Group 1 CF Orr Stakes Preview – Sat 6 Feb

The Group 1 $400,000 Sportingbet Orr Stakes is a weight-for-age race over 1400 metres at Caulfield racecourse and is the main event on a nine race program that includes the Group 3 Blue Diamond Preludes (1100m) for two-year-olds as well as the Group 3 Hyderabad R C Stakes (1200m). There will be 10 runners and 9 of those are resuming from spells of 2 months to almost a year with Danzylum the only horse with recent racing.

Quality Runners in the 2010 Orr Stakes

Six of the ten runners are already proven at Group 1 level which should make it a great race. They include Viewed (winner of 2008 Melbourne Cup and 2009 Caulfield Cup), Shocking (2009 Melbourne Cup winner), Sniper’s Bullet (winner of 2009 Railway Stakes and Kingston Town at Ascot, WA), Sirmione (2008 Australian Cup winner), Heart Of Dreams (2009 Underwood Stakes winner), and Typhoon Tracy (2009 Myer Classic winner). In addition Zipping is well performed at weight-for-age with a 3^rd in the 2009 Cox Plate and a win in the Group 2 Sandown Classic.

Orr Stakes Betting

The early betting at Centrebet is dominated by Typhoon Tracy at $1.80. She is the only mare in the field and is Australia’s most highly rated mare. Next in the market is Heart of Dreams at $5, Sniper’s Bullet at $8, Raffaello at $13, Danzylum and Shocking at $21, Viewed at $26, Zipping at $34, Sirmione at $81 and Littorio at $101.