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Faint Perfume Tops Early Caulfield Cup Betting
Faint Perfume Tops Early Caulfield Cup Betting
The Bart Cummings-trained Faint Perfume is up for a fantastic campaign this spring as early betting markets show that the four-year-old race horse is the pre-race favourite for the 2010 Caulfield Cup and the 2010 Melbourne Cup.
Sports bet, the premier online bookmaker in Australia, officially opened their betting markets for the 2010 Caulfield Cup with Faint Perfume on top with an 11.00 early market betting odd. This is very welcome news for the camp of Cumming who is aiming for his eighth Caulfield Cup victory and an unprecedented 13th Melbourne Cup victory.
Meanwhile, Faint Perfume’s stablemate and fellow four-year-old mare Dariana is the second favourite for the Caulfield Cup with an early market betting odd of 13.00. Dariana is a former winner of the Queensland Derby. Another race horse with a 13.00 betting odd for the 2010 Caulfield Cup is AJC Derby and Bletchingly Stakes winner Shoot Out.
Sports bet’s punter other top choices for the 2010 Caulfield Cup are the Gai Waterhouse-trained and the AJC Australian Oaks winner Once Were Wild with a 15.00 betting odd and his stablemate Herculian Prince with a 16.00 betting odd. Meanwhile, the Zabeel gelding Zabrasive also has a 16.00 betting odd.
Meanwhile, the betting markets for the other main attractions of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival have also been opened. Sports bet’s betting market for the 2010 the WS Cox Plate has already opened with Cummings’ So You Think as the favourite with an 11.00 betting odd. So You Think is gunning for back-to-back the WS Cox Plate victories.
2010 Caulfield Cup Early Market Betting Odds (Top 20 race horses):
Odds updated 10th August 2010 – For current markets visit: Sportsbet | IASbet | Centrebet
| Horse | Odds* |
| Faint Perfume | 11.00 |
| Dariana | 13.00 |
| Shoot Out | 13.00 |
| Once Were Wild | 15.00 |
| Herculian Prince | 16.00 |
| Zabrasive | 16.00 |
| Linton | 17.00 |
| Predatory Pricer | 17.00 |
| Valdemoro | 17.00 |
| Shamoline Warrior | 19.00 |
| So You Think | 19.00 |
| Jaguar Mail | 21.00 |
| Metal Bender | 21.00 |
| Mr. Charlie | 21.00 |
| Vigor | 21.00 |
| Moudre | 21.00 |
| Alcopop | 26.00 |
| Precedence | 26.00 |
| Rundle | 26.00 |
| Alandi | 31.00 |






