Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted October 31, 2021 Journalists Share Posted October 31, 2021 Once you have read all the form and listened to every horse racing “expert” sprout their knowledge of the 2021 Melbourne Cup; the most likely outcome is you will thoroughly confused. So at HorseBetting.com.au, we like to simplify the world once it becomes too noisy. Lets looks at which Melbourne Cup horses win more Melbourne Cup base purely on their names! What? you must be kidding right? No there is a definitive edge to gained from looking at the history of the great race. The vast majority of Melbourne Cup winning horses have had single word names having won 89 of the 160 cups to be raced, including the last single word name winner Rekindling in 2017. Two word names have won 64 Melbourne Cups with Twilight Payment being the last winner in 2020. Three word horse names have performed the worst in Cups having won just seven times, but have have dramatically improved their form in recent cups having win with Vow And Declare in 2019, and in 2015 with Prince Of Penzance. Due to letter count restrictions on horses names there has never been a four worded horse name to have won the Melbourne Cup. So while single word horses have traditionally performed the best, the fact three word horses have won two of the last six runnings – but only seven of the previous 160 races – suggest they are the rapid improver. We suggest you consider that fact deeply while reading our 2021 Melbourne Cup runner by runner betting preview. Bet on the 2021 Melbourne cup 2021 Melbourne Cup Odds Flemington – Race 7 Lexus Melbourne Cup Status: Open Track Rating: Good4 Weather: TBA AUS 3200m03:00pm – Tue 2nd Nov PlaceWin 2021 Melbourne Cup Field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Odds 1 Twilight Payment Joseph O’Brien Jye McNeil 2 58kg $11 2 Incentivise Peter Moody Brett Prebble 16 57kg $2.50 3 Spanish Mission Andrew Balding Craig Williams 14 57kg $9 4 Verry Elleegant Chris Waller James McDonald 19 57kg $15 5 Explosive Jack C Maher & D Eustace John Allen 4 54kg $51 6 The Chosen One M Baker & A Forsman Damian Lane 5 54kg $61 7 Delphi A & S Freedman Damien Oliver 3 53.5kg $41 8 Ocean Billy Chris Waller Damian Thornton 13 53.5kg $101 9 Selino Chris Waller Ron Stewart 24 53.5kg $151 10 Johnny Get Angry Denis Pagan Lachlan King 22 53kg $101 11 Knights Order G Waterhouse & A Bott Daniel Stackhouse 9 53kg $201 12 Persan C Maher & D Eustace Luke Currie 11 53kg $31 13 Carif P & P Snowden Blaike McDougall 8 52.5kg $201 14 Master Of Wine Team Hawkes Fred Kersley 6 52.5kg $101 15 Pondus Robert Hickmott Rachel King 1 52.5kg $41 16 Grand Promenade C Maher & D Eustace Kerrin McEvoy 21 52kg $21 17 Miami Bound Danny O’Brien Patrick Moloney 17 52kg $151 18 Port Guillaume Ben & JD Hayes Harry Coffey 23 52kg $151 19 She’s Ideel Bjorn Baker Craig Newitt 20 52kg $101 20 Future Score Matt Cumani Dean Yendall 15 51.5kg $301 21 Tralee Rose Symon Wilde Dean Holland 12 51kg $17 22 Floating Artist C Maher & D Eustace Teo Nugent 10 50kg $18 23 Great House Chris Waller Michael Dee 7 50kg $31 24 Sir Lucan G Waterhouse & A Bott Glen Boss 18 50kg $26 View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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