Cox Plate champion Via Sistina is heading into the Champions Stakes as the clear favorite, following a stunning performance in one of Australia’s most prestigious weight-for-age races.
“Via Sistina has almost three quarters of the money bet early on her and she’s $1.65 into $1.50 already, so it’s been a complete domination,” TAB’s Gerard Daffy said.
“The signs are there she might even get shorter and that’s come off that absolute annihilation in the Cox Plate, although when you have a look down it’s a pretty decent field.
“Atishu won it last year and of course won last week in the TAB Empire Rose Stakes and it’s at $9.
“We haven’t seen Without A Fight since winning the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup last year, so we put him up at $15 and he’s now at $10 and has remained that way ever since.”
TAB CHAMPIONS STAKES ODDS AND % OF MARKET
$1.50 Via Sistina, (was $1.65), 71.5% of the TAB hold
$9 Atishu (was $8), 8.4%
$10 Without A Fight (was $15), 3.9%
$12 Eliyass (was $11), 3.7%
$17 Duke De Sessa (was $13), 1.6%
$18 Docklands (was $11), 1.5%
$23 Royal Champion (was $21), 1.8%
$26 Deny Knowledge (was $21), 1.9%
$41 Arapaho 1.1%
$41 Nugget (was $51), 1.7%
$61 Future History (was $81), 1.4%