Which horse has the longest 2021 Melbourne Cup odds?

The 2021 Melbourne Cup will take place on Tuesday, November 2 at Flemington Racecourse. Australia’s most famous race has produced a number of surprise winners over the years, including a few that were given no hope in hell. The question is: are there any horses in this year’s field that can defy the odds?

Melbourne Cup winners by longest odds

The highest official betting price for a Melbourne Cup winner is 100/1, which was first achieved when The Pearl came from the clouds in 1871. That feat has since been matched by three other horses: Wotan (1936), Old Rowley (1940) and Prince Of Penzance (2015).

Prince Of Penzance’s win was doubly remarkable. Not only was it the first time in 75 years that a $101 shot had won the Melbourne Cup, it was also the first time a female jockey – Michelle Payne – had ridden a winner in the great race.

Long shots in 2021 Melbourne Cup betting

The Matt Cumani-trained Future Score is the biggest long shot in the 2021 Melbourne Cup field.

Having not won since the the 2020 Cranbourne Cup, the seven-year-old son of Cape Cross is a $201 rank outsider with online bookmakers for the race that stops the nation.

Several horses are set to go around as $151 chances. Johnny Get Angry, Knights Order, Carif, Miami Bound, and Port Guillaume are all set to go around at the big quote.

2021 Melbourne Cup Field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Twilight Payment	Joseph O’Brien	Jye McNeil	2	58kg	$11
2	Incentivise	Peter Moody	Brett Prebble	16	57kg	$2.50
3	Spanish Mission	Andrew Balding	Craig Williams	14	57kg	$9
4	Verry Elleegant	Chris Waller	James McDonald	19	57kg	$15
5	Explosive Jack	C Maher & D Eustace	John Allen	4	54kg	$51
6	The Chosen One	M Baker & A Forsman	Damian Lane	5	54kg	$61
7	Delphi	A & S Freedman	Damien Oliver	3	53.5kg	$41
8	Ocean Billy	Chris Waller	Damian Thornton	13	53.5kg	$101
9	Selino	Chris Waller	Ron Stewart	24	53.5kg	$151
10	Johnny Get Angry	Denis Pagan	Lachlan King	22	53kg	$101
11	Knights Order	G Waterhouse & A Bott	Daniel Stackhouse	9	53kg	$201
12	Persan	C Maher & D Eustace	Luke Currie	11	53kg	$31
13	Carif	P & P Snowden	Blaike McDougall	8	52.5kg	$201
14	Master Of Wine	Team Hawkes	Fred Kersley	6	52.5kg	$101
15	Pondus	Robert Hickmott	Rachel King	1	52.5kg	$41
16	Grand Promenade	C Maher & D Eustace	Kerrin McEvoy	21	52kg	$21
17	Miami Bound	Danny O’Brien	Patrick Moloney	17	52kg	$151
18	Port Guillaume	Ben & JD Hayes	Harry Coffey	23	52kg	$151
19	She’s Ideel	Bjorn Baker	Craig Newitt	20	52kg	$101
20	Future Score	Matt Cumani	Dean Yendall	15	51.5kg	$301
21	Tralee Rose	Symon Wilde	Dean Holland	12	51kg	$17
22	Floating Artist	C Maher & D Eustace	Teo Nugent	10	50kg	$18
23	Great House	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	7	50kg	$31
24	Sir Lucan	G Waterhouse & A Bott	Glen Boss	18	50kg	$26