Punters haven’t hesitated in backing Black Caviar with a bet of $150,000 at $1.25 struck shortly after the market was posted at Sportingbet Australia.
The unbeaten mare takes on a quality field in the T.J. Smith stakes at Randwick on Saturday but Sportingbet Australia CEO Michael Sullivan punters thought she was a certainty again.
“Punters just keep collecting every time she goes around and they are super confident of doing the same thing this weekend,†Sullivan said.
“$1.25 probably looks a big price given how she has been winning in Melbourne and punters have stepped straight in with the bet of $150,000 plus lots of smaller bets rolling in.
“I have left her at $1.25 despite the big bets as I think this might be our best chance of getting her beaten.
“She is going the Sydney way for the first time, there is rain about Sydney and it is a very high quality field.
“In saying that, we have taken her on every time and all with the same result so we might just be slow learners.
“At this stage it is punters 11 and bookmakers nil.â€
TJ SMITH STAKES
Sportingbet Australia Market
Black Caviar 1.25
Hay List 15.00
Shoot Out 15.00
Crystal Lily 17.00
Shellscrape 26.00
Response 26.00
Hinchinbrook 26.00
Demerit 34.00
Alverta 51.00
All Silent 67.00
Triple Honour 67.00