Wodeton Has Edge In Golden Slipper

Though just nabbed in Todman, favourite to still hold sway in world's richest 2YO race

- Michael Lee

This year's Golden Slipper is a wide-open race, as echoed by the generous 4-1 odds of the favourite Wodeton.

But factoring in a few known facts about the idiosyncratic Australian 2YO feature can help narrow down the shortlist on March 22.

With a capacity field of 16 high-on-energy juveniles going helter-skelter at the start of the 1,200m journey at Rosehill, predicting the speedmap can be a tricky affair.

However, a couple of trends do help sort the wheat from the chaff in the world's richest 2YO race at A$5 million (S$4.2 million).

It turns out that the current batch of two-year-olds have already revealed where they settle and what their patterns are.

It is one of the most important races to get the speedmap right, because these youngsters are so evenly matched that those backmarkers may not be good enough to overcome such a huge obstacle.

For that matter, the Golden Slipper has tended over the years to favour these horses who get the right run just behind the speed.