Top bookies are impressed by So You Think - so impressed that they are playing very safe with the superstar. Betstar's Alan Eskander says SYT's Yalumba win was just as impactful on Melbourne Cup betting as it was on the Cox Plate. He says: 'He's looked a good thing in the Cox Plate for a while and that win just confirmed it. I said before the Underwood Stakes that his Cox Plate price at the time ($3.60) looked enticing and that's proven to be right. He's $1.70 now and looks absolutely unbeatable

Top bookies are impressed by So You Think - so impressed that they are playing very safe with the superstar. Betstar's Alan Eskander says SYT's Yalumba win was just as impactful on Melbourne Cup betting as it was on the Cox Plate. He says: 'He's looked a good thing in the Cox Plate for a while and that win just confirmed it. I said before the Underwood Stakes that his Cox Plate price at the time ($3.60) looked enticing and that's proven to be right. He's $1.70 now and looks absolutely unbeatable. The scary thing is he looks so good that Bart won't be able to resist running him in the Melbourne Cup and we've now got him Cup favourite at $6. This horse is so dominant against the best weight-for-age horses that he's likely to win the Cox Plate on his ear and have plenty left in the tank for Flemington. Who would be game enough to say he couldn't win the Cup on today's run? His main danger in the Cox Plate now appears to be More Joyous and while her win today with a big weight in the Toorak was game, her opposition was mediocre compared to what she'll meet at Moonee Valley.'

The other big firmer in Cups betting is last year's beaten Melbourne Cup favorite Alcopop, runner-up in the Yalumba. Betstar has slashed Alcopop's Caulfield Cup price from $26 to $7 which puts him on the second line of betting with Dariana behind the $6 favourite Metal Bender. Alan Eskander says: 'He has obviously improved with racing and that was a slashing run in the Yalumba. For a few strides when he went past Whobegotyou, you almost thought he was going to challenge So You Think. That didn't eventuate but this horse will only get better as he gets over further ground and we've brought him into $13 in the Melbourne Cup which puts him on the third line behind So You Think and Shocking ($7).'