Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What the hell went on in the Cup? Why did Ben Allen ride Royal Supremacy like it was Vo Rogue over 2oo0m? Sure this horse usually leads, but not like this. They send out pacemakers in feature UK races every day of the week, but its not how we do things here. In Australia jockeys […]
This is Natalie Hinkley’s Swiftbet stand at Flemington today. As you can see there is nobody there. Natalie didn’t show. It must have been a bloody big night out at the Crown after the Call of the Card. The Cup result wouldn’t have helped her hangover much. Swiftbet laid the winner for plenty. Oh well, […]
Melbourne Cup day offers a myriad of delights for those punt junkies addicted to the non-stop thrill of a bet. And I’m talking about those who only punt on Australian and New Zealand gallops races, not the maniacs who stay up all night chasing a winner across three codes all over the globe. The Australasian […]
It’s a tough one this year, so you have to go a bit wide. Here are our top five. Hopewell Rock James J Braddock Soul Of Spain So You Are (despite the big knock from Horrie) Point Of Law The best bet on the card for us is race 4 no 4 Peyton. We are […]
It’s a long way from Alpha to HQ Monday’s Call of the Card betting on the Cup was a cracker. Chris Lester and Lynden Cleary opened up their shoulders and took the big punters on for millions. Robbie Waterhouse went unders on almost everything and was reluctant to take a bet. He got booed by […]
When I was growing up everyone loved the Melbourne Cup. From about August on we all used to watch the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup doubles markets published in The Sportsman religiously, and send 0ff out bets in the mail and get our tickets back the same way. The reason was because we knew the entrants either local […]
It’s a wide open Cup this year, with bookies at the moment betting $7.00 the field. The form lines are a bit different that usual, with neither the Caulfield Cup winner or runner-up there, nor the first three home in the Cox Plate. Only 3 mares have won the Cup in the 21st century, with […]
Tommy Berry, pictured above with his later jailed mate The Butcher Tommy Berry is booked to ride Soul Of Spain at 54.4kg in the Melbourne Cup. That could prove problematic, for he couldn’t make 55.5kg at Hawkesbury yesterday. Taking a kilo or more off when you are knee high to a grasshopper and thin as […]
The weights for the Melbourne Cup are insane. Birdman and Aeliana head the handicaps with 58kg apiece. Aeliana is a 5YO mare who has won a Derby, a Ranvet, and a Tancred, all of them at WFA. She has the same weight as Makybe Diva had in her third Cup win, after she had won […]
The 9-year-old English hurdler Constitution Hill has for 6 months now been touted as a genuine Melbourne Cup prospect, despite being old enough to vote and having only ever won a pair of Novice races on the flat. Sportsbet even had the audacity to post him up in their early markets as a $15.00 shot […]
