BRILLIANT colt Denman, a winner at his last six starts, has got plenty going for him in the $1 million The Age Caulfield Guineas tomorrow but the big bookmakers are keen to lay him at the $2.80 quote in pre-post markets.
Despite the fact that two of his main rivals will be giving him a start, Trusting ($4.80 to $4.60) and So You Think ($10 to $7) have already been backed to upstage the rising star of the Peter Snowden stable.
Adding further fuel to the fire, leading bookmaker and top judge, Mark Read, today declared the event more open that it might appear at first glance. “Denman thoroughly deserves his favoritism but this race is set to be a mighty contest,” Read said.He has selected the Gai Waterhouse-trained Manhattan Rain to upset the other fancies in the Group One three-year-old classic. The AJC Sires Produce Stakes winner was a close first-up third to Demerit in the Guineas Prelude.
In his weekly report on the IASbet.com web-site, Read has produced a surprise for punters by tipping Baughurst, a $13 chance, to win the Group One Yalumba Stakes. “This horse could be this year’s Duoro Valley,” he said.
“A lot of his opposition still has the Cox Plate on their agenda and he represents great value sitting up front with absolutely no pace and the favorites back in the field.”
In early Yalumba markets, Heart of Dreams and Whobegotyou are strongly favored to repeat their quinella finish to the G1 Underwood Stakes.
Read suggests that last start Flemington Listed winner, Raheeb ($5) will prove hard to beat in the G1 Toorak Handicap tomorrow. “Both Racing To Win and Black Piranha have too much weight, whilst Raffaelo could not have drawn worse opposed to the way he races.”
EARLY BETTING MOVES ON TOMORROW’S GUINEAS CARD AT CAULFIELD
RACE 1: King Pulse $10 to $3.20 (biggest go of the day).
RACE 4: Apache Cat $4.80 to $4.50.
RACE 5: Whobegotyou $2.30 to $2.20.
RACE 6: Black Piranha $7 to $6 & Raffaello $6.50 to $6.
RACE 7: So You Think $10 to $7 & Trusting $4.80 to $4.60.
RACE 8: Alcopop $4.60 to $4.40.
IN EARLY INTERSTATE BETTING FOR TOMORROW
ROSEHILL: Race 3: Jersey Lily $12 to $9 & Race 5: I’ve Got Talent $8 to $6.
EAGLE FARM: Race 2: Teaattheritz $21 to $13 & Race 6: Rasmussen $2.80 to $2.70.