Caufield Cup 2020, The Everest, odds, field, who will win: Horses to watch at Spring Carnival, Melbourne Cup

The biggest races are taking place in Melbourne this spring. The best horses from Australia and some of the best stayers from Europe are expected to take part.

Russian Camelot is a young horse that trainer Danny O'Brien bought from England. He won four from eight starts and placed three times. Russian Camelots last start was his fifth. Arcadia Queen beat him at Caulfield. They are scheduled to meet again in the Cox Plate. The Everest is the Everest. Caufield Cup 2020 is The Caugfield cup.

Caufield Cup 2020, The Everest are the two biggest races of the year.

Libberini is a sprinting mare trained in Sydney by Anthony, son of Bart, Cummings. She was second on debut to Bivouac on her debut last year. In the autumn she had two bad runs, but she's back to her best now. She's a shorter price than her rival in the Everest.

Ranting won the Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield earlier this month. Hanseatic and Anders were the other horses in the race. Ranting is an outsider and covered the most ground. He will race in Coolmore Stud Stake on VRC Derby Day.

Prince of Arran is an English stayer. He has developed a cult following among Australian racing fans. Prince of ARran came to Australia in 2018 and has won a number of races since. He is seven-and-a-half-years-old and is trained by Charlie Fellowes.

Surprise baby won the Adelaide Cup last year. He had only two lead-up runs before that race, winning one of them over 2500m at Flemington. His trainer is based at Horsham, a small dot in western Victoria. Surprise Baby finished second over 1600m last month at Moonee Valley. He didn't get a run in the straight at the Flemmons.

Platinum Invador, Anthony Van Dyck, Verry Elleegant, Tiger Moth, Pippie are the horses to watch at the Spring Carnival and Melbourne Cup.

Danny O'Brien has 10 Melbourne metro winners in the past month and 11 placegetters for a place rate of 42%. James Cummings’ horses tend to ooze quality and are renowned for seemingly always hitting the line. Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young partnership is in cracking form, as is Team Hawkes.

Jamie Kah has surged to the top of the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership. Damien Oliver and Craig Williams are second and third on the table. William Pike, Damian Lane and Glen Boss are also big race specialists. Trevor Marshallsea is the best-selling author of Makybe Diva and Winx – Biography of a Champion.