MELBOURNE CUP

Well, as far as I'm concerned, there are 4 major winning chances in the Cup, but quite a few place chances behind them. In my opinion, 1 MAKYBE DIVA, 6 EYE POPPER, 7 RAILINGS & 22 LEICA FALCON have the best form and they will be the ones I will be concentrating my betting around. Makybe Diva is in brilliant form and I'd love to see her win, but my head tells me that perhaps the Caulfield Cup form around Railings, Eye Popper and Leica Falcon could work out to be the way to go. All three turned in terrific runs in that race which has been the best guide to the Melbourne Cup in recent years. No reason why it won't be the case again.

Any number of other chances behind those top four. I'm a big fan of Mr Celebrity and it would not surprise me at all if he was to get up here with such a light weight. Similarly, Vinnie Roe must be a top chance given his performances in this race the past two years. Perhaps he would like a wetter track though. Other possible chances for placings are 3, 8, 11, 12, 13 & 14. A word of warning though. Almost without fail in recent years, a big roughie has found it's way into the placings, so think about that when looking at trifectas.

Summing up though, I'll be concentrating on numbers 1, 6, 7 & 22 and next best I think are 23 & 2.

MELBOURNE CUP RATINGS
01 MAKYBE DIVA - 77.0 - $5.30
07 RAILINGS - 77.0 - $5.30
22 LEICA FALCON - 76.5 - $6.20
06 EYE POPPER - 76.0 - $7.50
23 MR CELEBRITY - 74.0 - $13.90
02 VINNIE ROE - 73.0 - $18.90


Other races:

FLEMINGTON
Race 2 - 4 CANDY VALE*
Race 3 - 1 BRAVE LANCER (EW), 5 Dracaan, 12 Soi Cowboy (1,5,12 - 16,7,9)
Race 4 - 11 AQUA D'AMORE (EW) 19 Miss Mooney Mooney, 8 Retail Therapy (11,19,8 - 13,2,3,5)
Race 5 - 3 BEL DANORO
Race 6 - 2 CIANARA (EW), 4 Funlove, 1 Readyforcatherine (2,4,1 - 5,8,9,3)
Race 8 - 14 BREAK THE VAULT, 13 Zipping, 10 Lord Of The Land (14,13,10 - 2,7,3,16)
Race 9 - 12 FOX LAKE, 11 Steptoe, 14 Peel (12,11,14 - 4,7,16,2)