Cross Counter has been installed early favourite to repeat his Melbourne Cup success in 2019.
TAB opened the market for the 2019 Melbourne Cup shortly after the running of this year’s race won impressively by the Charlie Appleby runner.
Equal second favourites in the opening market are placegetters Marmelo, and A Prince Of Arran along with Finche, Latrobe and Rostropovich.
2019 Melbourne Cup - TAB Fixed Odds
$15 Cross Counter
$26 A Prince Of Arran, Finche, Latrobe, Marmelo and Rostropovich all at $26
Others from $51
On Tuesday the biggest bet taken by TAB on Cross Counter to win the 2018 Melbourne Cup was a wager of $50,000 @ $10.
However one TAB customer pulled off one of the great punting wins when he outlaid just $3 and correctly picked the First 4 in order, securing the $38,020.70 dividend three times for a return of $114,062.
Cross Counter’s victory was a positive result for TAB books as opposed to the runner-up Marmelo, which would have been horrific.
Cross Counter returned $9 Fixed Odds ($12 on VIC tote, $12.20 on NSW Tote).
The biggest bet taken by TAB on the Cup was $100,000 each way on Yucatan @ $6/$2.25 but Who Shot Thebarman represented TAB’s biggest liability, in front of Marmelo and Youngstar.
Yucatan ($6-$8-$6) jumped favourite after a spirited battle with Magic Circle ($9-$6-$7.50) which saw them swap positions in betting midway through the day.
BETS OF NOTE
*All bets Fixed Odds unless otherwise stated
CROSS COUNTER: $50,000 @ $10; $6,000 @ $11, $2,200 @ $10, $4,500 @ $9.50; $2,250 @ $9.50; $2,000 @ $11; $2,000 each-way @ $9.50/$3.12; $2,000 @ $9; $1,000 @ $26 placed on August 8; $800 @ $26 placed on August 6.
Multis Bets of Note involving Cross Counter
$800 @ $127.50 to collect $102,000 on Brave Smash (won Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley on October 26)/Cross Counter (won Melbourne Cup).
$10 @ $7644 to collect $76,440 on Brooks Koepka (won US PGA Championship)/The Autumn Sun (won Caulfield Guineas on October 13)/Cross Counter (won Melbourne Cup) placed on August 9.
$122 @ $156 to collect $19,032 on Redzel (won TAB Everest at Randwick on October 13)/Cross Counter (won Melbourne Cup) placed on August 22.
Tabcorp held more than $170 million in turnover on the Flemington meeting including $115 million alone on the Melbourne Cup across its TAB and UBET brands.
Total Tabcorp turnover on Flemington was down 7% on 2017, with the wet track conditions having an impact on wagering.
This was the first Melbourne Cup day since Tabcorp and Tatts combined last December.
Tabcorp now operates retail wagering in more than 4,300 venues in NSW, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT and Northern Territory as well as via digital and call centre channels.
