Cox Plate: Odds Against A Waterhouse Win
October 23rd, 2014 by Pom de TurfGai Waterhouse, Australia’s First Lady of Racing, has come close to a Cox Plate win a couple of times in the past, only to see worthy runners from her stable beaten by genuine champions. You can see from the Racing odds we’ve got for you ahead of the 2014 Cox Plate at the weekend that she faces some long odds to score a winner this time out, but neither of her runners, Almalad and Wandjina, should be written off by any means.
Those previous near-misses were in 2005 and 2009, and behind Maybe Diva and So You Think respectively – worthy champions both. And Waterhouse’s runners will face stiff competition once again in this year’s race. Fawkner is the in-form horse coming into the 2014 Cox Plate, and he’s got odds of $4.40 beside his name on Sportsbet right now. But the Racing odds include more than just the odds on each of the runners, of course, and this year’s Cox Plate has been viewed by many in the press as a battle between trainers as much as it will be between the horses on the day. Between them, Gai Waterhouse and her great rival Chris Waller have five runners in the race, which beside from being an impressive feat, gives both a real chance to fill a gap in the trophy cabinet. Sportsbet are offering odds on both the trainers on their site as we speak, and they’ve been getting some attention, according to Christian Jantzen at Sportsbet: ‘punters have a great opportunity to stick with the strength. Two champion trainers with five runners between them, in a race they are yet to win. Surely this is the year for one of them?’
Are you prepared to bet against either Waterhouse or Waller, or even against both? If the favourite comes home it will mean another year goes by before either claims that elusive Cox Plate win, but is that how it will play out?
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