WS Cox Plate-what is a cauldron and will it apply on Saturday ?
One of the most exciting days on the Australian Racing Calendar is the WS Cox Plate. William Samuel Cox after operating Kensington race-course for a number of years purchased land at Moonee Valley and opened his new race course there in 1883.
Under Lockdown rules it will be run in a most un cauldron like atmosphere.
There have been some great Cox Plates run over the years. My personal favourite is Superimpose’s win after the favourite Naturalism lost the rider and Let’s Elope lost second place on protest to Kinjite. I loved Brian Martin’s call of the race.
The bookies are letting you on with Russian Camelot who 4.60 and a wide draw has a 21% chance of wining. The Caulfield Stakes has proved to be something of a grave yard for the Cox Plate with only 10 horses completing that double over the past 98 years and those 10 were quite special.
Is Arcadia Queen up to the task. Once again, the bookies are letting you on.
Glamour Tips would be recommending a dutching strategy bearing in mind that Fierce Impact a horse that beat Russian Camelot is at 34-1. Anything could happen!
Theme Bet
Our theme bet this week is Ancient Greek British and Roman Mythology and associated concepts
Race 1 The Centaurian (4) Race 2 Son of Mercury (7) Race 5 Fidelia (6) Race 7 Streets of Avalon (9) Race 8 Levendi (6) & Race 9 Russian Camelot (11)
Put these horses into what our English cousins call a Heinz (Parlay 2345 &6) and if all of them win you would in theory be entitled to a dividend of $1,706,373 (about one million seven hundred and six thousand, three hundred and seventy three dollars).
However, there would be a problem because there would n’t be enough money in the pool to pay you and you would also run into the seldom used maximum win limits that are in the fine print of most betting outlets.
Moonee Valley (Cox Plate Day)
Race 7 Homesman (1) Dr Drill (5) Riddle Me That (9) Kings will Dream (2) Streets of Avalon (3)
Race 8 Sound (7) Super Girl (13) Levendi (6) Hush Writer (2) Shared Ambition (4)
Race 9 Armory (12) Fierce Impact (3) Humidor (2) Grand Slam ((14) & Arcadia Queen (9)
Moonee Valley Friday night
Race 4 So Si Bon (1)Race 7 Thought of That (4) Race 8 Trekking (1)
Randwick
Race 1 Total Babe (5) ) Race 6 Prime Star (2)) Race 9 Fortress Command (4)
Toby’s Titanic Lay of the Day
Race 1 Moonee Valley Ancestry (2)
PREMIUM TIPS
