Defending champion Zipping is the clear favourite to win the 2011 Australian Cup, the nine-year-old warhorse sitting at the top of the futures betting markets for the Group 1 feature set to run at Flemington’s Super Saturday of Racing on March 12.
Defying his age and the odds, the Lloyd Williams-owned Zipping proved to be in career best form during the spring winning the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m), finishing a gallant second to So You Think in the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m), fourth in the Melbourne Cup and then took out the Sandown Classic for a record fourth year in a row.
Last year in a thrilling finish Zipping won the Darley Australian Cup by the narrowest of margins, and the punters are getting right behind the Danehill gelding to take out the $1 million showdown again this year with [sportsbet] paying $6 on Zipping in their early Australian Cup odds.
Close second favourite is previous Melbourne Cup winner Shocking paying $6.50 along with stable mate Whobegotyou, a proven weight-for-age performer who most recently ran third in the Cox Plate.
Other runners sitting at the top-end of the Australian Cup futures markets at [sportsbet] include Ciaron Maher’s consistent Warrnambool galloper Moudre ($9), Bart Cummings’ Moonee Valley Cup winning Zabeel gelding Precedence ($11), the Gai Waterhouse-trained Theseo ($11), Caulfield-based five-year-old Heart Of Dreams ($13) and Zipping’s promising four-year-old stable mate Linton ($13).
Generous early odds are available on all the other Australian Cup nominees with talent including Cummings’ classy mare Faint Perfume ($31), the John Thompson-trained Trusting ($41) and C’est La Guerre ($51) paying very well.
Check out the full Australian Cup odds available for Win & Each Way through [sportsbet] below.
The 2011 Australian Cup final field will be released on March 9 and published here at Races.com.au.
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2011 Darley Australian Cup Odds
| Horse | Odds* |
|---|---|
| Zipping | 6.00 |
| Shocking | 6.50 |
| Whobegotyou | 6.50 |
| Moudre | 9.00 |
| Precedence | 11.00 |
| Theseo | 11.00 |
| Heart Of Dreams | 13.00 |
| Linton | 13.00 |
| Wall Street | 15.00 |
| Anacheeva | 17.00 |
| Speed Gifted | 17.00 |
| Vigor | 17.00 |
| Alcopop | 21.00 |
| Once Were Wild | 21.00 |
| At First Sight | 26.00 |
| Ginga Dude | 26.00 |
| Playing God | 26.00 |
| Faint Perfume | 31.00 |
| Harris Tweed | 31.00 |
| Spacecraft | 31.00 |
| Lorne Dancer | 41.00 |
| Scenic Shot | 41.00 |
| Trusting | 41.00 |
| Cabeza | 51.00 |
| Cest La Guerre | 51.00 |
| Mr Charlie | 51.00 |
| Rebel Soldier | 51.00 |
| Booming | 61.00 |
| Kutchinsky | 61.00 |
| Niblick | 61.00 |
| Purple | 61.00 |
| Raffaello | 61.00 |
| Star Witness | 61.00 |
| Eclair Surprise | 81.00 |
| Im Imposing | 81.00 |
| Fanjura | 101.00 |
| Hanks | 101.00 |
| Rundle | 101.00 |
| Stillman | 121.00 |
| Banana Man | 151.00 |
| Cedarberg | 151.00 |
| Fairy Oak | 151.00 |
| Ironstein | 151.00 |
| Mourayan | 151.00 |
| My Bentley | 151.00 |
| Small Minds | 151.00 |
| Buccellati | 201.00 |
| Laristan | 201.00 |
| Tagus | 201.00 |
| Tears I Cry | 201.00 |
| Absolute Joy | 301.00 |
| Akzar | 301.00 |
| Extra Zero | 301.00 |
| Foxham | 301.00 |
| Lord Pyrus | 301.00 |
| Miss Darcey | 301.00 |
| Triumphant Choice | 301.00 |
| Zevada | 301.00 |
| Egyptian Lova | 501.00 |
| Gilded Spur | 501.00 |
| Scottish Border | 501.00 |
| Voile Rouge | 501.00 |
| Wind Shear | 501.00 |
*[sportsbet] odds correct at time of publication
