The race that stops a nation has had winners from all parts of Europe and even Japan, further solidifying its status as a true international event.
Every year international raiders flock to Australian shores to try to win our greatest race.
In 2022, despite Melbourne Cup Internationals having to satisfy very strict criteria to join the field in the race that stops the nation; four international horses remain in contention to win The Cup.
2022 Melbourne Cup Horses
| No. | Silks | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Gold Trip | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Mark Zahra | 14 | 57.5kg | $13 |
| 2 |  |
Duais | Edward Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 10 | 55.5kg | $21 |
| 3 |  |
Knights Order | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 24 | 55.5kg | $21 |
| 4 |  |
Montefilia | David Payne | Jason Collett | 11 | 55.5kg | $11 |
| 5 |  |
Numerian | Annabel Neasham | Tommy Berry | 7 | 55.5kg | $61 |
| 6 |  |
Without A Fight | Simon & Ed Crisford | William Buick | 18 | 55.5kg | $11 |
| 7 |  |
Camorra | Ben & JD Hayes | Ben Melham | 17 | 55kg | $41 |
| 8 |  |
Deauville Legend | James Ferguson | Kerrin McEvoy | 9 | 55kg | $3.80 |
| 9 |  |
Stockman | Joseph Pride | Sam Clipperton | 2 | 54kg | $34 |
| 10 |  |
Vow And Declare | Danny O’Brien | Blake Shinn | 4 | 54kg | $18 |
| 11 |  |
Young Werther | Danny O’Brien | Damian Lane | 21 | 54kg | $26 |
| 12 |  |
Hoo Ya Mal | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Craig Williams | 15 | 53.5kg | $21 |
| 13 |  |
Serpentine | Robert Hickmott | John Allen | 23 | 53.5kg | $61 |
| 14 |  |
Daqiansweet Junior | Phillip Stokes | Daniel Moor | 13 | 53kg | $51 |
| 15 |  |
Grand Promenade | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Harry Coffey | 1 | 53kg | $61 |
| 16 |  |
Arapaho | Bjorn Baker | Rachel King | 19 | 52.5kg | $101 |
| 17 |  |
Emissary | Mike Moroney | Patrick Moloney | 3 | 51.5kg | $21 |
| 18 |  |
Lunar Flare | Grahame Begg | Michael Dee | 12 | 51.5kg | $21 |
| 19 |  |
Smokin’ Romans | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Jamie Kah | 16 | 51.5kg | $21 |
| 20 |  |
Tralee Rose | Symon Wilde | Dean Yendall | 22 | 51kg | $101 |
| 21 |  |
Point Nepean | Robert Hickmott | Wayne Lordan | 20 | 51kg | $71 |
| 22 |  |
High Emocean | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Teo Nugent | 8 | 50kg | $51 |
| 23 |  |
Interpretation | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Craig Newitt | 6 | 50kg | $41 |
| 24 |  |
Realm Of Flowers | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Damien Thornton | 5 | 50kg | $15 |
2022 Melbourne Cup International Horses
The 2022 Melbourne Cup will see one of the lightest international raider representations in the Cup for some time, with just four true internationals vying to win our greatest race.
Without A Fight, Camorra, Deauville Legend and Hoo Ya Mal are all yet to start in Australia.
Two of the four internationals are now Australian trained and/or majority Australian owned but qualify as international horses as they are yet to start in Australia.
European International Melbourne Cup Horses
All four 2022 Melbourne Cup runners are European internationals.
- Without A Fight is Irish-bred, and trained by UK trained Simon and Ed Crisford for Dubai owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum.
- Camorra is Irish bred, but is now Australian owned and trained from Lindsay Park by Ben and JD Hayes. He was purchased earlier this year by an Australian ownership group, although some of his former UK owners have stayed in the horse. He qualifies as an international by never having raced in Australia previously.
- Deauville Legend is Ireland-bred and trained in the UK by Newmarket trainer James Ferguson. The horse is owned by prolific Hong Kong owner Bon Ho who is well known to Australians as the owner of 2020 Everest winner Classique Legend and Hong Kong star Southern Legend
- Hoo Ya Mal is Great Britain-bred and Australian owned by managing syndicate owner Indian-born Kiwi Sir Owen Glenn’s Australian bloodstock company Go Bloodstock. Hoo Ya Mal is trained by Australian trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott but is yet to start in Australia.
As is often the case with most Australian feature staying races, the majority of the field were not bred here in Australia.
European-bred horses dominate this years race but don’t qualify as international horses having raced extensively in Australia.
Topweight Gold Trip and Arapaho were bred in France.
Knights Order, Numerian, Serpentine and Interpretation were bred in Ireland.
Grand Promenade and Emmisary were bred in Great Brittain.
