Geelong Cup 2023 Tips

<h2>Geelong Cup 2023 Tips</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The $500,000 Group 3 Geelong Cup, run over 2400m, is the premier country cup run during the Victorian <a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/huddle/horse-racing/news/spring-racing-carnival-guide-2023">Spring Racing Carnival.</a></p> <p>Victoria’s biggest city outside Melbourne shuts its doors to celebrate Geelong Cup day. The locals flock to Geelong racecourse for a day of fun, frivolity and punting, although it can get a little fruity between the city slickers and those who travel from nearby country areas bump heads when swapping Geelong Cup tips in the many marquees stretched along the lawns.</p> <p>The Geelong Cup, first run in 1872, has a wonderful history, but, incredibly, only in modern times has the race had any significance as a lead-up to the <a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/huddle/horse-racing/melbourne-cup">Melbourne Cup</a>. It took until 2002 for the Irish star Media Puzzle to be first Geelong Cup winner to go on to win at Flemington, famously with a grieving Damien Oliver in the saddle.</p> <p>Since then, the Geelong Cup has become a target race for local and the international trainers looking for a warm-up run before the Melbourne Cup. The little English grey Bauer won in 2008, but he missed winning the Melbourne Cup when Viewed beat him a nose. The French stayers Americain and Dunaden won at Geelong and Flemington in 2010 and 2011, and Prince Of Arran (2019) and last year’s Geelong Cup winner Emissary went on to be placed in the Melbourne Cup.</p> <p>The obvious racing tip is to look for horses in the Geelong Cup field that have strong Melbourne Cup aspirations.</p> <p>This year’s Geelong Cup has attracted a strong field of stayers, headed by veteran 2021 Melbourne Cup placegetter Spanish Mission and the rising star First Immortal. The 2023 Australian Derby runner-up Virtuous Circle and last year’s Melbourne Cup third-placed High Emocean will be amongst the Geelong Cup tips for most punters.</p> <p>One of the top Geelong Cup tips, First Immortal, will need to win the Geelong Cup well enough to attract a weight penalty to lift him in the Melbourne Cup order of entry. Unfortunately, he has drawn barrier 15, which will be a test for his jockey Jamie Kah.</p> <p>Other Melbourne Cup contenders in the Geelong Cup field include Ashrun, King Frankel, Sir Lucan and Amade.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>The Leading Geelong Cup 2023 Tips&nbsp;</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>First Immortal</strong></p> <p>Trainers Mark and Levi Kavanagh have set First Immortal to win the Geelong Cup in an effort to gain an entry into the Melbourne Cup. A wide barrier beat him when second behind Future History in The Bart Cummings at Flemington. He’s drawn wide again, but he’s now primed and remains our top Geelong Cup tip.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Spanish Mission</strong></p> <p>He ran third behind Verry Elleegant and Incentivise in one of the highest rated Melbourne Cups in modern history in 2021. However, trainer Peter Moody – and recent partner Katherine Coleman – has struggled to get the import fit after a series of injuries. He has the top weight of 60kg and Blake Shinn rides. Recent form is encouraging and he’s one of the better racing tips.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Virtuous Circle</strong></p> <p>If you get a chance to watch a replay of The Bart Cummings, run at Flemington on October 7, it’s impossible not to watch Virtuous Circle running into behind most of the home straight. There’s a case for him to have won that race. Trainer Liam Howley has him back to his best form and he’s a value Geelong Cup tip.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Geelong Cup 2023 Odds</h2>

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