Mildura horses tips & previews

Welcome to Mildura for the Melb Cup Packages Now On Sale Mdn Plate over the 1400m trip, where punters have been busy sorting out this maiden puzzle. Looking at how the win market is shaped, Back Up Barbie sits right at the head of affairs as the shortest runner in the race. Hot on the heels of the favourite in the market order is Apocalypse, with Ted Percy holding down the next spot and Peace Seeker following closely right behind them.

Digging into the form behind those sharp prices, the stable runner Back Up Barbie brings some solid stable backing from C Maher with Eoin Walsh steering from barrier seven. Meanwhile, Apocalypse has the care of the training team T & C Mcevoy, with Alana Kelly jumping from barrier four, suggesting they will be trying to make their presence felt when the whips start cracking. Ted Percy also lines up here for trainer Nathan Hobson from barrier 10 with Chelsea Taylor in the saddle, rounding out the main early fancies in the betting order.

Further down the market, we find Message Bank for trainer Mathew Smerdon and jockey Will Gordon stepping from barrier five, alongside High Performance drawn widest in barrier 12 for trainer Shawn Mathrick with Sam Kennedy aboard. Mizzen Jib, Donvilla D'Or, Scartaka, and Majestic Glow complete the rest of the field in this Mildura contest. It shapes as an intriguing test over the fourteen hundred metres where any of these runners could potentially figure in the finish if the race unravels just right.