Interesting stats courtesy racenet:

The trainer: Lee Freedman (5 wins) (Note: He now trains in partnership with his brother Anthony) - Our Ivanhowe (No. 2) and Exospheric (No. 5)

The jockey: Damien Oliver (3 wins) – Exospheric (No. 5) and Glen Boss (3 wins) – Grey Lion (No. 19)

The owner: Lloyd Williams (4 wins) – Bondi Beach (No. 4), Gallante (No. 10), Almandin (No. 17) and Assign (No. 18)

The saddlecloth: 4 and 12 (11 wins) – Bondi Beach (No. 4), Jameka (No. 12)

The barrier: 11 (8 wins) – Oceanographer (No. 20)

The age and sex: 5YO E&G (41 wins) – Bondi Beach (No. 4), Exospheric (No. 5), Grey Lion (No. 19), Oceanographer (No. 20), Pentathlon (No. 22)

Three lead-up form races to the Melbourne Cup have produced 11 winners since 2000. These are the horses that come out of those races:

Caulfield Cup (4 winners) – Our Ivanhowe (No. 2), Exospheric (No. 5), Almoonqith (No. 9), Jameka (No. 12), Sir John Hawkwood (No. 14)
Cox Plate (4 winners) – Hartnell (No. 6)
Geelong Cup (3 winners) – Grey Lion (No. 19), Oceanographer (No. 20), Qewy (No. 23)

Unluckiest saddlecloth: 18 (1 win) – Assign (No. 18)

Unluckiest barrier: 18 (no winners) – Curren Mirotic (No. 3)

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