Leading fancies Wodeton and Tempted are expected to continue to fight out favouritism for the $5m Golden Slipper until race time after both drew ideally for Saturday’s Group 1 showpiece at Rosehill Gardens.
Punters are expected to have a fill-up if favourite Wodeton can deliver on the hype in the Group 1 test this weekend in what would be a horror result for bookmakers.
Tuesday’s Golden Slipper draw is widely considered one of the most important in all of racing but did little to shake up the top of the market when Wodeton and Tempted drew barriers two and one respectively.
The past four Slipper winners have jumped from inside barrier five while six of the past 18 have been in barrier one.
Long-time favourite Wodeton, trained by Chris Waller, was a $4.50 favourite with TAB following the barrier draw while Tempted is on the second line of betting at $5.
Tempted burst into contention with a brilliant effort from the back to win the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes and will connect with two-time Slipper winning rider Blake Shinn.
Last start Pago Pago Stakes winner Skyhook was a drifter from $7 to $8 while unbeaten colt Rivellino was $11 into $9 after he scored the good gate in barrier three.
There has been a significant move for the Michael Freedman-trained Marhoona (barrier six), a last start runner-up to Tempted, which shortened from $26 into $15 in the lead up to the barrier draw and is now $13.
Blue Diamond winner Devil Night (barrier 11) was $9 out to $11 while Farcited is the $81 outsider of the field.
1. Rivellino – Kris Lees – Hugh Bowman – 3 – 56.5kg
2. Devil Night – Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes – Michael Dee – 11 – 56.5kg
3. North England – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Tim Clark – 9 – 56.5kg
4. Tycoon Star – Ben, Will & JD Hayes – Mark Zahra – 5 – 56.5kg
5. West Of Swindon – Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes – Tyler Schiller – 4 – 56.5kg
6. Beiwacht – James Cummings – Adam Hyeronimus – 16 – 56.5kg
7. Skyhook – Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou – Kerrin McEvoy – 8 – 56.5kg
8. Wodeton – Chris Waller – James McDonald – 2 – 56.5kg
9. King Of Pop – Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou – Zac Lloyd – 18 – 56.5kg
10. Quietly Arrogant – Peter Snowden – Tommy Berry – 7 – 56.5kg
11. Farcited – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Josh Parr – 17 – 56.5kg
12. Within The Law – Bjorn Baker – Jason Collett – 13 – 54.5kg
13. Tempted – James Cummings – Blake Shinn – 15 – 4.5kg
14. Bellazaine – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Regan Bayliss – 15 – 54.5kg
15. Military Tycoon – Ciaron Maher – Thomas Stockdale – 12 – 54.5kg
16. Marhoona – Michael Freedman – Damian Lane – 6 – 54.5kg
17e. Alabama Magic – Brett Cavanough – Braith Nock – 14 – 54.5kg
18e. Nepotism – Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes – TBD – 10 – 56.5kg
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