A final field of 16 plus an emergency has been announced for the Melbourne Racing Club's feature three-year-old contest.
The favourite Press Statement holds a 13 benchmark ratings point advantage over the entire field meaning if the race was run under true handicap conditions he'd have to concede a minimum of 6.5kg to the entire field.
Caulfield Guineas Prelude winner Bon Aurum leads the local defence along with that race's runner-up Tulsa while the Kiwi challenge will come from the Murray Baker-trained Dal Cielo.
Other worthy contenders include the Mick Price-trained Ready For Victory, Stan Fox Stakes placegetters Shards and Rageese as well as Peter Moody's Bassett.
Below is the final field for Saturday's Group I Caulfield Guineas. The barrier draw will be conducted at 11am.
| No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight |
| 1 | PRESS STATEMENT | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | TBA | 56.5 |
| 2 | ODYSSEY MOON | Rodney Northam | Steven Arnold | TBA | 56.5 |
| 3 | READY FOR VICTORY | Mick Price | Glen Boss | TBA | 56.5 |
| 4 | RAGEESE | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | TBA | TBA | 56.5 |
| 5 | DAL CIELO (NZ) | Murray Baker | Opie Bosson | TBA | 56.5 |
| 6 | BON AURUM | Ciaron Maher | Kerrin McEvoy | TBA | 56.5 |
| 7 | SHARDS | John O'Shea | Jim Cassidy | TBA | 56.5 |
| 8 | SOVEREIGN NATION | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig | Michael Walker | TBA | 56.5 |
| 9 | BASSETT (NZ) | Peter G Moody | Daniel Stackhouse | TBA | 56.5 |
| 10 | LAST BULLET | John Hyam | Vlad Duric | TBA | 56.5 |
| 11 | LIZARD ISLAND | Pat Hyland | Blake Shinn | TBA | 56.5 |
| 12 | KENTUCKY FLYER | Robbie Laing | Craig Williams | TBA | 56.5 |
| 13 | TARZINO (NZ) | Mick Price | Craig Newitt | TBA | 56.5 |
| 14 | SNOOPY | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | TBA | TBA | 56.5 |
| 15 | TULSA | Michael Moroney | Ben Melham | TBA | 56.5 |
| 16 | MORE THAN MOST | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig | TBA | TBA | 56.5 |
| 17e | MR INDIVIDUAL | Leon & Troy Corstens | Mark Zahra | TBA | 56.5 |