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The price on the Peter Snowden-trained Earthquake to win this Saturday’s 2014 Golden Slipper has eased out of odds-on territory after the brilliant filly came up with a nasty gate in yesterday’s Golden Slipper barrier draw.
The daughter of Exceed And Excel sat in the red in Golden Slipper betting since before the capacity 16-starter, one emergency field was released for the $3.5 million Group 1 classic yesterday.
Undefeated in four career starts to date, including a Group 1 Blue Diamond win in Melbourne, the promising two-year-old was set to start the first odds-on favourite in the Golden Slipper since Alinghi who ran third as the beaten hottie to Dance Hero back in 2004.
Earthquake however has come out from $1.90 pre-barriers to a far more backable $2.25 after coming up with barrier 13, a gate that no Golden Slipper winner has won from going right back in 1957.
She will though come into barrier 12 if the sole emergency Scratch Me Lucky (12) doesn’t get a run; the last Golden Slipper hero to jump from that barrier being Inspired (1984).
After an emphatic win over Mossfun from barrier eight (of nine) in the Group 2 Reisling Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill last start though, Earthquake still looks the one to beat on Saturday.
She’s well clear of the rest of the Golden Slipper field in the markets too with only one of her rivals, Reisling Stakes runner-up Mossfun, also under double figures.
Early market mover after drawing barrier 11, possibly into 10 where Danzero started for their 1994 Slipper win, the Hawkes-trained Mossman filly is the biggest danger for an upset Golden Slipper result this year.
She won her first three starts, including the Group 2 Silver Sipper by an impressive four lengths, before failing to match it with Earthquake in the Reisling when seeing the 1200m for the first time.
She’ll be fitter for that run however, knows how to win, loves the track, has now seen the distance and will be threatening from a better gate than the favourite.
The next best fancied in the latest Golden Slipper odds are then:
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