WINNO'S WHISPERS: FLEMINGTON, MELBOURNE CUP DAY

By Darren Winningham | Sunday, November 3, 2019

THE FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER – MELBOURNE CUP DAY

The track is rated “SLOW” and the rail is out 3 metres for the feature day of racing in Melbourne.

On Saturday there seemed to be a bias towards the on-speed runners early and it seemed to remain most of the day. In some later races some back markers started making some late runs – but not many made their presence felt if they settled in the second half of the fields.

NB: As this form assessment was made prior to race-day, please check final fields and track conditions for any changes on the day

Race 1

Selections:

15 – Wild Cherry Road
13 – Thala
4 – Divine Caprice
3 – Cut It Out
Rough chance 8

Race 2

Selections:

5 – East Indiaman
4 – Bad Wolf
7 – Phaistos
2 – Al Passem
Rough chance 3

Race 3

Selections:

13 – Extreme Pride
2 – One More Try
6 – Romani Girl
7 – Sure Knee
Rough chance 11

Race 4

Selections:

3 – Shared Ambition
7 – Gayatri
5 – Exemplar
9 – Franked

Race 5

Selections:

17 – Varda
14 – Athiri
7 – Espinola
8 – Dirty Work
Rough chances 3 & 18

Race 6

Selections:

3 – Bella Martini
4 – Sweet Scandal
1 – Jamaican Rain
9 – Victory Kingdom

Race 7 – 2019 Melbourne Cup

The wet track brings a new dynamic to the race. I think the Japanese horse may struggle – I think that they perform best on a good to firm track. There are overseas horses aplenty – they all have soft track form that should see them measure up here this week.

Selections:

11 – Finche
7 – Latrobe
19 – Constantinople
23 – Vow and Declare
Rough chances 1,2,3 and 5

Race 8

Selections:

17 – Junipal
15 – A Shin Rook
8 – So You Win
10 – Kaonic
Rough chances 2 & 11

Race 9

Selections:

3 – Haunted
4 – Milwaukee
5 – Intuition
6 – Parsifal

Race 10

Selections:

6 – Betcha Flying
2 – Akari
4 – Pretty Brazen
19 – Affair to Remember
Rough chances 5 & 16

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Jockey’s Challenge

Looks like a hard day – looking at Craig Williams, Tommy Berry, Kerrin McEvoy and James McDonald. I am going for James to get the win – by a nose!

Early Quaddie (races 3 to 6 NSW only)

2.6,7,13 / 3,5,7 / 7,8,14,17 /1,3,4 - cost is $144 to $1

Quaddie (races 7 to 10)

1,2,7,11,19,23 / 8,10,15,17 / 3,4,5,6 / 2,4,5,6,19 - cost is $480 to $1

Value Quaddie (races 7 to 10)

7,11,19 / 15,17 / 3,4,5 / 2,4,5,6 - cost is $72 to $1

Treble (races 8 to 10)

8,10,15,17 / 3,4,5,6 / 2,4,5,6,19 - cost is $80 to $1

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