Bendigo Cup Day best bets & quaddie tips | October 26, 2022
| What | Bendigo Cup Day |
| Where | Bendigo Jockey Club – Heinz St, White Hills VIC 3550 |
| When | Wednesday, October 26, 2022 |
| First Race | 12:30pm AEDT |
The annual Bendigo Cup race-day will be held at the Bendigo Jockey Club on Wednesday. Even though the fields could be hampered by the heavy rain in Victoria over the last few days, we should still see a very competitive nine-race program, which will be highlighted by the Group 3 $500,000 Bendigo Cup. The track is currently rated a Heavy 9 with the rail sitting in the true position for the entire circuit. Racing will begin at 12:30pm AEDT.
Bendigo Cup Tip: Port Philip
In the Group 3 $500,000 Bendigo Cup, only eight horses have accepted to take their place in the feature race, with many trainers opting not to send their horses to a testing rain-affected track on Wednesday. One of the horses that looks very hard to beat over 2400m on a Heavy rated track is the Julius Sandhu-trained Port Philip, who has now won four on the bounce since August 17. This five-year-old gelding has progressed very nicely this campaign after taking out his maiden at Cranbourne over 1600m, to then progress all the way up to a Benchmark 84 at Caulfield on October 12 over 2400m. This son of Camelot has a very good record on Heavy tracks with three wins from five starts, with all of those wins coming this preparation. If the track is still Heavy on race day, we expect to see a flood of money to come for this talented galloper. And if that is the case, the $3.10 that some online bookmakers are offering may not be available for long.
Bendigo Cup Top Tip
Race 7 – 
#7 Port Philip (7)
5yo Gelding | T: Julius Sandhu | J: Ethan Brown (54kg)
Best Bet: Obfuscation
The Simon Zahra-trained Obfuscation has had two very good runs this preparation and will be looking to continue his upwards trend of placings, after finishing third first-up and second last start, meaning that hopefully a win in just around the corner. Coming out of this four-year-old geldings last two starts, two of the three horses that have finished ahead of this guy have gone on to win their next race. This son of Holler is coming out of very good form races, and now that he finds another rain-affected track and Damien Oliver jumps aboard we should see this guy flying down the outside late and winning on Wednesday.
Best Bet
Race 5 – 
#11 Obfuscation (3)
4yo Gelding | T: Simon Zahra | J: Damien Oliver (59kg)
Next Best Bet: Overkill
In the fourth race of the day over 1100m, the Denis Daffy-trained Overkill looks very hard to beat, after winning his last two starts at Hamilton and Horsham in Benchmark 70 races. After those impressive wins on rain-affected tracks, it seems that this son of Fastnet Rock is ready for a step up in grade to a Benchmark 78 on Wednesday. This six-year-old gelding has returned this preparation in scintillating form, recording two wins from two starts in his second preparation for the Denis Daffy, who obviously has this horse worked out now and he is getting the very best out of him. John Allen will stick with this guy after a successful combination last start. He should be able to bounce on the lead here and be very hard to get past in the straight.
Next Best
Race 4 – 
#3 Overkill (2)
6yo Gelding | T: Denis Daffy | J: John Allen (56.5kg)
Best Value Bet: Real Sensation
Luke Oliver will bring his five-year-old gelding, Real Sensation, to Bendigo on Wednesday to contest the last race of the day in a Benchmark 78 over 1400m. This son of Real Impact was very good first-up from a spell at his last start over 1400m at Caulfield on October 12, where he flew home late to beat Corona Lad right on the line and win by a nose. Jamie Mott rode this gelding last start and he will stick with him as he heads to Bendigo, which is a positive push for us as he is only going to Bendigo for three rides. If this guy gets any luck in running from barrier three, we should see him running down the outside late, looking to go two from two this preparation.
Best Value
Race 9 – 
#5 Real Sensation (3)
5yo Gelding | T: Luke Oliver | J: Jamie Mott (57.5kg)
Wednesday quaddie tips for Bendigo
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