Sandown Park Preview: Melbourne Cup Kicks into Gear


The Spring racing season kicks up a gear at Sandown Park this Thursday night with preludes 3 through to 6 of the TAB Melbourne Cup. Racing begins with the first at 7.08pm so let’s take a look at the meeting now.

The first event is the 515m grade five final from heats conducted on Sunday. The impressive heat win of Unaffordable in 29.48 (Replay) will more than most likely have him as the favourite and the one to beat in the opener.

In the second race I’m keen on the chances of Creative Karisma from the red box. The Kevin Podmore trained chaser has a massive engine and given a touch of luck early I’ll be expecting a big performance from this highly talented canine.

Love Affair resumes after a one month break in the fourth of the night and this supremely talented stayer looks set to return with authority. She produced a super strong placing at her last outing behind Sweet It Is (Replay) and with a massive class drop she should prove too good here.

It’s A Plane will exit box four in the RSN 715m grade five final and after posting a phenomenal 41.60 at his Sandown staying debut, he will be a short priced favourite (Replay). Despite the flying performance last week, I think he is far from a sure thing in was looks a strong staying final.

In one of the later races I’m giving a strong push for Quarrel Bale, who has drawn ideally on the fence. After a terrific win at the venue four starts ago in 29.46 (Replay), he looks extremely hard beat, especially considering his box draw should suit even more here.

Lets hope we can find a few winners on what looks a classy night of racing from Sandown Park!

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Watch: Unaffordable (2) scores a commanding heat win on Sunday in 29.48sec.

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About James Van de Maat - RSN Race Caller RSN race caller with a love for greyhound racing. Owner, trainer and breeder with a driving passion to win a Group race. (The views in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of GRV)
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