Posts Tagged ‘Melbourne Cup’
Melbourne Cup Odds: Red Cadeaux Settling In
October 3rd, 2014 by Pom de TurfVeteran stayer and perennial crowd favourite Red Cadeaux was amongst 19 international arrivals to touch down last weekend ahead of the 2014 Melbourne Spring, and punters all around Australia and all around the world (with one eye on the Racing odds for both the Caulfield Cup and the Melbourne Cup) will be pleased to hear that he’s in good shape and seems to be settling in nicely.
The 2014 edition of The Race That Stops A Nation will be Red Cadeaux’s fourth attempt to land a win in the race, and after Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Cup Odds: Admire Rakti The Equal Of Delta Blues?
October 2nd, 2014 by Pom de TurfThis is an exciting year for the Melbourne Cup, and it could be the start of a resurgence in the fortunes of Japanese horses in the race. It has been a number of years since any sort of serious Japanese presence has been seen in The Race That Stops A Nation, but a look at the Racing odds for the Melbourne Cup and the Caulfield Cup will show you that both Bande and Admire Rakti are going to be key players in the 2014 Melbourne Spring.
And it could just be that Admire Rakti follows in the footsteps of Delta Blues, who won the 2006 Melbourne Cup with compatriot Pop Rocks in his wake. Certainly, the feeling in Japan is that these two are genuine prospects for Cup glory. According to Naohiro Goda, one of Japan’s best-respected Racing commentators: ‘for the past three years or so, Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Cup Odds: Silent Achiever Sweats On Turnbull Stakes
October 2nd, 2014 by Pom de TurfThere’s little doubt that Silent Achiever is a classy addition to the 2014 Melbourne Spring, and she’ll be popular with punters when she appears in the Racing odds for big races – but will the Melbourne Cup be one of those races? Silent Achiever has always been Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Racing Odds: Opportunity Abounds In 2014 Melbourne Cup
October 2nd, 2014 by Pom de TurfJust about a month or so out from the 2014 Melbourne Cup, and Gai Waterhouse’s The Offer is still the favourite, though Bande has joined him at $12.00. Expect to see some changes in those Racing odds over the next month, though, if Racing Victoria’s Greg Carpenter’s predictions are anything to go by. The man charged with the difficult task of handling the weight allocations for this year’s Race That Stops A Nation is on record saying that this year could be the ‘Melbourne Cup of opportunity’ – he reckons the race is wide open, and that more than a few horses have a chance of coming away with the laurels.
And one of the factors in the race that will Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Cup Odds: Dandino On Track
October 1st, 2014 by Pom de TurfIt sounds like Dandino’s options for the 2014 Melbourne Cup are being kept open – he looks like he’s more certain to feature in the Racing odds for the Melbourne Cup than for the Caulfield Cup, and owner Darren Dance will be weighing up Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Cup Racing Odds: Red Cadeaux At His Highest Weight In 2014
September 26th, 2014 by Pom de TurfRed Cadeaux is a familiar horse to Australian punters, who have seen him in three Melbourne Spring campaigns already, and who will be excited at the prospect of seeing the veteran stayer come back for a record-breaking fourth Melbourne Cup. He’s going to be a feature of the Racing odds, too, and not just because he’s a familiar name, though the news coming out of Racing Victoria last week was interesting for Red Cadeaux, when the list of weights for the 2014 Melbourne Cup was published.
Red Cadeaux will carry the most weight he has ever carried in the Melbourne Cup if things stay as they were published last week for the 2014 race. The favourite at the moment, Gai Waterhouse’s The Offer, was given 56.5kg in the list, but Red Cadeaux is Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Racing Odds: Bande A Real Melbourne Cup Prospect
September 26th, 2014 by Pom de TurfIn the list of weights for the 2014 Melbourne Cup that was released last week, it was Japanese stayer Admire Rakti who took the top 58kg weight, and who was the main focus of the media response. And that’s fair enough – Admire Rakti is going to be a real chance in the Melbourne Cup this year. But take a little look at the Racing odds at the other end of that link, and you can see that there’s Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Cup Racing Odds: Weights Released
September 24th, 2014 by Pom de TurfRacing Victoria’s Chief Handicapper Greg Carpenter faces a difficult task – by his own admission – to find the right top weight for the 2014 Melbourne Cup, and we might see a little bit of movement on the weights between now and the start of November. We’re likely to see a little bit of movement in the Racing odds, too, you would think, before the start of the The Race That Stops A Nation, so make sure you Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Cup Racing Odds: Brown Panther Fires A Warning Shot
September 24th, 2014 by Pom de TurfSometimes you see a horse with a notable owner that struggles to come out of the shadow of their owner’s fame a little bit, and last year you could possibly have said that about Brown Panther, who is owned in part by ex England International footballer Michael Owen. But it’s probably less true now after Brown Panther registered his first Group 1 win a couple of weekends ago – and in some style, too!
Brown Panther made the trip to Australia for the Melbourne Spring last year, and it may well be that you see him in amongst the Racing odds for the 2014 Melbourne Cup, too. Especially after Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Cup Racing Odds: Can Waterhouse Make It Two?
September 24th, 2014 by Pom de TurfIn the last week or so, we’ve reported on a couple of differing views on whether Gai Waterhouse can make it two Melbourne Cup wins in two years, following her success with Fiorente in 2013 with a win for The Offer in 2014. The Racing odds certainly have The Offer well placed to do Waterhouse proud, but there’s a bit of a feeling that he might be a less obvious prospect than he appears in the 2014 Melbourne Cup.
So, can Waterhouse claim a second Melbourne Cup win? She will certainly be Read the rest of this entry »
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