It's a battle royal at the top of betting for the Melbourne Cup in the wake of Viewed's tremendous Caulfield Cup victory. But the Bart Cummings trained super-stayer is still only on the second line of the market. He's topped by 2007 winner Efficient and the highly-regarded import Speed Gifted. They share the top line at $6.00 (5/1) with Viewed and Alcopop both at $7.00 (6/1). The Betstar market on Sunday morning:Efficient 6.00 Speed Gifted 6.00 Alcopop 7.00 Viewed 7.00 Vigor 13.00 Roman Emperor
It's a battle royal at the top of betting for the Melbourne Cup in the wake of Viewed's tremendous Caulfield Cup victory. But the Bart Cummings trained super-stayer is still only on the second line of the market. He's topped by 2007 winner Efficient and the highly-regarded import Speed Gifted. They share the top line at $6.00 (5/1) with Viewed and Alcopop both at $7.00 (6/1). The Betstar market on Sunday morning:
Efficient 6.00
Speed Gifted 6.00
Alcopop 7.00
Viewed 7.00
Vigor 13.00
Roman Emperor 15.00
Daffodil (NZ) 17.00
Master O'Reilly 17.00
Shocking 21.00
C'est La Guerre 26.00
Ista Kareem 26.00
Kirklees (UAE) 26.00
Allez Wonder 34.00
Basaltico (GB) 34.00
Cima De Triomphe (GB) 34.00
Mourilyan (GB) 34.00
Zipping 34.00
Capecover (NZ) 41.00
Changingoftheguard 41.00
Munsef (GB) 41.00
Precedence 41.00
Whobegotyou 41.00
Despite an ordinary performance in the Caulfield Cup, the Godolphin stayer Kirklees will continue on to the Melbourne Cup. Godolphin's rep Diana Cooper says: 'We were initially a bit disappointed with Kirklees but on reflection he has hopefully put himself right for the Melbourne Cup...He stayed on well in the straight after being shuffled back on the far side and may have been a bit ring-rusty.'