Early betting picture for the Carlyon Stakes

Brad Waters - Wednesday August 23

Last year's winner Heatherly has opened as a warm favourite to make it back-to-back Carlyon Stakes wins at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

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El Divino is in the early betting on Saturday's Carlyon Stakes. Photo: Steve Hart

Heatherly started as a $2.90 favourite in last year's win but could jump shorter than that quote on Saturday after opening as short as $2.05 on Wednesday afternoon.

Bookies have adjusted their prices to have Heatherly at either $2.25 or $2.30 and have the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained mare as the favourite ahead of the Darren Weir stable entrant Speedeor at $4.50.

Goodwood runner-up Missrock is on the next line of betting at either $7 or $7.50 ahead of Winx's little brother El Divino, who is trading at either $8 or $8.50.

Below is a comparison of the early markets on Saturday's Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valley.

No	Horse	Ladbrokes	Sportsbet	William Hill	CrownBet
1	JUNGLE EDGE	$18	$18	$18	$18
2	KEEN ARRAY	$11	$12	$11	$12
3	GENERAL TRUCE	$91	$101	$91	$91
4	SUNDAY ESCAPE	$26	$23	$23	$26
5	PRUSSIAN VIXEN	$26	$27	$26	$26
6	ORUJO	$26	$27	$26	$26
7	O'MALLEY	$14	$15	$15	$15
8	EL DIVINO	$8	$8.50	$8	$8.50
9	SPEEDEOR	$5.50	$5.50	$5.50	$5.50
10	HEATHERLY	$2.25	$2.25	$2.25	$2.30
11	MISSROCK	$7	$7.50	$7	$7
12	LADY ESPRIT	$18	$19	$18	$19
13	ONE MORE DAISY	$34	$35	$34	$34

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