Melbourne Cup Odds: Bande And Admire Rakti Arrived
October 9th, 2014 by Pom de TurfThere’s been a little something missing from the Melbourne Cup for the past few years. Not that we would necessarily have been able to put our finger on it on race day, and not that there haven’t been thrilling, dramatic Melbourne Cups over the past few years. But principally thanks to an outbreak of equine flu, there haven’t really been any Japanese stayers in the Racing odds for the Melbourne Cup, and that has been a loss for the Cup as much as it has been for Japanese Racing.
That’s set to change in 2014, though, with a couple of red-hot prospects from Japan in the Melbourne Cup, and both of them right amongst the horses with the shortest odds beside their names at this (relatively) early stage on Sportsbet. And both Bande and Admire Rakti have arrived on Australian shores after a trip from Japan via Singapore that lasted about 24 hours. They have a couple of travelling companions with them for company, and, according to Racing Victoria’s Jordan Leigh, everything is looking good: ‘The travelling staff indicated all four horses ate up and drank well on the flight and have arrived in good condition. I would expect they would do some light exercise tomorrow before doing something more serious later in the week.’
It’s not entirely clear what we can expect from the Melbourne Spring schedules of these two Japanese raiders, but they will certainly be featuring in the Racing odds for the Melbourne Cup, and possibly involved in other big races besides. What’s for certain is that there are already some pretty high expectations of them – we’ve seen more than a couple of comparisons with the 2006 pair Delta Blues and Pop Rocks, who quinellaed the Melbourne Cup…
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