Trackwalker Info + Banker Bets

Here are the expected track patterns, conditions and banker bets for Melbourne Cup day at Flemington and Randwick's Big Dance meeting.

Our banker bets are based solely on standout ratings across their last 3 starts.

FLEMINGTON

TOTAL STARTERS: 162

TRACK: Soft 6

WEATHER: Up to 15mm of rain forecast

TRACKWALKER: Course holding up well but there’s some wear and tear on lanes 1 and 2. We are forecasting lanes 3,4,5,6, to be the go-to place for most of the day. In the bigger fields [Cup] we might see them get out real wide as there’s a space of lanes around lane 14 that feel drier than the rest of the course. This is the best ground.

BANKER: R9 #3 LITERARY MAGNATE

RANDWICK

TOTAL STARTERS: 147

TRACK: GOOD 4

WEATHER: Showers with up to 3mm of rain

TRACKWALKER: Plenty of use of the track in recent weeks with just last Saturday off over the past month. Lanes 1 and 2 are inferior, better in lanes 3,4,5,6 but even better again 7+

BANKER: R5 #1 BANDERSNATCH

Good luck!