Caulfield Cup 2023 Racing Tips

<h2>Caulfield Cup 2023 Racing Tips</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Caulfield Cup has its mojo back.</p> <p>The $5 million Caulfield Cup 2023 – run over 2400 metres at Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday as race 9 (5.15pm EST) – is shaping as one of the most open and best quality editions of the race we have seen for a decade. There is hardly a horse in the 18-horse field that doesn’t deserve a place in the Caulfield Cup tips.</p> <p>After much debate trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace decided to accept to run with Gold Trip, who was runner-up in last year’s Caulfield Cup and went on to win the Melbourne Cup. He will be top-weight with 58.5kg and will be ridden by Ben Melham.</p> <h2>Caulfield Cup International Horses</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Importantly, there is a strong international representation in the Caulfield Cup field. In the recent past, the Caulfield Cup hasn’t attracted a lot of interest from European trainers, but this year Irishman Joseph O’Brien has two contenders – Valiant King and Okita Soushi – and the father-son partnership of Simon and Ed Crisford have decided that the Caulfield Cup is a better fit for their high-class West Wind Blows, who was so impressive finishing second behind Gold Trip in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on October 7. The Europeans are highly rated in the Caulfield Cup tips. Jamie Kah rides Valiant King at only 50kg and Kerrin McEvoy will be on Okita Sushi (51.5kg).</p> <p>Japanese horses have a great record in the Caulfield Cup. This year’s sole Japanese representative, Breakup, comes to Melbourne with a good record in Japan at the highest level. Local jockey Damian Lane, a regular rider in Japan, has given out a strong racing tip for Breakup by accepting to ride him some time ago. Lane won the Caulfield Cup on the Japanese-trained stayer Mer De Glace in 2019, and he has told reporters Breakup has similar talent. He must be included in your Caulfield Cup tips.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Caulfield Cup Aussie Hopes</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Locally, leading trainer Chris Waller – who has trained two of the past three Caulfield Cup winners – is excited about the chances of his rising star stayer Soulcombe, who will be ridden by Craig Williams at only 53.5kg. Soulcombe is a get-back runner but possesses a brilliant finish. Waller has three of the leading fancies in the Caulfield Cup tips with the in-form Montefilia (jockey Blake Shinn, replacing the suspended Nash Rawiller) and the promising Francesco Guardi (James McDonald) to represent him.</p> <p>There is an air of confidence about the prospects of Without A Fight, who emerged for trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman in the winter in Brisbane. He has been at the top of the Caulfield Cup betting markets and tips since, and he goes into the race off a meticulous one-run spring campaign. The fact that Mark Zahra, who has been the regular rider for Gold Trip, has elected to stick with Without A Fight is a racing tip.</p> <p>Other value plays worth a place in your wider Caulfield Cup tips include Hoo Ya Mal (trained by Gai Waterhouse), Duais (Edward Cummings) and Duke De Sessa (Ciaron Maher and David Eustace).</p> <p><em>NOTE: The Caulfield Cup acceptances are 3.30pm (Wednesday, October 18) and the field and barrier will be announced after the Caulfield meeting at 6.30-7pm.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>The Leading 2023 Caulfield Cup Tips</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>West Wind Blows</strong></p> <p>Quality English stayer who ran a great second behind Gold Trip in the G1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington a fortnight ago. He raced wide on the brutal speed, so to hang on for second was a wonderful effort. He drops 2.5kg and will relish the 2400m. He’s our top Caulfield Cup tip.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Gold Trip</strong></p> <p>Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner has been in brilliant form. His Turnbull Stakes win was awesome and he only needs to run to that form to be one of the leading Caulfield Cup bets. The only query is that the weather Gods are not sending rain, and he can be suspect on firm tracks.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Soulcombe</strong></p> <p>He couldn’t have been more impressive this preparation as trainer Chris Waller said. What Soulcombe possesses is a scintillating finishing burst, which he needs because he’s a notoriously slow starter. Jockey Craig Williams knows him well. Soulcombe has been at the head of the Caulfield Cup markets for a good reason.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Without A Fight</strong></p> <p>Former English stayer who has been given a meticulous preparation by Anthony and Sam Freedman. His sixth behind Alligator Blood in the G1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) was good and will have topped him off nicely.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Breakup</strong></p> <p>Japanese stayers are rated the best in the world, and they have proven themselves time and again in Australia. This horse’s form compares favourably with the most recent Japanese-trained Caulfield Cup winner Mer De Glace (2019), who also was ridden by Damian Lane. The likely firm Good 3 surface won’t worry him.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Valiant King and Okita Soushi</strong></p> <p>Beware the Irish, especially when they are trained by Joseph O’Brien who had two Melbourne Cups on his mantle before he was 30. Valiant King is a northern-hemisphere three-year-old with solid Royal Ascot form and Okita Soushi is a lightweight handicapper who will handle the likely firm track, according to the stable, and he drops 9.5kg from his third in the Irish St Leger.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Caulfield Cup Odds</h2>

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