The field for the Caulfield Cup has been announced on the morning after owner Lloyd Williams withdrew former favourite Yucatan from the race as the five-year-old aims for the Melbourne Cup.

Bottom weight Youngstar is the pre-post favourite for Saturday's race, while Kings Will Dream considered his major threat.

The $5 million race will be run this Saturday afternoon at 4.40pm.

Field
1 BEST SOLUTION (IRE) Pat Cosgrave 57.5kg
2 THE CLIFFSOFMOHER (IRE) Hugh Bowman 56.5kg
3 CHESTNUT COAT (JPN) Yuga Kawada 55.5kg
4  JON SNOW (NZ) Damian Lane 55.5kg
5 SOUND CHECK (GER) Jordan Childs 55.5kg
6 ACE HIGH Damien Oliver 55kg
7 THE TAJ MAHAL (IRE) James McDonald 55kg
8 DURETTO (GB) Dwayne Dunn 54.5kg
9 RED VERDON (USA) Zac Purton 54kg
10 VENGEUR MASQUE (IRE) Patrick Moloney 54kg
11 VENTURA STORM (IRE) Regan Bayliss 54kg
12 MIGHTY BOSS Tim Clark 53.5kg
13 HOMESMAN (USA) Ben Melham 53kg
14 KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE) Craig Williams 53kg
15 SOLE IMPACT (JPN) Ryusei Sakai (a) 53kg
16 GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR) 52.5kg
17 NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ) Ben Allen (a) 52kg
18 YOUNGSTAR Kerrin McEvoy 51.5kg

Emergencies
19e PATRICK ERIN (NZ) Corey Brown 52
20e JAAMEH (IRE) Cory Parish 50