Caufield Guineas Betting

Some beginners info about the Caulfield Guineas 2009

The first and premier, major group 1 race of the Australian spring racing carnival, Caulfield Guineas is modeled on the English 2000 Gunieas Classic. Run over a distance of 1 mile at Melbourne’s Caulfield race course, the race is open to 3 year old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is among the oldest horse races in Australia, and has been held regularly since 1881. One of the few set weight races in Australia, it offers a whopping purse of AS$ 1 million.

As it is one of the inaugural races of the Australian thoroughbred racing season, punters have very few form indicators to refer to at the time of placing their bets. They often rely on winners from the two year old season. Caulfield Guineas odds comparison services too, give some indication of the prospects of the various entries.

Most of the Caulfield Guineas bet are placed on the 11 group 1 races conducted on the course every year. Most of these happen either in February or in September/October. The betting reaches a crescendo with the Caulfield cup which is run in October over a distance of 2400 meters. As a matter of fact, horses that attract the biggest bets in Caulfield are often the centre of much attention in the Melbourne Club. Among the horses that managed winning odds in the Caulfield Cup and then went on to win the Melbourne in the same year are Might and Power in 1997 and Ethereal in 2001.

If one were to analyze, based on empirical data the favorite in Caulfield Guineas odds is victorious in 2.3 races per race day, and 2.2 places per meeting. Caulfield bets often rely on leading jockey Damien Oliver who has 61 wins at the course under his belt. His nearest contender Danny Niloilc is 12 behind.
But there are others who go for Patrick Payne, who has the highest strike rate of any jockey at 19%. Other leading names are Nash Rawiller, Brendan Fenech and James Wink having returned creditable profits on a $10 investment. Among the trainers the best strike rates have been by Greg Eurell and Clinton Mc Donald, each of them having achieved the distinction of saddling 19% of the winners and gaining 14 places. Mc Donald stood at some advantage though by earning over $1.5 million as prize money, and returned a profit of $418 to every $10 bet to the punters, who backed him.

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