Sports & Fitness The 2018 Melbourne Cup Race Thread

A bit of fun. No winners last year so maybe this year. I'm backing 1, 8, 11, 15, 18, and 19

All to come 1st place . And also to come 1, 2 or 3.

Good luck all.

 

THIS IS NOT A TIP!!!!!

This is what a mate and I have done:

2 x trifecta’s:

First: 3,9,11,23
Second: 3,6,9,10,11,13,22,23,24
Third: Field

First: 3,9,11,23
Second: Field
Third: 3,6,9,10,11,13,22,23,24

The theory is that we have both 2 selections to win and most other possible scenarios – if 2 unknown roughies finish both 2nd & 3rd behind one of our winning picks then we’re done, BUT if 1 roughie runs either 2nd or 3rd as we have the field selected then we’ll catch it.

Then the quaddie:

Race 7: 3,9,11,23
Race 8: 2,3,6,910,13,16
Race 9: 1,5,6,7,9
Race 10: 1,2,35,6,7,9,14

I got a late tip last night to include Runaway (21), not sure if I will do anything with this though, we already have it in the "field" so it would only need to be dropped in to the Quaddie maybe.

 

Also not a tip!!!!

Decided to have a little First 4 too

3, 11
3, 11, 21
1, 3, 9, 11, 21, 23
1, 9, 21, 23

 

Does anyone know if it's going to rain later today in Melbourne, no 13 maybe if it rains but that may change as some of those NZ bloods stocks always seem to be in the final 150 mts sprint....imho..

 

Rain until 2 then showers for the rest of the day, the track will be wet.

 

So you are backing at least 5 losers ?

 

Got No.9 as a standout to come 1st, 2nd or 3rd in some trifectas, alternating with 1, 3, 5, 11, 23 and the field.

 

Thus a very good plan that has netted the Trifecta !
Well done!

 

Congrats to all who won!. Didnt get results till now as was on the barrier reef. No winners by me. Till next year!

 

I always back biggest odds, lowest chance once a year . Won a bundle 2 years back. i can lose for another 19 years in a row and I'll be break even.

 

Another horse died at the cup.. stupid sport. I don't know why people want to bet on such things.

 

Agree.
Other then the fanatics, true experts, trainers, owners etc
Just a sport that everyone makes a big deal because everyone else does,

 

Cheers, we are down because of the Quaddie but still walked away with something from that hedging the bets theory, We are pushing the winnings into the Oakfield Quaddie on Thur, hopefully that does better .

Interestingly we got the first 2 parts and the 4th part to the Quaddie, the 3rd race was insane, the top 4 were not in the top 5 favorites. The Quaddie paid $240,000 per dividend, it's only so high because of that third race but had we had that in there we would have netted 60% of that from our bet.