Rock N Roll Doo and Old Town Road, pictured fighting out the cup trial, are taking early money. PHOTO: Ajay Berry/Race Images.
New Zealand Trotting Cup day odds for Tuesday: Follow the money trail
By Barry Lichter • 7 November 2022
The biggest bet so far on Tuesday’s New Zealand Trotting Cup has come for Australian challenger Rock N Roll Doo.
TAB bookmaker Matt Peden reports taking a $2000 bet at odds of $5.50, with another $500 at $5 and $315 each way at $5.
Money is also coming for young gun Old Town Road who closed late for second behind the Australian in last week’s sizzling cup trial at Addington.
The TAB has accepted bets on the John Dickie-trained runner of $1000 at $8, $715 at $8, $205 each way at $8 and another $200 each way at $8.
Defending champ Copy That has attracted two $1000 bets at $3.80, two bets of $500 at the same quote and two of $300.
$250 at $6.50 is on the Mark Purdon/Hayden Cullen-trained Akuta.
At longer odds, one of the two Steve and Amanda Telfer-trained runners, Alta Wiseguy, has been backed to the tune of $100 at $31, $500 each way at $26, $300 each way at $21 and $100 at $21. He is now down to a quote of $18 despite his second row draw.
Other notable bets on the rest of the cup day programme include good support for race two debutant Ohoka Le Bron and the Colin and Julie DeFilippi-trained Here’s Herbie in the last race.
Two-year-old Ohoka Le Bron, trained by Cran and Chrissie Dalgety, caught the eye with a close fourth behind Merlin, Seve and Gandalf at the trials last Wednesday. He is a half brother to big winners Ohoka Punter and Millwood Maizie.
Here’s Herbie … attracting money in the last race.Early money has come for:
Race 1:
Masterly: $289 at $8 and $400 at $6.
Race 2:
Ohoka Le Bron: $1000 each way at $7, $700 at $5.50 and two bets of $500 at $4.50.
Race 3:
Streaming Live: Three bets of $100 at $15.
Race 5:
Republican Party: $1000 each way at $2.50, $1000 at $2.50, $900 at $2.50 and $400 at $2.50.
Cranbourne: $500 at $8 and $300 at $7.
Race 7:
Queen Of Diamonds: $825 at $6 and $400 at $6.
Race 9:
Don’t Stop Dreaming: $1000 at $1.75, $650 at $1.75 and $1000 at $1.70.
Merlin: $300 at $6 and $500 each way at $5.50.
Race 10:
Franco Indie: $400 each way at $4.20, $300 at $4.20 and $500 at $4.
Race 13:
Here’s Herbie: $1000 at $5 and $500 at $4.50.
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Friday night at Cambridge
Race 1: Spirited Belle
4.46pm
Delany: “I saw she’d been punted but somebody must know something we don’t as I’ve been working her myself and, while she feels all right and hasn’t put the boot in like at Auckland, I think she’ll need the run. She hasn’t got any high speed but feels like she will stay. She has improved a bit but I’d be surprised if she won.”
Race 1: Lincoln Maree
4.46pm
“It’s always hard from these draws but she’s a tough mare who will make her own luck at some stage. She’s going well enough - her drivers have all been happy - and she’s a little warrior who tries like hell.”
Race 2: Major Copy
5.12pm
“He’s only two and very inexperienced but he feels like a good colt and there’s a lot of improvement in him. He certainly caught a lot of people’s attention last time. I don’t know how good he is yet but he’ll be right there.”
Race 2: Prince Lincoln
5.12pm
“If he can lead without having to do too much work I can’t see anything beating him. I thought he went great last start. He pressed the winner hard ’til the corner then just flattened out in the run home, but he had every reason to do that after all the work he’d done.”
Race 4: Spirit Of God
6.12pm
“She’s been undone by bad draws. If she led easily from three she’d be hard to beat as she’s a good front-runner.”
Race 4: Spirited Peggy
6.12pm
“We’ve had her for only two weeks but she’s seven now and has had her chance to win one. She has a bit of speed but I think she gets pulling so we’ve got the Hidez (compression) hood on her and plugged her ears up.”
Race 6: Copy N Paste
7.10pm
“We won’t see the best of him for another six months. He’s been a slow developing horse but is improving all the time and getting stronger.”
Race 6: Jessie Lincoln
7.10pm
“If I was having a bet on one of them in the race it would be her. She deserves to win one. Her last two have been really good - she just ran into one who was a bit slicker last time in Major Copy.”
Race 6: Lincoln Dealer
7.10pm
“He’s a bit one-dimensional - you’ve got to feed him track and let him run - so the second row draw is a big handicap. To his credit I was surprised he finished so close last time after all the work he did. When he gets a decent draw and crosses them they’ll know they’re at the races. He’s got a big motor and tries hard.”
Race 8: Rivergirl Bella
8.08pm
“She clawed her way to the front last time but had nothing left at the finish. That won’t happen this time and she should lead easily from one.”
Race 8: Angelic Copy
8.08pm
“She’s had terrible draws but has been going good races. The others last time were just better than her but this is a big drop in class. With the right trip she could get some of it at huge odds.”
Race 9: Sugar Ray Lincoln
8.35pm
“He’s not quick away from a stand but he won’t muff it completely. He steps from the front line and Peter Ferguson was quite happy with his last run.”
Race 9: Lincoln Wave
8.35pm
“He bombed the stand the first time but to be fair all those horses were rushing up at him from the back and that panicked him a bit. He’s on 10 metres this time so that won’t happen.”
