Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise has eased after being drawing a wide barrier in Tuesday's race that stops the nation.
The Peter Moody-trained horse drew barrier 16 and eased from $2.30 to $2.50 in race betting as a result.
Being drawn out wide isn't terminal to Incentivise's chances of winning after he won the Caulfield Cup having jumped from barrier 18.
Among the other favoured contenders, Spanish Mission drew barrier 14, while Twilight Payment will start in no.2.
MELBOURNE CUP 2021 BARRIER DRAW
| Barrier | Horse (Jockey/Trainer) |
| 1 | Pondus (Rachel King/Robert Hickmott) |
| 2 | Twilight Payment (Jye McNeil/Joseph O'Brien) |
| 3 | Delphi (Damien Oliver/Anthony & Sam Freedman) |
| 4 | Explosive Jack (John Allen/Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) |
| 5 | The Chosen One (Damian Lane/Murray Baker/Andrew Forsman) |
| 6 | Master of Wine (Fred Kersley/Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes) |
| 7 | Great House (Michael Dee/Chris Waller) |
| 8 | Carif (Blaike McDougall/Peter & Paul Snowden) |
| 9 | Knights Order (Daniel Stackhouse/Waterhouse & Adrian Bott) |
| 10 | Floating Artist (Teodore Nugent/Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) |
| 11 | Persan (Luke Currie/Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) |
| 12 | Tralee Rose (Dean Holland/Symon Wilde) |
| 13 | Ocrean Billy (Damien Thornton/Chris Waller) |
| 14 | Spanish Mission (Craig Williams/Andrew Balding) |
| 15 | Future Score (Dean Yendall/Matt Cumani) |
| 16 | Incentivise (Peter Moody/Brett Pebble) |
| 17 | Miami Bound (Patrick Maloney/Danny O'Brien) |
| 18 | Sir Lucan (Glen Boss/Waterhouse & Adrian Bott) |
| 19 | Very Eleegant (James McDonald/Chris Waller) |
| 20 | She's Ideel (Craig Newitt/Bjorn Baker) |
| 21 | Grand Promenade (Kerrin McEvoy/Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) |
| 22 | Johnny Get Angry (Lachlan King/Denis Pagan) |
| 23 | Port Guillaume (Harry Coffey/Ben & JD Hayes) |
| 24 | Selino (Ron Stewart/Chris Waller) |
