Punters think this years Crown Oaks will be taken out by Serious Speed, Zarita, El Daana, Riva San, Arapaho Miss or Royale Harmony.

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Vlad Duric riding Master O’reilly certainly looks hard to beat, but there are a few others that I think have a fine chance of taking out this years cup.

• Purple Moon - with veteran jockey Damien Oliver on board has a very strong chance.
• Zipping - has decent wet weather form and has been looking in nice touch of late
• Mahler - with the bottom weight and a decent barrier, as well as a slow track win
• Sirmione - you can never underestimate Bart Cummings, could win the double like Rogan Josh

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Here’s the final field for this year’s big race, with the current fixed price betting odds displayed on the far right-hand side column. There’s a few horses here that have a great chance and are listed with some very healthy odds.

*Fixed Price Win Only Odds from IASBet.com as at Sunday 4th of November, subject to fluctutations.

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Here’s the current field and betting odds for this years premiere Spring Racing event, the prestigious Melbourne Cup. Will the favourite Master O’Reilly be able to live up to the hype?

Bet on the 2007 Melbourne Cup

There’s some close matches being played this week, but I like the look of the home games for the Kangaroos and Sydney, who should bounce back after being beaten by the Saints.

Some very close matches again this week which will be hard to pick a definite winner. The first one is a perfect example. The Kangaroos are flying after upsetting most punters when they defeated Sydney last week, while Essendon, after starting the season well have shown some disappointing performances of late, possibly due to Lloyd’s injury. Both are paying $1.97 to win, and with the Kangaroos playing well and having had the better of the Bombers in recent years, I’m going to be having a punt on them.

Geelong are the surprise favourites to end West Coast’s unbeaten season after absolutely thrashing Richmond last week, and while the Cats are playing at home on their unique ground, I don’t think they are quite up to the task. I’ll be backing the Eagles to win at $2.00, in a game that I expect to be very close.

Didn’t Hawthorn prove me wrong, or should I say, didn’t Lance Franklin prove me wrong. I honestly believed without the accuracy or Hawthorn’s leading goal kicker, Mark Williams, the very young Hawks would struggle to win many more games for the season. Lance stepped up last week to boot 9 goals, five of which came in a 15 minute burst in the second quarter to beat the Bombers, and they’re sitting pretty in the top 8 at the moment. On the other hand, Freo haven’t been playing up to what was expected of them this year. I don’t think I’ll put this one on myself, but at odds of $2.80 to win, Hawthorn are a chance.

The slow starting Sydney don’t have a good record in Adelaide, but I can’t discount them just yet. It should be a tight game, but I think the Crows will be too strong in the end, small bet at $1.80. Fremantle really should have no trouble beating a depleted Melbourne side, but I would want a bit more than $1.48.

Finally, the Hawks have a chance to win on Sunday. They beat the Cats by large margins both times the teams met last year, and they’re playing at Tassie which is a very large ground that Geelong have never played on. That being said, Geelong have a much stronger looking forward line this year, and arguably Hawthorn’s best defender Trent Croad is out. If the odds were better I would get on the Hawks.