Darley Classic head-to-head betting Redzel vs. Chautauqua

Redzel vs Chautauqua Darley Classic

FORGET The Everest, this is the true sprint race of the Australian spring.

The Group One Darley Classic is the premier sprint event of the Cup Carnival and the pair we are looking at today are superstar gelding Redzel and the grey flash Chautauqua.

Can Redzel maintain its brilliant run after winning The Everest in sensational fashion, or will the thunder from down under strike again on the Flemington track?

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2017 Darley Classic betting

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Redzel form

Redzel
Will it be another big race crown for star sprinter Redzel?

Racing for the first-time since its spectacular win in The Everest back on October 14, a win in the Darley Classic would cement Redzel’s legacy as Australia’s best sprinter.

A triumph on Saturday would also hand this horse its sixth-straight victory, four of which were group races. In fact, the last 12 months has yielded eight starts for six wins and two photo-finish seconds.

The record is formidable, and another big tick for Redzel is the fact it has confronted Flemington in the past and came away victorious.

Can the gun gelding register yet another group one title?

Redzel is the $3.70 favourite to win the Darley Classic at Sportsbet

Chautauqua form

Chautauqua
Can Chautauqua turn the tables on Redzel?

Also running for the first time since The Everest, Chautauqua was actually meant to line up in the Manikato Stakes a fortnight ago but was scratched at the barriers in bizzare circumstances.

This race looks ideally suited to Chautauqua though, which will be itching to get back out on the track after the unfortunate circumstances two Friday night’s ago.

The wide Flemington straight will give Chautauqua the room to move it did not get in The Everest, in what was arguably the best finishing horse in the field. We all know that the great grey possesses a mean turn of foot in the final 200m, the question will be, can he get close enough?

Chautauqua is paying $6 to to win the Darley Classic at Sportsbet

Redzel vs. Chautauqua betting tip

The re-match that horse racing enthusiasts wanted to see occurs this Saturday at Racing HQ when the winner of The Everest Redzel confronts arguably the fastest finishing horse Chautauqua.

Redzel’s record reads as good as any in the history of sprint racing but there is a certain amount of x-factor that comes when great grey Chautauqua exits the stalls.

Will Redzel be able to boot away from the front and have it over by the 100m mark again or can Chautauqua storm home late to the delight of the crowd?

We favour Chautauqua here. The closing speed in The Everest was absolutely phenomenal and we feel had the horse been given anything close to clear running room at the top of the straight it would have taken out the inaugural running of the race.

Back the grey flash to produce one more effort of brilliance in what could be its final group one race at Flemington.

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