{"id":4036,"date":"2018-08-29T14:34:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T04:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/?p=4036"},"modified":"2018-08-29T14:52:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T04:52:08","slug":"vega-magic-clear-favourite-memsie-stakes-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2018\/08\/vega-magic-clear-favourite-memsie-stakes-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Vega Magic Clear Favourite in Memsie Stakes Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defending champion Vega Magic<\/strong> has opened the clear and justifiable $2.80 favourite in 2018<\/strong> Memsie Stakes<\/strong> betting this afternoon.<\/p>\n

The multiple Group 1 winner has been set for an appearance in the The Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick on October 13th<\/sup> and will likely use his run in the Memsie Stakes as a final tune-up, given he has already a confirmed starter in the $10 million event.<\/p>\n

Having tailed off in form after his close-up second behind Redzel in the inaugural running of The Everest, Vega Magic made a hit-and-run appearance in the Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) during this year\u2019s Adelaide Autumn Carnival but faded in the straight to finish eighth.<\/p>\n

He returned this time for a dominant win in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield in late July and will only improve second-up in the Memsie Stakes and over the 1400m.<\/p>\n

Champion hoop Damien Oliver should be able to navigate to a good position in transit from barrier 6 and Vega Magic will be extremely difficult to run down.<\/p>\n

Interestingly only two other runners are currently available at Memsie Stakes odds of less-than $10 and there is understandably a case to be made for both Kementari ($4.40) and Happy Clapper ($5.50).<\/p>\n

Kementari<\/strong> has been a strong and consistent performer throughout his entire racing career so far, but returned to the track a far-more furnished horse in autumn and he won each of his first three starts with ease, including the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m).<\/p>\n

The Lonhro colt was sent off a short-priced favourite in the Group 2 Missile Stakes (1200m) first-up this time and he produced a massive turn of foot in the Randwick straight to finish a close second behind Pierata.<\/p>\n

He worked home fairly to finish fourth behind Winx in the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) a fortnight ago and obviously this race is a step back in class, while he is also ready to peak in form third-up.<\/p>\n

Cult hero Happy Clapper<\/strong> added two more Group 1 titles to his mantle in autumn and he could prove to be the value in the field at his current 2018 Memsie Stakes<\/a> odds.<\/p>\n

The Teofilo gelding flew home to win the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) first-up before finishing second to Winx in the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) and ultimately winning the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m), a race in which he had finished runner-up in the two previous seasons.<\/p>\n

He ended his campaign third in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) and has trialled fairly in the lead-up to his Spring Carnival campaign.<\/p>\n

All eleven horses in this field are up to winning a race of this calibre but one that could prove well and truly over the Memsie Stakes odds is Kings Will Dream<\/strong> ($10), who will be looking to finish over the top of his rivals.<\/p>\n

The import was outstanding through his debut Australian campaign and won all five of his starts with complete ease, including the Listed Mornington Cup (2400m).<\/p>\n

He stormed home to finish a close fourth in the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes at this track and distance a fortnight ago and with natural improvement, there\u2019s no reason why he can\u2019t be fighting out the finish again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Defending champion Vega Magic has opened the clear and justifiable $2.80 favourite in 2018 Memsie Stakes betting this afternoon. The multiple Group 1 winner has been set for an appearance in the The Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick on October 13th and will likely use his run in the Memsie Stakes as a final tune-up,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[85,352,245,246,869,17,18,145,711,1983,2003,168,1980,1516],"hub_post_cat":[],"class_list":["post-4036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-horse-racing","category-horse-racing-betting","tag-betting","tag-betting-update","tag-caulfield","tag-caulfield-racecourse","tag-happy-clapper","tag-horse-racing","tag-horse-racing-betting","tag-horse-racing-odds","tag-kementari","tag-kings-will-dream","tag-memsie-stakes","tag-odds","tag-spring-racing-carnival","tag-vega-magic"],"acf":{"md_tip_date":null,"md_tip_date_end":null,"md_market_url":"","tip_date":"29\/08\/2018","event_country":"Australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"hub_post_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub_post_cat?post=4036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}