Melbourne Cup Betting

The Melbourne Cup has come to a close, and on the whole, it was a pretty exciting event, albeit there were not many surprises. The widely watched Blake Shinn was hailed as a superstar of the future when he led Bird of Fire all the way to win Saturday’s Group Two Matriach Stakes at Flemington.

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Although the four year old mare posted a dead heat with Miss Badoura at Moonee Valley, Shinn burst forward from gate 15 to win the face in the 2000m feature. The rides, Shinn also won much praise for his masterful ride that saw him winning the race.

Under the pushing of Shunn, Bird of Fire won by a half head to Tan Tat De Lago with the next in line, El Danna another two lengths behind. This race may remind many of last year’s race by Shinn, who won with Peter Moody trained Hidden Strings, who also came out from gate 16 to win an all out race, leading all the way.

Based on her win, Bird Of Fire has doubled her career earnings and do not need to share the spoils this time. Now, the mare has four wins and nine minor placing from her total of 19 starts. Many people found her win deserving, given that she has run so many seconds of which many were due to her bad luck more than anything else.

Finally, the mare has outran her bad luck, and posted a historical win and have won much praise and perhaps relief to many.

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English stayer Bauer, has avoided being stripped of its breathtaking second place following a stewards inquiry into allegations of illegal treatment prior to the race.

In one of the narrowest finishes in cup history, Bauer flashed home from back in the field to finish behind www.iasbet.com.au – the Bart Cummings trained Viewed by the slightest of margins.

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Trainer Luca Cumani’s daughter, Francesca, accompanied the champion stayer to Melbourne where it was held in a quarantine centre at Sandown.

Cumani maintained his innocence right throughout the inquiry stating that he had not ordered the treatment and in his eyes has done nothing contrary to Australian Racing standards.

Bauer’s swabs all returned negative results leaving the country mystified as to what could have possibly gone wrong.

However after a full inquiry lasting almost a week, stewards conceded that although the horse did receive treatment from Victorian Racing official that should have left it ineligible to run in the Cup, the treatment was not ordered by, nor overseen by the Trainer and hence he was not at fault.

In every other country in the world, electroshock treatment is not considered to help the horse in anyway run better than it otherwise would have run without it and as such horses are generally allowed to run the day after treatment.

In Australia though, horses must have a weeks break before running in any race.

Bauer’s owners will hang on to the $835, 000 second place prize check while the official results of the race will remain unchanged.

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