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The $300,000 Group 3 Geelong Cup at 4pm AEDT is the highlight of the Geelong Racing Calendar, and today’s edition of the race looks a wide-open affair with plenty of chances among the field of 13. Join us here on The Roar from 3:40pm (AEST) for live commentary, results and reaction.
This is an important lead-up race to the Melbourne Cup being just 13 days before the first Tuesday in November.
Three previous Geelong Cup winners – Dunaden, Americain and Media Puzzle – have completed the double, winning the Melbourne Cup as well.
If Setorius brings his Makybe Diva Stakes form he will be hard to beat. He’s drawn wide but Ryan Maloney will have him featuring heavily in the finish. He should be quite forward on the run so will be among the chances.
Shoreham looks ready to boom and has really warmed up as the spring has progressed. Will have plenty interested after his run in the Turnbull and his fourth-up record is quite good. Will come home late in the run but if he is on his game he could cause a boil over.
Wish Come True has some okay form, and trainer Peter Moody wouldn’t be starting him in this race if he didn’t think he was capable. I’ve put a line through his Metropolitan run as he just didn’t get into the race as he normally does.
Zanbagh is a talented runner who was trained by the late Guy Walter but is now with Patrick Payne. The words on her have been quiet which is astonishing considering her talent. Her runs this prep however haven’t been all that impressive but in her last campaign she ran second in the ATC Oaks, beaten a length. Rising Romance beat her that day and Lucia Valentina ran third, so the quality is there.
More Than Sacred ran a massive Cranbourne Cup on a track that more than likely didn’t suit at all. Should be more comfortable in this and will look to come home with pace late. Coming from New Zealand, her form reads well running third in an Auckland Cup (3200m) only beaten three lengths by Whoshotthebarman.
Like a Carousel had a nice run at Sandown last-start, where the runner-up has come out of it and won. Loves Geelong and no questions about the distance, only problem is the awkward draw.
The other runners in the race are Correggio, Ominous, Ali Vital, Pretty Blonde and Waltzing to Win. Apart from Ali Vital, I can’t tip or push the others in this one based on their quality and form.
In a race where as many as five can win, I’m going to take the talented Zanbagh on top.
Brent Ford tips
1.Zanbagh
2. More Than Sacred
3. Wish Come True
4. Caravan Rolls On
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