The Group 1 horse race The Metropolitan is set to start on Saturday as part of Epsom Handicap Day, and 13 runners will test their endurance over 2400 metres.
Herculian Prince leads the early market odds at SportsBet at $3.20 to win, with a barrier 6 draw and carrying a weight of 55.5kg. Despite his loss in the Colin Stephen Quality, Herculian Prince is deservedly favoured due to finishing ahead of many of the other top runners in prior events.
Mr Charlie is next in the odds for The Metropolitan, at $4.80 to win. Carrying 54kg will work well for him, but the barrier 9 start does him no favours. He has some past successes at this distance and had a good Naturalism Stakes run, but Mr Charlie hardly looks set to dominate The Metropolitan.
At $7.00 in The Metropolitan odds is No Wine No Song, even with his recent Colin Stephens Quality win and barrier 1 start. The problem is that he’ll be carrying 57kg in a field where most runners will carry around 2 kg less. It is well-worth taking a chance on him, however, as he has previously won longer races than this carrying the same weight.
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