With Melbourne Cup betting set to heat up after nominations are taken on August 3rd, an examination of pre-nomination markets indicates the likely favourites when all agencies open their markets in mid-August.
Currently, there are three open markets with Betstar, Sportingbet and Betfair.
Betstar and Sportingbet have VRC Oaks winner Faint Perfume, trained by the legendary Bart Cummings, as the early favourite.
Betfair have Ascot Gold Cup winner Rite of Passage as their favourite.
With news that the Japanese are likely to be seen in Australia (click here to read more), Jaguar Mail and Meiner Kitz are popular with punters.
Other popular horses include Sydney Cup winner Jessicabeel, imports Alandi and Above Average, the Lloyd Williams-owned Linton, the Cummings duo So You Think and Dariana and Dermot Weld’s mare Profound Beauty.
2009 winner Shocking is also well fancied as he strives to become only the fifth horse to win two Melbourne Cups, after Archer (1861, 1862), Rain Lover (1968, 1969), Think Big (1974, 1975) and Makybe Diva (2003, 2004, 2005).
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