Puissance De Lune sustained the bone chips injury whilst dead heating with Budriguez in the Group II Blarney Stakes at Flemington but recovery process has gone without a hitch.

2012 Melbourne Cup challengers feature heavily in the Cup odds betting early on, with Fiorente at $11.00 and Mount Athos at $13.00. It’s A Dundeel comes next at $15.00 and then it’s $21.00 the field.

Reigning Melbourne Cup champion Green Moon is a $26.00 for a repeat success, but most interesting of the others is Jakkalberry at $41.00. Placed in the race last year at huge odds and still improving he might be worth a speculative interest at big odds.

The Melbourne Cup Pre Nom Odds list Puissance De Lune as pre race favourite at current odds of $7.50, followed in the betting by Fiorente at odds of $11.00 and Mount Athos at odds of $13.00.

Given the excellent 6 from 9 record of Puissance De Lune, we think securing odds of $7.50 is a smart move.

The top 6 in the Melbourne Cup odds are currently:

Puissance De Lune $7.50
Fiorente $11.00
Mount Athos $13.00
It’s A Dundeel $15.00
Gold Ship $21.00
Michelangelo $21.00
Other Horses Here

There are currently approximately 70 horses in the pre nom Melbourne Cup outright odds market, but your bet will be refunded if your chosen horse is not amongst the first nominations, so getting that price early is definitely the smart move.

Once the nominations are complete, a whole host of markets will open up, here is a quick guide to the best Melbourne Cup betting markets:

Win As you’d imagine, a bet placed for a horse to win the 2013 Melbourne Cup.
Place A safer bet for many punters, where you are backing your chosen horse to finish in the top 3
Each Way This is a popular bet for big races like the Melbourne Cup, where half your stake is placed on a win and half on a place bet.
Quinella A bet placed on the Top 2 of a race, in any order. A great bet for races such as the Melbourne Cup.
Box Quinella Is a multiple bet of Quinellas, where the punter can back more than 2 horses for finish in the top 2.
Exacta (and Box Exacta) Similar to the Quinella, but this time you have to select the 1st and 2nd placed horses in exact order. A Box Exacta is a multiple Exacta bet.
Trifecta (and Box Trifecta) Feeling lucky? Then a Trifecta bet, where you are picking the first 3 horses in exact order can pay out a lot of money at huge odds! A Box Trifecta is a multiple Trifecta bet. These are great fun Melbourne Cup bets.
First Four A First Four Melbourne Cup bet is exactly that, what will be the first 4 horses past the post?

The Melbourne Cup is our favourite day in the racing calendar, we’ll be at Flemington in our finest togs, maybe we’ll see you there!