Well $3.00 will be good enough for me.

It's one of the most sub-standard Cup fields I've seen, barring the Prince.

Etherial was on his last legs in the Caulfield Cup, and Sky Heights has proven in the past that he can't run two miles.

The run of Hill of Grace was the only other meritable performance I saw in that race (from a Melbourne Cup point of view), and she also has flopped in big staying races before.

And I think it's too bigger task for a European to win unless it is something special. Fair enough they have been placed in past, and run 4th's and 5th's, but they've all been plodders who just didn't have the class to win.

To be honest, I was surprised that Universal Prince didn't start in the Caulfield Cup in preferance to the Cox Plate. He would have won comfortably in my opinion.

He probably won't start as short as 2/1, maybe even 7/2, but he is definitely the biggest standout I've seen in the Cup since Might And Power.

If a European wins the Cup I'll never bet again.