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Here to shock heads 2024 Big dance floor and chances

Here to shock heads 2024 Big dance floor and chances

In shape Hayes Team-trained super heavyweight Here to shock heads bets Race “Big Dance 2024” in Sydney it is Melbourne Cup Day.

Tuesday’s main event will be the 164th running of the “Race that Stops a Nation” with 2024 Melbourne Cup steals the show in Flemington at 15:00 (AEDT)in Sydney in Randwick on the same day, the country gallopers are playing for a lucrative $3 million. Big dance (1600 m), which this year officially received listed status.

Sitting on top Big Dance field and betting marketAt Ladbrokes.com.au, Here To Shock is chasing a hat-trick but will need to handle the huge weight well.

A talented seven-year-old shocking boy hit an alley on the field for 20 starting players with Nash Rawillerwho guided first-time winner Rustic Steel to victory in 2022 for Chris Lees, has been booked to compete in the 62kg weight class.


Jockey Nash Rawiller is hoping for his second win in The Big Dance after riding Rustique Stella to victory in 2022 when he partners favorite Here To Shock on Tuesday.


Here To Shock won the Group 3 Cameron Handicap (1500m) at Newcastle for two carrying 59kg before his last start. Alan Browne won the $1.5 million Rosehill by a narrow margin on his last start.

Dangers occupying equal second place Bets on the Big Dance $5.50 each runner-up in Alan Brown Stakes Gringotts with a second outer lane to cross and Chris Lees‘last start winner Tavi Time lose noticeable weight.

Gringotts may have taken a nasty hit Big Dance hurdle drawbut there is money for Ciaron Maher-taught five-year-old Per Incanto how to negotiate lanes and get back into winning form.

At the last training he won three trots and this time he breaks away with a result Tommy Berry will arrive on board in Sydney this weekend.

Time in Tawi Meanwhile, the horse to back in the Big Dance depends on weight, with the son of Newcastle-based Tavistock winning his last start at the Warwick Farm Mile with 60kg.

He’s in Large dance floor weighs only 53 kg and will fly under these kilograms with Chad Schofield in the saddle from the ninth barrier.

Despite the presence of a capacitance field, currently another Contenders for the Big Dance have a clear chance of winning.

Early Driving force of the big dance market meanwhile this Annabelle Neesham and Rob Archibald-trained Redstone well ($23 to $17), having won two of his last three starts.

The six-year-old impressed with big weight at the Port Macquarie Cup and earned his place in Tuesday’s competition by dropping from 62kg to 55.5kg.

In 2024, The Big Dance will take place as Randwick Race 5 at 2:20pm (AEDT).

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