Melbourne Cup
 

It's all over........!
Don't concern yourself with worrying about all the lead-up races etc... just get on while you can get a decent price......!
If any punters or form students witnessed the recent win of SCORPION in the U.K. there should be no doubt as to which runner will win this year's premier event.
My advice is to get on while the odds are very attractive.

Cheers.

just had some
thanks xanadu

Yeah suds,

Rarely do we witness a "champion" which is clearly superior to any racehorse we, here in Oz can put up against him.
I've also secured succulent odds and will be waiting in line to collect on race-day.

Good luck to you!
Cheers.

I actually got on it today and just read your post now...

I have to admit it is the pick of the horses left that are competing and at odds of up to $19 it definitely has some value.

Good Luck.

Yeah wesmip1,

those are certainly attractive odds and it may provide you with the opportunity of creating a "dutch book" or have some "saver" bets to cover your outlay-but that is up to you...I'm sure you have it under control.
Anyone else have any nominations which may be value at the moment?
Let's face it...no matter how superior some runners appear to be in relation to their rivals there is always the "great leveller"....the great uncertainty of racing!

Good luck to you.

I'll nominate another prospect for the Melbourne Cup irrespective of how it runs in the Caulfield Cup:
Maybe Better,
trained by the astute Brian Mayfield-Smith who has been bringing this horse along nicely this Spring just intensifying it's training regime as it now contests longer races and tougher opposition. If he wins either of the big cup races it will be as a result of a masterful campaign executed by one of the top trainers in this country.

Cheers.

Que.........?

just on sportingbet, you can get $54 for the SCORPIAN/MAYBE BETTER quinella. I think that might be a bit of value.

If any Oz horse wins the Melb. Cup, Maybe Better has been set for it, but I don't think it will be an Oz horse that wins either the Caulfield or Melb. Cup.

Yeah HORSE WHISPERER that appears to be a mighty attractive price-I'll have to look into it.
crash, you're probably right but we have some very capable Oz trainers who plan and execute brilliant strategies to have their runners in the right condition to win some of Australia's top races. We'll just have to see what unfolds.

Cheers.

Xanadu, your little Faulty Towers "Que" makes me think I have commited some faux pas?
Have I made a stupid remark again?
Enlighten me.

diogenes,
No, not at all but I viewed post7 and the current markets and could not locate any Viva Pataca or Viva Macau.
Maybe I misinterpreted your post otherwise, no worries.
Have a good one.

Cheers.

Yeah, pretty sure they've been out of Melbourne Cup contention for at least a month.

Hmmm, I read somewhere that they arrive Monday and are booked to race.
I read a lot of stuff, maybe it was old or maybe I am.
It has worried me that they haven't appeared in any markets but that sometimes happens.
If they come what do you reckon?

Yeah, we'll just have to wait and see however I doubt if they are still in the Cup.
However, Scorpion and travelling companion, Mahler arrived safely after a marathon trip but all appears well.
It would seem that Mahler is much, much more than a mere travelling companion for Scorpion and has attracted a lot of attention but when was the last 3YO to win the cup...1941, Skipton?
It is a big ask but some of those northern hemisphere runners have disregarded the record books before haven't they?

Cheers.

miss finland by 10 lengths, get on now as she will shorten if she wins the cox

I wouldn't be so sure that Miss Finland will be in the Cup. She has to at least place in the Cox first which from b1 is going to be a big ask. Not her favorite track either.

You really are a mug

A bit of "shock....horror!" with the news that Scorpion has been injured and subsequently withdrawn from the Cup. We've done our money but there is nothing we can do about it so we move on.....
There is also a cloud over Maybe Better so we will just have to see what eventuates after the results on the weekend.

Cheers.

Maybe Better has recovered from the jarring -up apparently and is a Cup starter. I'm not keen.

Yeah, you're right crash,
there are enough obstacles to backing the winner or placegetters without wagering significant amounts on runners over which there is still some doubt.
So, I'll look elsewhere and pay particular attention to the happenings this weekend.
I'm still a bit "shell-shocked" but those are the chances that pre-post bettors take...no complaints from me-that's the way it goes.

Cheers.

Looking like either Master O'riely or Gallic [has the win form over the distance] now.

Why is it that punters go crazy for the Melbourne Cup? Desperate to place larger than normal bets on horses weeks and even months before race day?

From a punting perspective it is just another race. Personally, I'll just analyse the race as any other and if I come up with a selection I'll bet, if there is no method selection, no bet.

Don't allow the emotion of the historical race to sway you from your normal punting strategies. Keep things in focus and stay calm. The race is a great spectacle and I enjoy watching it as a sporting event but I won't waste my hard earned money on random selections. I leave that to the once a year punters.

Cheers

Privateer

I believe is all because of the pool of money. You have better value for money.

That's if they actually survive the "elimination process" and get to start in the big race.
Perhaps Scorpion was a "smokie" and the stable elect was always going to be Mahler. We know what those canny Irishmen are like and the fact that trainer O'Brien has made his first-ever journey to Australia may suggest he is supremely confident of taking the major spoils home with him to Blarney.

Cheers.

Can't be that smart when one of his horses is now lame because the 'smart' trainer ran him on a hard track.

MC is no 'another race', no more than the Cox is. Perhaps from a betting proposition, but for the excitement "X" factor, the Carnival races can't be beat!

Que, crash....?

Scorpion hasn't had a start in Oz....unless you mean the training track...well that is a risk every trainer takes when he/she takes their charge out in the early hours to "put them through their paces..."
I agree with you that there are many profitable opportunities for the alert punter to "pay their way" over the MC carnival in the so-called "lesser races" and the couple of weeks after. These are the races I concentrate on and usually return a profit.

Cheers.

Naturally I was referring to the hard training hit-out [had a run, not a start].