Glamour mare More Joyous has been set as favourite in TAB Sportsbet’s opening market for the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m).
More Joyous, seen here winning the George Main Stakes, will be aiming to win another feature mile at Randwick (www.sportpix.com.au)
The Gai-Waterhouse trained mare, who has won 10 of her 14 starts, has opened at $7.
She is unbeaten at Randwick from 3 starts and is also yet to taste defeat at 1600m.
The Mark Kavanagh-trained Whobegotyou is the only other runner under double figures, opening as a $9 second favourite.
Whobegotyou is arguably a miler, having only been beaten once at 1600m.
That was in the 2009 Doncaster, where he finished a very unlucky 3rd behind Vision and Power.
Three horses are on the third line of betting – world champion sprinter Black Caviar, who is highly unlikely to tackle the race; last year’s winner Rangirangdoo; and last year’s favourite Typhoon Tracy.
The highest rated three year old is Kiwi filly We Can Say It Now, who at her last start won the Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at weight for age by four lengths.
She is on the fifth line of betting at $21.
The time-honoured Doncaster Mile received 222 nominations when entries closed on Tuesday.
Opening Market
$7 More Joyous
$9 Whobegotyou
$13 Black Caviar, Rangirangdoo, Typhoon Tracy
$17 Dao Dao, Trusting, Wall Street
$21 Metal Bender, Sacred Choice, We Can Say It Now
$26 Anacheeva, Captain Sonador, Danleigh, Drumbeats, Herculian Prince, Once Were Wild, Star Witness, Theseo
$35 Aloha, Alverta, Chasm, Demerit, Doubtful Jack, Ilovethiscity, Jimmy Choux, Katie Lee, King Pulse, Launay, Lorne Dancer, Love Conquers All, Luen Yat Forever, Masquerader, Melito, Palacio De Cristal, Pressday, We’re Gonna Rock
$51+ others
Written by Andrew Hawkins