{"id":16397,"date":"2024-11-04T12:28:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T12:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=16397"},"modified":"2024-11-04T12:28:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T12:28:54","slug":"who-is-the-melbourne-cup-favourite-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/who-is-the-melbourne-cup-favourite-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is The Melbourne Cup Favourite Ahead Of 2024 Flemington Renewal?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In what looks another competitive renewal of the ‘Race The Stops A Nation’<\/em>, we look at which horses are set to be the Melbourne Cup favourite come post time on Tuesday 5th November.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2024 Melbourne Cup Favourites Are Buckaroo and Vauban<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This Tuesday’s 2024 Melbourne Cup runners<\/strong> are down to 23 and if the market with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a> is anything to go by – most seem to have a chance.<\/p>\n

In 2015 the Melbourne Cup also saw a 100\/1 winner land the race (Prince Of Penzance), while in the last four runnings it’s produced 20\/1 and 25\/1 winners – showing that really any horse can take home the monster \u00a3<\/span><\/span>2,352,941 prize money<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jockey Mark Zahra has also ridden the last two Melbourne Cup winners, and he tries for a third with one of the outsiders in the market Circle Of Fire.<\/p>\n

But, at the other end of the betting, it’s the one of the two Willie Mullins Melbourne Cup runners<\/a> – Vauban<\/strong> – and the Chris Waller entry Buckaroo<\/strong> that top the market.<\/p>\n

Vauban Was Also Sent Off As The Melbourne Cup Favourite In 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n

12 months ago, the Rich Ricci-owned Vauban<\/strong> was backed into the shortest-priced runner in the field. However, under top jockey Ryan Moore, the horse could only manage 14th.<\/p>\n

Since that Melbourne Cup run, he’s bounced back to run well this season – including running fourth in the Ascot Gold Cup in June and also winning the Lonsdale Cup at York at the end of August (watch below).<\/p>\n

William Buick takes the ride this time and the horse is back with just one pound more in weight. While last year in stall 3 the Melbourne Cup trends were also against Vauban – he’s been handed a better berth in 11 this time.<\/p>\n