Mitch Ebeyer has picked the eyes out of each of Saturday night’s Sportsbet Melbourne Cup heats and put forward his best plays – scroll down for the lot!

Catch Mitch, Gareth Hall, James Van de Maat and myself on Racing.com from 6.15pm on Saturday night. The Cup box draw will be live following the last race with the Bold Trease draw to be conducted earlier in the night.

It's arguably the best set of heats we've ever seen. They're the deepest I've seen at least – yes, it's only my 11th. Bring it on.

RACE 5 | HEAT 1

RACE 6 | HEAT 2

RACE 7 | HEAT 3

RACE 8 | HEAT 4

RACE 9 | HEAT 5

RACE 10 | HEAT 6

RACE 11 | HEAT 7

RACE 12 | HEAT 8