Melbourne Cup Racing Odds: Van Percy In Winning Form
August 20th, 2014 by Pom de TurfOTI Racing purchased Van Percy back in June with the Melbourne Spring very much in mind, and he returned them a first win in their colours at Goodwood in the UK last month. He will be looking to perhaps race once more on English soil before he makes the trip to Australia for the Spring Season, and you can expect to see him amongst those Racing odds for the Melbourne Cup and other big races, too…
The most pleasing thing for trainer Andrew Balding will have been the gutsy manner of that Goodwood win for Van Percy: it suggests that he will come to Australia in pretty good nick, and ready to press his case for a Melbourne Cup win. Balding spoke to the press after the win: ‘he’s tough, not very big, but all heart. With a penalty he’s now likely to get into the Ebor and that’s an obvious target. It’s within the quarantine timings so it works out really well. OTI bought a major share in him with that (the 2014 Spring Racing Carnival) in mind. Whatever happens, as long as he’s healthy, he’ll go down to Australia in the first quarantine group. He’s going to have to go up another 10lb or so to even get into the Melbourne Cup. He’s likely to have another couple of runs for me in Australia, maybe in something like the Geelong Cup first and then I think he’ll probably stay down there. There’s also the Caulfield Cup to think about.’
So look out for Van Percy as the Melbourne Spring rolls around – from a punter’s point of view it will be good to see him in action on Australian soil before the Melbourne Cup, and he’s a talented horse with a real chance if things go well for him, and he’ll definitely be amongst those Racing odds…
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