Chiefy asked me to do something along these lines.
I will list here under a starting point and update it as the week goes on.
CURRENT MARKET AS AT TODAY TUESDAY 28/10/25
$6 Al Riffa ......trained in Ireland by Joesph O'Brien, son of the legend Aidan O'Brien and interestingly he has won the Melb Cup twice and his father has never won it.
$6 Half Yours......winner of the Caulfield Cup and trained in Australia by the McEvoy team.
$7 Valiant KIng.....slashing second in the Caulfield Cup trained by Australia's leading and Great Trainer Chris Waller
$8 Buckeroo ......2nd to Via Vistina in last Saturdays Cox Plate and also trained by Chris Waller
$9 Preage Nocturne
$13 Maydaan
$15 plus Others. A field of 40 hopefuls are in contention at this point in time.
On race day there will be 24 starters subject to late scratcings. The field will be finalised on Saturday night and you will have all your SWEEP information when you wake up Sunday Morning.
My early tip is to box the first 4 in that betting order with a view of getting the Trifecta. Your outlay will be $24 to achieve this for a 100% return $6 will return you 25% if you want just a small flutter.
I might add that this blog is live, anyone and everyone can put their 2 bobs worth or ask any questions. This information could be completely different by the close of Saturdays Race Meetings, dont commit to anything yet......
MORE INFORMATION No 1 7.30 summer time 28/10/25
Include Absurde and Vauban
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Good point LB, wouldn't leave him (Vauban) out....the Waterhouse/ Bott connection is powerful.
Valient King is a real live chance, no question and he is going to run the distance....you know your horses LB,
Agree here LB, I got on 5 seconds after the Caulfield. I got $18.
Flatten The Curve ...has good form over distance and is at decent odds.
Also the jockey has a great name.
Don't know much about him/her.... more information Badge?
Big day for the shop, I imagine you receive half a years worth of gaming consoles during Spring ?
I backed half yours in both cups after the Naturalism. Showed massive acceleration pulling away to win easy that looked like a goods cups trial.
Can sit amongst the pack as has come from worse than midfield a number of times which is important in big field like the Melbourne cup.
Will need some luck at 3200 with pace of the race. Don't think can win a true staying test but if slowly run will likely have 1 of the fastest sprints home down the long straight over horse that bit more 1 paced over 2 miles.
I also liked Vauban and Deakin leading into Caulfield cup but Deakin is now out. Trying not get to involved in watching form of too many horses as it's easy to make a case for plenty of them on their day.
I'll probably stick to my future bets and rely on my wife and niece to pick some roughies to add to first 4s and couple each way bets
Also have some bets on Hedley Grange for Big Dance on cup day. Started following the horse as I have a friend called Hedley and it has made me a lot of money recently. Unfortunately favourite just like half yours but future bets have given be better odds.
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