The patriotic punters will be lining up to support Jamie Melham and Half Yours in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.

The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Half Yours is the only Australian-bred horse in the field of 24 and if Melham can guide him to victory, he will become the 13th horse in history to win the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double.

It looks the horse to beat.

Here is a look at the Cup form, a Cup trifecta, a Cup quadrella and the best bets of the program.

First race: 10.45am. Melbourne Cup: 3pm

TRACK: Soft 7 RAIL: Out two metres. WEATHER: Showers, a top of 16 degrees.

Race 7: $10m Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), 3pm

The favourite: The money poured in for Irish topweight Al Riffa on Monday and there’s no reason to believe it won’t keep being well-supported. It has elite group 1 form in the UK, and was bought by Australian connections especially with this race in mind. Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien and jockey Mark Zahra are both two-time Cups winners.

The threats: Half Yours comes off a........

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