Irish jockey Kieren Fallon is confident his mount Yeats can become the third European-based horse to taste success at the A$5.1million (US$3.9 million) Melbourne Cup next week.

"How does the Melbourne Cup winner look, boys?" the six-times British champion jockey asked reporters as he returned to the stable from a training workout on Monday.

The Ascot Gold Cup and Goodwood Cup winner has been allocated a top weight of 59kg for the 3,200m slog at Flemington on November 7 and would emulate Vintage Crop (1993) and Media Puzzle (2002) as European winners should Fallon's mount prevail.

Europe's top stayer will have its final full workout at Flemington on Tuesday alongside the likes of fellow international raider Delta Blues, the Japanese hope that finished a storming third in the Caulfield Cup prep race earlier this month.

Yeats was among nine international entries remaining in the field for the Cup at the third declaration stage on Monday with the final declarations set to be announced on Saturday.

Fallon, who is banned from riding in the U.K. pending a fraud trial, was cleared to ride in the Cup after receiving a 10-meeting suspension by stewards for causing interference in a race at Melbourne's Moonee Valley course on Saturday.

The ban expires at midnight on November 6, allowing the Irishman to make his first challenge for Australia's richest horse race. ($1=A$1.30)