With the heavens set to well and truly open on Flemington in the coming days, renowned mud lark Descarado has been backed from $15 into $11 to win the Melbourne Cup with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.
The biggest of those bets was $5000 to collect $75,000 on the Gai Waterhouse-trained Caulfield Cup winner.
“There are many horses at the top of the market who will relish the wet including Shocking, Americain, Shoot Out, Manighar and Profound Beauty, but Descarado has comfortably been the best-backed horse in the past 24 hours,†said sportsbet.com.au’s Haydn Lane.
Meanwhile So You Think has eased to $6 after being as short as $4 after his Cox Plate win, while reigning champ Shocking is now the clear $4.40 favourite.
Market courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
$4.40 Shocking
$6 So You Think
$9 Americain
$11 Descarado
$12 Manighar
$15 Shoot Out, Precedence
$17 Profound Beauty
$21 Linton, Monaco Consul, Zipping, Harris Tweed
$31 Dariana, Faint Perfume, Once Were Wild, Alcopop, Bauer, Tokai Trick, Campanologist
$41 Illustrious Blue, Mr Medici, Maluckyday
$51 Jessicabeel, Moudre, Zavite
$61 Holberg
$81 Metal Bender, C’est La Guerre
$101 Herculian Prince, Buccellati
