Godolphin star Exosphere has opened favourite for his first foray against older horses on Saturday.
Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has posted the three-year-old as $2.25 favourite for the Lightning Stakes. The Team Hawkes trained five-year-old Chautauqua is second pick at $3.20 for the Flemington Group 1.
At Randwick, smart colt Press Statement is also a short priced favourite to return a winner. The Chris Waller trained three-year-old is $2.50, with Counterattack and Spill The Beans next in betting on $7.00.
“Exosphere has had a couple of barrier trials leading into this race, so he should be primed for a big first-up effort. He’ll have to be because Chautauqua and some other smart sprinters will make him know he’s in a race,’’ said sportsbet.com.au’s Christian Jantzen.
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Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
$2.25 Exosphere
$3.20 Chautauqua
$7.00 Delectation
$8.00 Terravista
$9.00 Japonisme
$12 Keen Array
$18 Counterattack
$21 Ball Of Muscle
$26 Headwater
$26 Kinglike
$34 Éclair Choice
Others quoted
Hobartville Stakes
$2.50 Press Statement
$7.00 Counterattack
$7.00 Spill The Beans
$8.00 Vanbrugh
$8.00 Wolf Cry
$11 Dal Cielo
$11 Montaigne
$15 Le Romain
$17 Shards
$17 Too Good To Refuse
$17 Etymology
$21 Man Of Choice
$26 Tivaci
$34 Dubaiinstyle
$41 Tulsa
$41 Tarquin
$41 Torgersen
$51 Data Point
$67 Balmain Boy
