MRC Foundation Cup early betting picture

Brad Waters - Wednesday Sep 20

Bookies have the Tulloch Lodge-trained Stampede as the favourite to earn a Caulfield Cup start in Saturday’s Group III MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) at Caulfield.

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Bookies are expecting a Stampede from punters betting on Saturday's MRC Foundation Cup.

The race offers a Caulfield Cup ballot exemption to the winner and a field of 16 stayers has accepted for the $150,000 contest.

Stampede was a comfortable first-up winner at Moonee Valley on September 9 and has opened as short as $4.20 to notch his third stakes win for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

Abbey Marie is the second pick at prices between $5.50 and $6.50 after her last-start second in the Group II Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

Amelie’s Star is either a $7 or $7.50 chance while Samovare, another last-start Moonee Valley winner, is trading at quotes from $7.50 to $9.

Below is a comparison of the early markets on Saturday’s MRC Foundation Cup.

No	Horse	Ladbrokes	Sportsbet	CrownBet	William Hill	Bet365	Unibet	PalmerBet
1	Sir Isaac Newton	$20	$21	$19	$20	$26	$21	$21
2	Tally	$11	$12	$11	$11	$11	$11	$12
3	Big Duke	$8.50	$9	$9	$9	$8	$8.50	$8.50
4	Articus	$10	$11	$11	$11	$11	$11	$11
5	Gallante	$71	$67	$71	$71	$41	$51	$51
6	Stampede	$4.20	$4.40	$4.20	$4.40	$4.80	$4.40	$4.60
7	Boom Time	$21	$20	$21	$21	$18	$20	$20
8	Harlem	$9	$9	$9.50	$9.50	$11	$10	$10
9	Amelie's Star	$7.50	$7.50	$7.50	$7.50	$7	$7.50	$7.50
10	Abbey Marie	$6	$6	$6.50	$6.50	$5.50	$6	$6
11	Second Bullet	$21	$20	$21	$21	$31	$26	$26
12	Harlow Gold	$16	$16	$16	$16	$15	$16	$16
13	Vengeur Masque	$21	$23	$23	$23	$21	$21	$21
14	Magnapal	$26	$27	$26	$26	$31	$26	$26
15	Samovare	$7.50	$7.50	$8	$8	$9.00	$8.50	$8.50
16	Settler's Stone	$41	$46	$41	$41	$51	$41	$41

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