Zipping the early favourite for Sandown Classic
Brad Waters
Thursday, 13 November 2008



Yalumba Stakes winner Douro Valley will take his place in the field in Saturday's Sandown Classic - photo by Steve Hart


Zipping has opened up as a $2,60 favourite to win back-to-back GII Sandown Classics on TAB Sportsbet’s opening markets.

The John Sadler-trained galloper comes off exactly the same lead-in races as last year, running a decent race in the Melbourne Cup before tackling the Sandown Classic.

The weight-for-age scale is in Zipping’s favour as he does not rise in weight from last year’s win and the weight swings to his Melbourne Cup rivals, Boundless and Red Lord are not really enough for them to turn the tables on the son of Danehill.

A major factor that is not present in this year’s edition of the Sandown Classic is a stablemate racing on the pace with Extend not being in this year’s Sandown Classic.

Realistically, Zipping’s form is more than good enough for a Sandown Classic and the weight-for-age scale does suit and is a worthy favourite for the Sandown Classic.

The TAB Sportsbet market currently stands around the 130% mark.


RACE 7 SANDOWN - HILLSIDE (MR) SANDOWN CLASSIC (GROUP 2 SWFA)
START: 14:10 [15/11/2008] DISTANCE: 2400m TIPS:
WEATHER: UNKNOWN TRACK: UNKNOWN PAYING: 1,2,3
Win $0 Place $0 Quinella $0 Exacta $0 Trifecta $0 Quartet $0 Double $0

No. Name Win div Place div Rider Bar Hcp
1 ZIPPING 0.00 0.00 M RODD 10 59
2 DOURO VALLEY 0.00 0.00 J WINKS 8 59
3 BAUGHURST 0.00 0.00 S KING 2 59
4 RED LORD 0.00 0.00 P ROBL 7 59
5 LIGHT VISION 0.00 0.00 B MELHAM 6 59
6 CAPECOVER 0.00 0.00 C WILLIAMS 1 59
7 RED RULER 0.00 0.00 K MCEVOY 5 58
8 ROAD TO ROCK 0.00 0.00 M ZAHRA 3 58
9 REGGIE 0.00 0.00 J BENBOW 4 57
10 BOUNDLESS 0.00 0.00 G CHILDS 9 56