The melbourne cup

[thamask]

Here is the field and barrier draw.
Number
Horse
Trainer
Jockey
Barrier
Weight
1 SHOCKING
Mark Kavanagh
Michael Rodd
24
57
2 CAMPANOLOGIST (USA)
Saeed Bin Suroor
Kerrin McEvoy
19
56
3 SO YOU THINK (NZ)
Bart Cummings
Steven Arnold
3
56
4 ZIPPING
Robert Hickmott
Nick Hall
16
55.5
5 ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE (GB)
William J Knight
Glen Boss
9
55
6 MR MEDICI (IRE)
Peter Ho
Darren Beadman
5
55
7 SHOOT OUT
John Wallace
Corey Brown
17
55
8 AMERICAIN (USA)
Alain de Royer Dupre
Gerard Mosse
12
54.5
9 TOKAI TRICK (JPN)
Kenji Nonaka
Shinji Fujita
4
54.5
10 BUCCELLATI (GB)
Tony Noonan
Steven King
21
54
11 DESCARADO (NZ)
Gai Waterhouse
Nash Rawiller
1
54
12 HARRIS TWEED (NZ)
Murray & Bjorn Baker
Brad Rawiller
13
54
13 MANIGHAR (FR)
Luca Cumani
Damien Oliver
20
54
14 MASTER O'REILLY (NZ)
Danny O'Brien
Vlad Duric
18
54
15 MONACO CONSUL (NZ)
Michael Moroney
Craig Williams
14
54
16 PROFOUND BEAUTY (IRE)
Dermot K Weld
Pat Smullen
22
54
17 ZAVITE (NZ)
Anthony Cummings
Michael Walker
7
54
18 BAUER (IRE)
Luca Cumani
Chris Munce
2
53.5
19 HOLBERG (UAE)
Saeed Bin Suroor
Frankie Detorri
10
53.5
20 PRECEDENCE (NZ)
Bart Cummings
Blake Shinn
15
53.5
21 RED RULER (NZ)
John Sargent
Mark Du Plessis
8
53.5
22 LINTON
Robert Hickmott
Brett Prebble
23
52
23 ONCE WERE WILD
Gai Waterhouse
Jim Cassidy
11
51.5
24 MALUCKYDAY (NZ)
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
Luke Nolen
6
51


These are the numbers im working off (in order)...obv cut it down according to track cond on the day and price's i find for each horse.

3-19-8-4-24-23-1-22

Soyouthink is the best horse we will see for along time if he runs and wins the cup! What alot of punters dont know is that this horse won is first cox plate as a 2 yr old ( ok officially he was 3 but he was a dec foal and the race is in oct) officially making him a FREAK. I have no doubts he can win this race but at $3.50 no thanks, at $6 you could re asses.

Im looking at multiples and will play the tri's and first 4 very hard with the above numbers. The tri and quinella pools are filled with dead money every mel cup.

This year i like two roughie's the 19 holberg, and the 24 maluckyday

Anyway interested in hearing whats everyone selections?....

[Strong Play]

cant see anything beating Illustrious Blue home...

[Gtrain24]

Ive backed nearly every runner on betfair, been doing it for a few months, but all things being equal can't see how they beat So You Think.

Maluckyday very impressive yesterday - Holberg, Americain can probably both win, and most of the other internationals are horribly good odds. Mr Medici should be 20 at best and will go around 50+.

[thamask]

g train has there been much money for the 19 were you work??

[Gtrain24]

Not really at the moment but we are obviously working at the Call of the Card tomorrow and that is where I'd expect there will be some money for it. Pretty highly regarded as far as i know.

[thamask]

Cheers mate.

[Choppa]

I haven't done full form for the race just yet, but there are several thoughts at the forefront of my thinking at the moment:

- The best form reference for the Melbourne Cup is the Caulfield Cup
- The track will be rain affected, as it was for Caulfield Cup day
- So You Think appears to be a freak of nature, and whilst I won't be backing it at the odds (I'll back against it), it is a must include for all multiples
- At least one, if not two, internationals, will be in the top 5

Thus, at this point, the selections are:
3-15-11-8-1-13-20-12

[steve_farha]

I still like Linton, especially after it's run Saturday.

I will put it in my multiples and back it each way. I like Americain too. Watched it at the Geel Cup, and that's usually a good form for the MC, with bauer getting it's place last year, and I think it's been the same the last few years. Leica jeune comes to memory, as does Zazzman

[whitey9999]

g train has there been much money for the 19 were you work??

I heard alot of money came in last night for Holberg

Also I like Maluckyday for tomorrow after he ran well on saturday and has a decent barrier

[Joey_Knish_09]

Also I like Maluckyday for tomorrow after he ran well on saturday and has a decent barrier

+1 - Problem is that he was $81 before Saturday's run and is shortening by the hour - currently into $8.50 which is outright 2nd fav. Definitely going in all my multiples.