The time-honoured Caulfield Cup will be run and won in Melbourne on Saturday, and to say that I am excited could the understatement of the year.
A typically impressive and capacity field of stayers has accepted, with plenty of our best horses going up against another quality list of international raiders in the Caulfield Cup 2020.
Caulfield Cup – Winner
No. 1 Anthony Van Dyck – Bet Now: $5.00
It’s not often that Aidan O’Brien sends a Derby winner to Australia, but that is exactly what he has done this year and Anthony Van Dyck will take plenty of beating.
The Galileo entire simply doesn’t know how to run a bad race, and has amassed six wins and as many placings from his seventeen career starts to date.
Further to his impressive Derby win in 2019, Anthony Van Dyck has found form around some of the world’s best stayers in some of the world’s best races, and arrives in Australia off the back of a win in the Group 2 Prix Foy (2400m) at Longchamp, having beaten home the likes of Stradivarius.
He has a class edge over a lot of these rivals and at around the $5 mark, I am happy to put him on top of my 2020 Caulfield Cup tips.
Caulfield Cup – 2nd
No. 10 Prince Of Arran – Bet Now: $26.00
Cult hero Prince Of Arran will make his Australian return in the Caulfield Cup, and I can’t find a reason why he won’t be in the finish.
The Shirocco gelding has scored plenty of fans during his two previous trips to the Melbourne Spring Carnival, and famously finished third in the 2018 Melbourne Cup before going one better in last year’s edition.
He always runs an absolute bolter first-up in Australia, and he has returned plenty of pleasing efforts in the UK this year, including a credible third behind Enable in the Group 3 September Stakes at Kempton Park most recently.
Jamie Kah is in excellent form and she jumps into the saddle for the Caulfield Cup.
Caulfield Cup – 3rd
No. 7 Verry Elleegant – Bet Now: $4.80
She isn’t typically one of mine, but it’s impossible to ignore the form that Verry Elleegant has found this preparation, and she is at peak fitness for the 2020 Caulfield Cup.
The Zed mare returned to the races this time with an outrageous effort to win the Group 1 Winx Stakes, and while she failed to fire in the George Main second-up, she responded with another impressive performance and win in the Turnbull Stakes a fortnight ago.
She clearly has the class to win this race, and the history says that she has taken the right route into the race.
Caulfield Cup – 4th
No. 13 Warning – Bet Now: $21.00
Warning is another leading hope for the Aussie contingent and he could prove over the Caulfield Cup odds at his current double-figure price.
The Declaration Of War gelding put paid to his rivals in the Victoria Derby last year, and while he probably didn’t find his best form during this year’s Autumn Carnival, he has improved for two eye-catching runs in the Makybe Diva and the Turnbull so far this time.
Getting out to a mile and a half will suit and he has been charged with carrying just 53kgs in the Caulfield Cup.
Caulfield Cup Suggested Bets
- 3 Units straight out #1 Anthony Van Dyck
- Boxed Trifecta of the selections above