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Punting Play: Fancy a Top 10 bet?

The Melbourne Cup is considered one of the toughest races of the year to find the winner, but the size of the field and popularity of Australia’s greatest presents some opportunities outside the traditional bet types.

Racecourse : Flemington
Racecourse : Flemington Picture: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images

Many operators will offer markets on horses to finish Top 5, Top 8 or Top 10 and one horse who shapes as a good play in the latter of those is Fancy Man.

A $101 chance, it is hard to see him challenging some of those at the head of the market for top honours but he can beat home more than half the field.

Fancy Man started $61 in the Caulfield Cup but, Buckaroo aside, was one of the strongest finishers in that race with his last 600m of 38.27secs was the fourth-fastest of the race and only 0.01secs slower than Land Legend.

A son of Pride Of Dubai and the Galileo mare Fancy, he was 0.03secs faster than fourth placegetter Zardozi, who is a $12 chance in the Melbourne Cup.

The Caulfield Cup was only Fancy Man's third run since last spring and after a third placing in the Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) following a first-up fifth in the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m) he should be even fitter for his first go at 3200m.

Around $4 is available for Fancy Man to run in the Top 10.


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Flemington Tuesday, 05th November 2024

1m7f200y TURF GOOD
AUD $8,560,000

Lexus Melbourne Cup (G1)

AUD $8,560,000
Age: 3yo and up Type: OPEN
1m7f200y TURF GOOD
FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 11. KNIGHT'S CHOICE (AUS) 5yo G
EXTREME CHOICE (AUS) - MIDNIGHT PEARL (AUS)
ROBBIE DOLAN
J G SYMONS & S LAXON
$91
51.5kg
C A Bain, Mrs K J Waldron & R A Waldron

Sales Information

2nd 4. WARP SPEED (JPN) 5yo H
DREFONG (USA) - DEEP LOVE (JPN)
AKIRA SUGAWARA
N TAKAGI
$26
54.5kg
H Yamada
3rd 12. OKITA SOUSHI (IRE) 6yo H
GALILEO (IRE) - AMICUS (AUS)
JAMIE KAH
CIARON MAHER
$19
51kg
Mrs A M Saini

Sales Information

4th 14. ZARDOZI (AUS) 4yo M
KINGMAN (GB) - CHANDERI (GB)
ANDREA ATZENI
JAMES CUMMINGS
$14
51kg
5th 9. ABSURDE (FR) 6yo G
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - INCROYABLE (USA)
KERRIN MCEVOY
WILLIE MULLINS
$10
52.5kg

Sales Information

6th 3. CIRCLE OF FIRE (GB) 4yo H
ALMANZOR (FR) - FIERY SUNSET (GB)
MARK ZAHRA
CIARON MAHER
$21
54.5kg
7th 17. FANCY MAN (IRE) 6yo G
PRIDE OF DUBAI (AUS) - FANCY (IRE)
RON STEWART
ANNABEL NEASHAM & ROB ARCHIBALD
$81
50kg

Sales Information

8th 8. LAND LEGEND (FR) 4yo G
GALILEO (IRE) - LANDIKUSIC (IRE)
ZAC PURTON
CHRIS WALLER
$15
53kg

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9th 2. BUCKAROO (GB) 5yo G
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - ROHERYN (IRE)
JOAO MOREIRA
CHRIS WALLER
$6
54.5kg
10th 5. KOVALICA (NZ) 5yo G
OCEAN PARK (NZ) - VITESSE (NZ)
DAMIAN LANE
CHRIS WALLER
$26
53.5kg

Sales Information

11th 1. VAUBAN (FR) 6yo G
GALIWAY (GB) - WALDFEST (GB)
WILLIAM BUICK
WILLIE MULLINS
$8
55.5kg
12th 13. ONESMOOTHOPERATOR (USA) 6yo G
DIALED IN (USA) - SUENO D'ORO (USA)
CRAIG WILLIAMS
BRIAN ELLISON
$7
51kg

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13th 16. VALIANT KING (GB) 4yo G
ROARING LION (USA) - ASSEMBLY (USA)
CRAIG NEWITT
CHRIS WALLER
$91
50.5kg

Sales Information

14th 15. SEA KING (GB) 5yo G
SEA THE STARS (IRE) - PAMONA (IRE)
HOLLIE DOYLE
HARRY EUSTACE
$12
50.5kg

Sales Information

15th 18. INTERPRETATION (IRE) 6yo G
GALILEO (IRE) - DALDIYNA (FR)
TEODORE NUGENT
CIARON MAHER
$21
50kg

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16th 6. SHARP 'N' SMART (NZ) 5yo G
REDWOOD (GB) - QUEEN MARGARET (NZ)
MICHAEL DEE
GRAEME & DEBBIE ROGERSON
$51
53.5kg

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17th 24. TRUST IN YOU (NZ) 6yo G
SWEYNESSE (AUS) - SHINKO BAY (NZ)
MARK DU PLESSIS
BRUCE WALLACE & GRANT COOKSLEY
$71
50kg

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18th 20. MOSTLY CLOUDY (IRE) 5yo G
HARZAND (IRE) - CLARINDA (FR)
KARIS TEETAN
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG
$91
50kg

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19th 19. MANZOICE (AUS) 5yo G
ALMANZOR (FR) - CHOICE (NZ)
DECLAN BATES
CHRIS WALLER
$101
50kg

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20th 21. POSITIVITY (NZ) 4yo M
ALMANZOR (FR) - PUSSY O'REILLY (NZ)
WINONA COSTIN
ANDREW FORSMAN
$101
50kg

Sales Information

21st 23. THE MAP (AUS) 6yo M
ALPINE EAGLE (AUS) - THIS MOMENT (AUS)
RACHEL KING
DAN CLARKEN & OOPY MACGILLIVRAY
$71
50kg

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22nd 22. SAINT GEORGE (GB) 4yo H
ROARING LION (USA) - LADY DRAGON (IRE)
TYLER SCHILLER
CIARON MAHER
$26
50kg

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23rd 7. JUST FINE (IRE) 6yo G
SEA THE STARS (IRE) - BINT ALMATAR (USA)
JYE MCNEIL
G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT
$31
53kg

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