2014 July Cup Betting Tips and Preview Pt 1

We are only a week out from one of the best races you will find anywhere in the summer flat season - the July Cup at Sandown. With final declarations still a few days off, it’s worth taking a look at things now in an effort to pick up any better odds if we have a genuine chance to do so. 

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There is plenty to like about this 1m2f race and a full selection of talented runners are set to contest the race. 

The odds currently being floated on a few sites look a bit random - with a number of extremely short-priced Coolmore runners being listed. If only some of them were actually going to run in the race. They have Australia and Adelaide both listed to run but look unlikely to do so. Especially with Australia having just won at the weekend at the Curragh. 

Adelaide has been competing at significantly lower levels and remains only a Group 3 winner with a decent Group 2 placing last time out in the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot. He has, notably, been sent off as the betting favourite in every race that he has run in. The truth is, we are much more likely to see the likes of Verrazano line up in this contest instead with bookmakers floating him as the 4/1 3rd choice for the contest on the back of a credible recent run. 

The betting favourite at this point is hyper mare The Fugue who returns to battle here with a very short price of 7/4 in the antepost market and you can expect that price to drop significantly as we get past the next declaration stage. 

She has been resting for a couple of weeks since her smashing victory at Royal Ascot when she got the better of Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Magician last year when sent off at a tasty 11/2 price tag. Magician had defeated the Fugue in that race and looked very good doing so. She had travelled to Sha Tin last year as well and could only muster up a second place finish in the big feature there despite going off at an even money price tag.