Today’s Melbourne Cup Day race runners come in large field sizes, with 22 runners in the Melbourne Cup race itself. Big Trifectas will be common today, and a few random runners included in the selections could just be the mix.
Some overseas runners here are hard to assess, and the overall best strategy to use, is to look for value. The following selections have been picked based on their recent runs, breeding, and light weight, and can be bet as a G Network Racing Selection, or included in your multiples.
View the race – Melbourne Cup 2008 – Video
Flemington Race 7 EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP 3200m Group1.
Melbourne Cup Selections
23. Barbaricus
TAB NSW Fixed odds: $17.00W $5.00P
Bet: 3units WIN, 15units PLACE
17. Newport
TAB NSW Fixed odds: $61.00W $16.00P
Bet: 2units WIN, 10units PLACE
2. Master O’Reilly
TAB NSW Fixed odds: $31.00W $8.50P
Bet: 2units WIN, 10units PLACE
*Extreme Longshot with a chance:
15. Guyno
TAB NSW Fixed odds: $151.00W $38.50P
10. Viewed
12. Bauer
4. C’est La Guerre
2. Master O’Reilly
Trifecta $21,080.70 First4 $407,215.40
View the race – Melbourne Cup 2008 – Video
Melbourne Cup 2008 Full Results
Racing Results TAB NSW – includes historical results calendar
VIEWED, the winner of the Melbourne Cup, was tipped as a chance in the Caulfield Cup. The run didn’t quite come that day. Blake Shinn the jockey who rode Viewed to a Melbourne Cup victory, said of the ride: Viewed finally had a chance to find rhythm.