Without A Fight
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Teofilo (IRE)
- Dam: Khor Sheed (IRE)
Win: $11.00
Place: $3.90
Best odds at Neds
6. Without A Fight (18)
5yo G | T: Simon & Ed Crisford | J: William Buick (55.5kg)
Without A Fight is the first of the international runners in the Melbourne Cup field and on exposed form, he is hard to knock. He won comfortably over 2800m at York earlier in the year on firmer ground, but has the runs on the board in terms of wins on rain-affected tracks to be prominent in this. This is obviously his first start on these shores and if we somehow get an improving track, his chances further increase. He has two wins and two minor placings on Heavy ground earlier in his career, but there looks to be a handful of other runners who will appreciated the expected Heavy 9/10 track come the running of the Cup. From barrier 18, look for William Buick to have this bloke up on speed with cover from the tricky draw and as long as he handles the occasion, Without A Fight is a key trifecta/first four player.
Camorra
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Zoffany (IRE)
- Dam: Mauralakana (GB)
Win: $51.00
Place: $12.00
Best odds at Bet365
7. Camorra (17)
5yo G | T: Ben & JD Hayes | J: Ben Melham (55kg)
Ben & JD Hayes will have their second ever Melbourne Cup starter as the reigning Curragh Cup champion Camorra makes his Australian debut. The five-year-old gelding brings elite level formlines throughout the Curragh Cup and has shown in his career that he can sustain a long-sustained run which he may have to do having drawn out in barrier 17. He will need a tonne of luck from the draw as he has never won a race when not settling in the first four and with plenty of key speed influencers drawn further out than he, we’re happy to let Camorra go around without our hard-earned on.
Deauville Legend
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Sea The Stars (IRE)
- Dam: Soho Rose (FR)
Win: $3.90
Place: $1.90
Best odds at Palmerbet
8. Deauville Legend (9)
3yo G | T: James Ferguson | J: Kerrin McEvoy (55kg)
The 2022 Melbourne Cup favourite Deauville Legend drew perfectly in the barrier draw and from gate nine, Kerrin McEvoy will have a plethora of options at his disposal as to where to go with this import. The James Ferguson-trained northern hemisphere three-year-old is a proven stayer and brings a similar profile to what Cross Counter bought to the race when he won it in 2018 and has a devastating turn of foot for a stayer. The massive concern is that he has not seen a rain-affected track in his short seven-start career, but on class alone he has to be included in every exotic/tip for this year’s Melbourne Cup. The unknown on rain-affected ground has us taking him on, but with 3x Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy on board, Deauville Legend has to be seriously respected and is a deserving favourite.
Hoo Ya Mal
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Colt
- Sire: Territories (IRE)
- Dam: Sensationally (IRE)
Win: $21.00
Place: $6.50
Best odds at Palmerbet
12. Hoo Ya Mal (15)
3yo C | T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | J: Craig Williams (53.5kg)
Despite now being Australian owned and trained Hoo Ya Mal qualifies as an international by having never started in Australia yet. Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott have been confident a long way out from the Melbourne Cup that Hoo Ya Mal will stack up perfectly in the race that stops the nation. He brings the right form to a race like this and managed to finish within a half-length of Deauville Legend when they met in the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood on July 28. We are getting a much bigger price with the top Melbourne Cup betting sites for this runner, despite the fact he also is a query on soft-heavy going. His run in the St Leger at Doncaster on September 11 was just awful and with the added query on heavy ground, we are happy to let this bloke go around without our hard-earned despite the booking of the in-form Craig Williams.
New Zealand Melbourne Cup Horses
While this year’s 2022 Melbourne Cup will list Stockman, Young Werther, Daqiansweet Junior, Smokin’ Romans, Tralee Rose and High Emocean as New Zealand-bred Melbourne Cup horses; none are true internationals as they are all Australian trained and owned, and have raced extensively, if not exclusively; in Australia.
American Melbourne Cup Horses
There no American bred, owned or trained horses racing in the 2022 Melbourne Cup.
Japanese Melbourne Cup Horses
There no Japanese bred, owned or trained horses racing in the 2022 Melbourne Cup.
Can An International Horse Win The 2022 Melbourne Cup
History is certainly on their side, especially over the past decade, so there is no reason why an international horse cannot win the Melbourne Cup this year.
Deauville Legend looks to be the best of the four international chances and the Melbourne Cup odds suggest that is the case with the Hong Kong-owned and United Kingdom-trained galloper and firm favourite for the race. The biggest concern for Deauville legend is an unknown quantity on soft and rain affected tracks having never started on any race track rated less than Good.
Without A Fight is clear second pick in the betting market for UK trainers Simon and Ed Crisford.
Hoo Ya Mal is currently sitting sixth in order of betting for Australian trainers Waterhouse and Bott after being backed in from $21.00.
Camorra has been friendless in betting having drifted from $41.00 in early markets out to $61.00.
For a full breakdown on the international horse chances in the race that stops the nation, see our full feature race guides:
- Melbourne Cup Betting Tips
- 2022 Melbourne Cup Runner By Runner Preview