Americain The Favourite For Second Successive Melbourne Cup Win

The Melbourne Cup is without doubt one the most important and prestigious flat races in the world and with the race at Flemington now on the horizon the betting is starting to hot up. We are seeing more and more European runners heading down under for a tilt at the big race and we have a French favourite at this stage with 2010 winner Americain heading back to Melbourne to defend the race he won so memorably 12 months ago. The Alain De Royer-Dupre horse came with a run last season which simply blew the field away at Flemington and he looks to be in tip top form as we head towards the 2011 renewal of the ‘Race That Stops A Nation’.

Americain had a prep race in Australia recently and he duly impressed onlookers by winning the Group 2 Drake International Cup in impressive fashion, that win saw his Melbourne Cup price slashed and Ladbrokes now make him a 7/2 shot to win the race for the second successive year. The last horse to win the race more than once was the great Makybe Diva who famously won the race three successive times in the early 2000′s, in fact she and four others are the only ones to have won the race more than once which highlights the task facing Americain this year.

Outside of the favourite there are a number of horses being backed including the exciting Dunaden who is another French trained contender heading to Melbourne at the start of November. He is trained by Mikel Delzangles and enhanced his reputation recently with an impressive weight carrying win in the Geelong Cup, he is now as short as the 7/1 second favourite with Ladbrokes to claim the glory at Flemington and looks a live threat. Americain has every right to be the favourite for the race but history suggests he is up against this time with plenty of other strong contenders ready to win one of the biggest races in the world. The threat from Europe is however looking particularly strong this season and it would be no surprise to see the prize pot heading to the northern hemisphere once again.

Latest Melbourne Cup 2011 Odds from Ladbrokes

• 7/2 – Americain
• 7/1 – Dunaden
• 7/1 – Lucas Cranach
• 10/1 – Jukebox Jury
• 16/1 – Bauer
• 16/1 – Illo
• 16/1 – Midas Touch
• 16/1 – Green Moon
• 16/1 – Tullamore
• 20/1 – At First Sight
• Bar

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So You Think favourite to win the 2010 Melbourne Cup

With a prize fund of $5m Australian Dollars (just over £3 million in real money) it is no surprise that this horse race brings the whole country to a standstill! It will take place for us however in the early hours of tomorrow morning so only for insomniacs and homesick Australians.

The race for the uninitiated runs from Flemington Racecourse and it is a handicap race for horses aged 3 years and over with the 24 runners hopefully covering the full distance of 2 miles on a course that has been set to soft.

Favourite for this years Melbourne Cup is the Bart Cummings trained So You Think and ridden by jockey Steven Arnold who looks they may have this race sewn up. Second favourite is Shocking ridden by Michael Rodd and trained by Mark Kavanagh who is now down to odds of 8/1. The freebetsblog.com tip for this race is the 10/1 shot Americain ridden by Gerald Mosse who should be great for an each way bet.

Melbourne Cup outright odds

All odds are suppled by Ladbrokes who on this race will be payout out on the first 4 at a 1/4 the odds.

• 5/2 – So You Think
• 8/1 – Shocking
• 8/1 – Maluckyday
• 10/1 – Americain
• 12/1 – Descarado
• 14/1 – Profound Beauty
• 16/1 – Manighar
• 16/1 – Holberg
• 20/1 – Monaco Consul
• 20/1 – Linton
• 20/1 – Precedence
• 25/1 – Shoot Out
• 25/1 – Harris Tweed
• 25/1 – Zipping
• 33/1 – Campanologist
• 33/1 – Once Were Wild
• 40/1 – Illustrious Blue
• 40/1 – Mr Medici
• 50/1 – Bauer
• 66/1 – Tokai Trick
• 100/1 – Zavite
• 100/1 – Master Oreilly
• 150/1- Buccellati
• 150/1 – Red Ruler

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Rekindled Interest currently favourite for this years Victoria Derby

All eyes in the racing world will be on Flemington Racecourse when The Victoria Derby starts as it marks the beginning of the Melbourne Cup week which climaxes in the Melbourne the race that is refereed to the as “The race that stops a nation”. It is one of the most highly attended horse racing events in the world with well over 120,000 spectators expected to attend the race.

It is a group one race for 3 years olds and it will feature 16 runners who will be covering a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 110 yards and has a high monetary prize of £505,556 for the winner.

The favourite for this race is Rekindled Interest ridden by Dwayne Dunn and trained by Jim Conlan with second favourite going to Retrieve whose jockey is Kerrin McEvoy and was trained by Peter Snowden. With so much money at stake the calibre of horses in this race is excellent but we will plump as our tip (each way mind we are not psychics) goes to Digital Fortress who is ridden by Blake Shinn and trained by Guy Walter.

Victoria Derby 2010 outright winner

All odds are supplied by Ladbrokes who will pay 1/5 odds on the first 3 places.

• 5/2 – Rekindled Interest
• 3/1 – Retrieve
• 6/1 – Digital Fortress
• 10/1 – Almindoro
• 12/1 – Lion Tamer
• 12/1 – Smokin Joey
• 12/1 – Praecido
• 20/1 – Kudakulari
• 25/1 – Cosmonaut
• 25/1 – Shadowofexcellence
• 33/1 – Yulalona
• 33/1 – Shootoff
• 33/1 – Perfect Pecs
• 50/1 – Ulundi
• 50/1 – Absolutelyawesome
• 66/1 – Luckyimbarefoot
• 100/1 – Kirinata
• 100/1 – Tale Of Thunder
• 100/1 – Acclaimed Chaos
• 100/1 – Kerchings

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