Nervous punters await Salade’s run in the Golden Slipper

Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au reports that Sepoy is an easing favourite for tomorrowâ€™s Golden Slipper, while some punters as late as last Saturday morning backed Salade at $331 before he streeted the field in his first race start in the Pago Pago Stakes.

â€œSepoy was $2.00 for the Slipper before the Todman Stakes, $2.90 afterwards and is now out to $3.30 after drawing barrier 10,â€ said sportsbet.com.auâ€™s Haydn Lane.

Bart Cummings trained Salade sprung into Golden Slipper contention after winning the Pago Pago Stakes - Photo by Steve Hart

â€œSalade was $331 in early betting until last Saturday morning, was backed into $201 just before the Pago Pago and has been backed in again from $15 to $13 this week.â€

â€œThereâ€™ll be some decent collects if a roughie gets up. This week weâ€™ve laid Mosheen to lose $250,000 at $101, and Satin Shoes to lose $60,000 at $13.â€

In Golden Slipper specials betting, the boys ($1.25) are expected to beat the girls ($3.10) in the Battle of the Sexes, while a margin of less than one length is the $2.20 favourite in winning margin betting.

Sportsbet.com.au is offering money-back specials on every group race in Australia until the Sydney Cup. Simply back any horse and get your money back if it runs second to the SP favourite.

Sportsbet.com.au is also paying best-tote exotics (quinella, exacta, trifecta and first four) on every group race in Australia until the Sydney Cup. For full details, please visit sportsbet.com.au.

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au

2011 Golden Slipper

$3.30 Sepoy

$4.20 Smart Missile

$7.50 Foxwedge

$10 Elite Falls

$11 Satin Shoes

$13 Salade

$15 Karuta Queen

$19 Shared Reflections

$26 Do You Think (EM)

$34 Running Tall