Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw 2025

Welcome to your comprehensive guide on all things Melbourne Cup 2025 draw. The barrier draw is one of the most important aspects of the Melbourne Cup and can have a major influence on how the race plays out. We have all the information you need on the Melbourne Cup draw.

The Melbourne Cup 2025 draw is so important that you can watch it live. The live Melbourne Cup barrier draw takes place on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup, after racing has concluded for the day at Flemington Racecourse. 

The strategy and race tactics deployed by the jockey will likely be heavily dictated by the barrier the runner draws. The Melbourne Cup draw is done at random, with connections of a runner selecting a number from one to 24, which will become their runner’s starting barrier.

Not only does the barrier draw impact the strategy of the jockey in the race, but the draw will also impact bettors’ betting strategy. Horse racing tips will also likely change depending on which barrier each runner draws.

So, while betting sites and betting apps will offer futures markets for the Melbourne Cup, meaning you can bet months before the race is due to start, it can sometimes pay to wait until the barrier draw has been conducted. 

After the barrier draw, you will have all the information you need to make a more informed betting selection. Even horse racing multi bets will be available from all the best horse racing betting sites for the Melbourne Cup, plus heaps of other markets like win bets, place bets, treble bets, quinella bets and more.

While the 3,200m race does give runners from every barrier their opportunity, history suggests there are some barriers that runners want to draw more than others. We will go into some of the most successful (and unsuccessful) barriers in the history of the Melbourne Cup later on this page.

The team at AustralianBettingSites previously mentioned that for the Melbourne Cup barrier draw in 2025, there are some barriers that runners want to draw more than others. Every barrier has now seen at least one winner in the history of the Melbourne Cup, but some haven’t seen a winner in over 100 years.

Check out all the Melbourne Cup barrier statistics here:

In 2024, the barrier draw threw up a few curveballs, and you can see which barrier every runner drew right here:

In 2023, Without A Fight won the Melbourne Cup after jumping from barrier 16. You can view the starting barriers for the entire field here:

The good news for the Melbourne Cup 2025 draw is that every barrier has tasted success in the race. However, some barriers haven’t seen a winner in 100 years, for example, barrier seven has only seen one winner in the Melbourne Cup barrier history, with the last winner back in 1924.

Here are the most challenging Melbourne Cup barriers that you should be aware of:

The Melbourne Cup barrier draw in 2025 is a very important event and holds significance for the big race. So, it is only understandable that people have questions about the barrier draw each year. We have gone through and answered some of the most important questions people have about the Melbourne Cup draw in this section.