VRC Derby Odds: Hampton Court Favourite
October 30th, 2014 by Pom de TurfGai Waterhouse might not have a horse in the 2014 Melbourne Cup on November 4th, but she’s got a busy day ahead this weekend when VRC Derby Day comes around – a little glance over the Racing odds for the VRC Derby itself will show you that it’s her Hampton Court who’s the short-priced favourite to win it, and to claim a little bit of silverware that will no doubt soften the disappointment of The Offer’s withdrawal from The Race That Stops A Nation.
At odds of just $2.70, Hampton Court is well ahead of closest rival Preferment, who’s got odds of $6.00 next to his name on Sportsbet as of right now. Waterhouse has kept faith with Hampton Court after a sluggish start to his Melbourne Spring, and she has already been rewarded with a surprise win in the Spring Champion Stakes – and that was the race that saw Hampton Court’s VRC Derby odds shorten to where you see them now. She sounded appropriately pleased with him after that Spring Champion Stakes win, too: ‘there’s a horse who couldn’t win a race until last week and everyone was pulling on his tail, even the owners had lost sort of heart, but once he was able to sort of mature … he was able to find his feet. He won the Dulcify, I backed him up in the Spring Champion and now he’s bought his ticket to Melbourne. You’d think he might run in the Derby, it would be very nice wouldn’t it, on the first Saturday in November?’
Waterhouse will get her wish of a trip to the VRC Derby with Hampton Court, and when they get there’s he’s likely going to be the horse to beat. For the odds for the rest of the field and lots more, all you need to do is hit this link: Racing odds.
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