Melbourne Cup Final Field announced

Leviathan owner Lloyd Williams will have a quarter of the Melbourne Cup field with his six horses headed by defending champion Almandin.

The others he either owns or has an interest in are Johannes Vermeer, Bondi Beach, US Army Ranger, Gallante and Rekindling.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Cismontane sealed the final position in the 24-horse field with his victory in Saturday’s Lexus Stakes.

The Mike Moroney-trained Vengeur Masque finished second in the Lexus and was just outside the field for the second year running.

Darren Weir, who won the Cup with Prince Of Penzance in 2015, has Big Duke, Humidor and Amelie’s Star while Irish trainer Willie Mullins also has three runners including 2015 runner-up Max Dynamite who is joined by Wicklow Brave and Thomas Hobson.

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Melbourne Cup Field:
Melbourne Cup Field:

No.		Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1		HARTNELL (GB)	G	7	James Cummings	Damian Lane	12	57.5kg
2		ALMANDIN (GER)	G	8	Robert Hickmott	Frankie Dettori	14	56.5kg
3		HUMIDOR (NZ)	G	5	Darren Weir	Blake Shinn	13	56kg
4		TIBERIAN (FR)	H	6	Alain Couetil	Olivier Peslier	23	55.5kg
5		MARMELO (GB)	H	5	Hughie Morrison	Hugh Bowman	16	55kg
6		RED CARDINAL (IRE)	G	6	Andreas Wohler	Kerrin McEvoy	24	55kg
7		JOHANNES VERMEER (IRE)	H	5	Aidan O’Brien	Ben Melham	3	54.5kg
8		BONDI BEACH (IRE)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	Michael Walker	1	54kg
9		MAX DYNAMITE (FR)	G	8	William Mullins	Zac Purton	2	54kg
10		VENTURA STORM (IRE)	H	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Glen Boss	6	54kg
11		WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	G	9	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	20	54kg
12		WICKLOW BRAVE (GB)	G	9	William Mullins	Stephen Baster	8	54kg
13		BIG DUKE (IRE)	G	6	Darren Weir	Brenton Avdulla	5	53.5kg
14		US ARMY RANGER (IRE)	H	5	Joseph O’Brien	Jamie Spencer	22	53.5kg
15		BOOM TIME	H	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Cory Parish	9	53kg
16		GALLANTE (IRE)	G	7	Robert Hickmott	Michael Dee	18	53kg
17		LIBRAN (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	Dwayne Dunn	7	53kg
18		NAKEETA (GB)	G	7	Iain Jardine	Glyn Schofield	19	53kg
19		SINGLE GAZE	M	5	Nick Olive	Kathy O’Hara	11	53kg
20		WALL OF FIRE (IRE)	H	5	Hugo Palmer	Craig Williams	15	53kg
21		THOMAS HOBSON (GB)	G	8	William Mullins	Joao Moreira	21	52kg
22		REKINDLING (GB)	H	4	Joseph O’Brien	Corey Brown	4	51.5kg
23		AMELIE’S STAR	M	6	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	10	51kg
24		CISMONTANE (NZ)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Beau Mertens	17	50kg