Epsom Handicap early betting picture

Clinton Payne - Tuesday September 26

Race favourite Happy Clapper has firmed since the field was finalised and barrier draw held for the $1 million Group I Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

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Chris Waller has four of the five favourites in the Epsom final field market.
Photo: Darryl Sherer.

The Pat Webster-trained gelding was a $4.60 chance before bookies pulled all-in markets and after drawing perfectly in barrier 4 for the feature handicap, he's now a high price of $3.80.

Chris Waller's Egg Tart is battling an eye infection and yet to be cleared to take her place in the field by the Racing NSW vet but she remains a solid second elect at $5.50 ahead of her stablemates Comin' Through ($8.50), Foxplay and Tom Melbourne ($10).

It's then out to $15 chance Sound Proposition, with the outsider Embley at $101.

The opening final field markets for the Epsom Handicap are.

No

Horse

Sportsbet

Ladbrokes

CrownBet

Luxbet

Bet365

Palmerbet

Unibet

1

HAPPY CLAPPER

$3.60

$3.60

$3.80

$3.80

$3.75

$3.60

$3.80

2

FOXPLAY

$10

$10

$9

$10

$9

$10

$10

3

SOUND PROPOSITION

$14

$13

$15

$13

$13

$14

$14

4

HE'S OUR ROKKII

$17

$16

$17

$16

$17

$16

$17

5

RED EXCITEMENT

$17

$16

$15

$16

$15

$16

$17

6

MCCREERY

$15

$15

$17

$15

$15

$16

$15

7

I AM A STAR

$31

$26

$21

$26

$31

$26

$31

8

ZANBAGH

$17

$17

$17

$17

$17

$17

$17

9

TOM MELBOURNE

$9

$9

$8

$9

$10

$9

$9

10

EGG TART

$5

$5

$5.50

$5

$5

$5

$4.80

11

COMIN' THROUGH

$8

$8

$7.50

$8

$8

$8.50

$8

12

SAVILE ROW

$51

$51

$34

$51

$61

$51

$61

13

SNITZSON

$61

$51

$41

$51

$61

$61

$61

14

EMBLEY

$101

$101

$101

$101

$61

$81

$81

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