Melbourne Cup Odds: The Year For Chris Waller?
October 9th, 2014 by Pom de TurfLast year was all about Gai Waterhouse, the First Lady of Australian Racing – she did, after all, score her first Melbourne Cup win, and prove to herself and to everyone else who was watching (which was pretty much everyone) that she can train stayers. But Waterhouse has never had things all her own way in Australian Racing, and why should the 2014 Melbourne Spring be any different? Matching her pace for pace and winner for winner is Chris Waller: with a very good weekend under his belt last weekend and a trio of horses looking good in the Racing odds after it, could it be that the 2014 Melbourne Spring is shaping up to be all about Waller?
Three of Waller’s horses have seen changes in their handicapping for the big races coming up in the Melbourne Spring after they found success last weekend. Looking ahead to the Caulfield Cup and the Melbourne Cup, it could be that Waller has some serious prospects on his hands. The first of them is Who Shot Thebarman, who announced himself to pundits and punters alike with a strong win in the Bart Cummings Stakes, and he’s in amongst the horses with the smallest numbers besides their names in the Racing odds right now on Sportsbet. Elsewhere, He’s Your Man saw his weights go up for both the Caulfield Cup and the Melbourne Cup, but Waller has been saying for a while that he’s more likely to run the Cox Plate than either of those two – still, the win in the Epsom Handicap and the subsequent attention from the handicapper can’t have hurt his chances much at all!
And finally, keep an eye out for Junoob, who took the Metropolitan at Randwick in impressive style, and who is just a decent run away from the Melbourne Cup. Watch this space for more…
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