Melbourne Cup 2008 - Who are you backing?

[nick2fish]

Ice Chariot for me ....I like Mad Rush but I never back anything under 10 bucks in the cup to win. Thats is probably why I have never won one YET Caulfield and Moonee Valley usually find the form horses and Ice Chariot had a good run in both, plus you can get 60 to one on

 

[joeyjoejoe]

hi guys,

long time punter, novice share trader here.

in the caulfield cup i had all the good $50/1 and barbaricus $151/1 in my trifecta

but i didnt have the horse than ran 2nd ...nom de ju ($26/1)!

missed out on trifecta paying 70k

heres my tip in the melb cup

take septimus stand out with every other non AU horse for 2nd and 3rd (there should be about 10)


if you take it for $90 it will give u 100% assuming there at 10 other no au runners .. (at most)

u can expect a collect of between 2 and 10k depending on who fills the minors..

ENJOY!...... PS. if ur in NSW ......dont do this bet! cause ull be taking money from my Dividend.. lol


another way to have fun and get trifecta pick 3 horses u think can run a place.. and if two of them come in u get trifecta if all 3 come in .. u get trifecta three times

just fill out three tickets

F/1,2,3/1,2,3

1,2,3/F/1,2,3

1,2,3/1,2,3/F

so that way if 2/3 your horses come in u get trifecta allowing for one horse to come in a "upset ur trifecta"

 

[Prospector]

Apparently Canberra has a PH for the Melbourne Cup, but the locals dont like it because it means they end up spending time with the family (work is shut!) rather than enjoy the long and boozy work-related Melbourne Cup lunches! And restaurants charge more because it is a PH! And the place isnt geared to Melbourne Cup functions like Victoria is.

Where did I get Maldivian running

 

[nulla nulla]

A horse? - don't take it seriously

 

[spooly74]

hi guys,

long time punter, novice share trader here.

heres my tip in the melb cup

take septimus stand out with every other non AU horse for 2nd and 3rd (there should be about 10)

Apparently O'Brien is worried that the ground might be a bit hard for his runners. If it gets a bit of rain, I`d agree, Septimus should hack it up.

 

[MRC & Co]

Apparently Canberra has a PH for the Melbourne Cup, but the locals dont like it because it means they end up spending time with the family (work is shut!)

lol, hardly. The booze is consumed tripple time!

On the Cup note, who is the horse coming out from NZ, with a jockey being bought in from HK?

 

[Prospector]

Newport?

 

[Ashsaege]

My money is currently on Largo Lad for a win (odds are 81 to 1).
It needs to win on Saturday to qualify for the Melb Cup. It has a strong winning chance in the Saab Quality Gr3 and has a different jockey too now... D Oliver!

I haven't worked out my Trifecta or First 4 yet.... Melb cup is the hardest race to pick!!! too much quality

 

[MRC & Co]

Newport?

From NZ with a jockey being bought out from HK specifically for the race?

 

[Rockhoundnz]

Can I short a horse? hehe...

 

[robert toms]

joeyjoejoe...I am not much into the horses these days but I did watch the Caulfield Cup...the one that impressed me was Barbaricus...drew the outside barrier and was five wide for a lot of the way...and finished a reasonable third...was not fading out too much.Easy to follow a grey in the field.
Do you give it any chance...or was that a fluke never to be repeated!

 

[agro]

joeyjoejoe...I am not much into the horses these days but I did watch the Caulfield Cup...the one that impressed me was Barbaricus...drew the outside barrier and was five wide for a lot of the way...and finished a reasonable third...was not fading out too much.Easy to follow a grey in the field.
Do you give it any chance...or was that a fluke never to be repeated!

fluke

does anyone know when the form is out? like which jockey is riding who?

 

[Gundini]

Here is the final field with barrier positions:

7-03.00 EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP (3200 METRES)
Of $5500000 and $150000 trophies. 1st $3300000 and trophies of $125000 to owner $10000 to trainer $10000 to jockey $5000 to strapper, 2nd $835000, 3rd $420000, 4th $220000, 5th $150000, 6th $115000, 7th $115000, 8th $115000, 9th $115000, 10th $115000.
(GROUP 1).
No Allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 24
No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Handicapper
Rating
1 SEPTIMUS (IRE) Aidan O'Brien Johnny Murtagh 10 58.5 122
2 MASTER O'REILLY (NZ) Danny O'Brien Vlad Duric 6 55 114
3 HONOLULU (IRE) Aidan O'Brien Colm O'Donoghue 24 54.5 1.0 115
4 C'EST LA GUERRE (NZ) John Sadler Brett Prebble 5 54 108
5 NOM DU JEU (NZ) Murray Baker Jeff Lloyd 1 54 112
6 YELLOWSTONE (IRE) Jane Chapple-Hyam John F Egan 12 54 110
7 ZIPPING John Sadler Danny Nikolic 16 54 115
8 MAD RUSH (USA) Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 4 53.5 112
9 ICE CHARIOT Ron Maund Michael Rodd 22 53 109
10 VIEWED Bart Cummings Blake Shinn 9 53 107
11 LITTORIO Nigel Blackiston Steven King 17 52.5 112
12 BAUER (IRE) Luca Cumani Corey Brown 13 52 1.0 106
13 BOUNDLESS (NZ) Stephen Mckee Greg Childs 20 52 106
14 GALLOPIN (NZ) Danny O'Brien James Winks 21 52 1.0 107
15 GUYNO (NZ) Lou Luciani Craig Newitt 8 52 101
16 ZARITA (NZ) Pat Hyland Dwayne Dunn 7 52 110
17 NEWPORT Paul Perry Chris Symons 15 51.5 1.5 105
18 PROFOUND BEAUTY (IRE) Dermot K Weld Glen Boss 2 51.5 108
19 RED LORD Anthony Cummings Nicholas Hall (a) 14 51.5 104
20 VAREVEES (GB) Richard Gibson Craig Williams 23 51.5 105
21 PRIZE LADY (NZ) Graeme Sanders Mark Sweeney 18 51 104
22 ALESSANDRO VOLTA (GB) Aidan O'Brien Wayne Lordan 11 50.5 115
23 BARBARICUS Danny O'Brien Stephen Baster 3 50.5 104
24 MOATIZE Bart Cummings Clare Lindop 19 50 100

 

[Gundini]

Mad Rush in 4 (Oliver is a bit of a star at this game)

Profound Beauty in 2 (Weld is a canny trainer who knows how to snag this race)

Barbaricus in 3 (Smiley Baster has been here before as well)


Very nice draws for these three!

 

[Prospector]

Go Clare!

 

[Gundini]

Go Clare!

Agree!

Definately have to throw in both Bart Cummings horses...

 

[fimmwolf]

since "all the good" has been scratched, i'll now put the moz on zipping :

 

[agro]

MOATIZE has good odds $41

 

[son of baglimit]

some of the imports will be using pace setters to set up a solid clip - and sometimes they nearly win. this year there is one who does have the credentials to go all the way.

no 22 - allesandro volta.

6th english derby
4th irish derby
6th juddmonte stakes (premier WFA race)

thats good enough for me....against this lot.

 

[Ashsaege]

well Mad Rush won't win the Melb Cup because D Oliver is the jockey.
Great jockey, but unfortunately has a habit of coming 2nd in the melb cup. I'd have Mad Rush in my trifecta.