 #18 Surprise Baby (P Preusker / J Childs)
26:45 #19 Constantinople (Hayes & Dabernig / J Moreira)
28:00 #20 Il Paradiso (A O’Brien / W Lordan)
28:55 #21 Steel Prince (A Freedman / B Prebble)
30:05 #22 The Chosen One (Baker & Forsman / T Clark)
30:55 #23 Vow And Declare (D O’Brien / C Williams)
32:40 #24 Youngstar (C Waller / T Berry)
33:25 Top hopes & betting advice
Melbourne Cup 2019: Cameron O’Brien’s Top 10
| Number | Horse | Rated Price |
| 19 | Constantinople | 8.50 |
| 23 | Vow And Declare | 9.00 |
| 20 | Il Paradiso | 13.10 |
| 13 | Raymond Tusk | 13.50 |
| 18 | Surprise Baby | 14.40 |
| 2 | Mer De Glace | 16.20 |
| 3 | Master Of Reality | 17.30 |
| 1 | Cross Counter | 20.80 |
| 11 | Finche | 20.90 |
| 14 | Downdraft | 22.30 |
