Craig Newitt is one of the most prominent jockeys to emerge from Tasmania, but how many times has he won the Melbourne Cup? HorseBetting.com.au checks out Newitt’s credentials and considers his chances in the 2021 edition of the race that stops a nation.
Craig Newitt’s Melbourne Cup record
Newitt has racked up several Group 1 titles in his time – most notably aboard Miss Andretti for the Lee Freedman yard – but he is yet to claim a Melbourne Cup. Can he change that this year?
Who is Craig Newitt riding in the 2021 Melbourne Cup?
She’s Ideel is among the handful of Melbourne Cup horses this year who look set to go off at tripe digits. The six-year-old mare had a win earlier this spring in the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes, but since then she has managed only midfield finishes in the Metropolitan Handicap and the Caulfield Cup. It is hard to see her making up the many lengths required to beat the likes of Incentivise.
She’s Ideel
- Age: 6YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Mare
- Sire: Dundeel
- Dam: Ana’s Mail
Win: $81.00
Place: $21.00
Best odds at Ladbrokes
Career stats for She’s Ideel
- Career: 25: 6-6-5
- Flemington: 1: 0-0-0
- Distance: 1: 0-0-0
- Wet: 8: 4-1-2
- Good: 17: 2-5-3
- Group 1: 5: 0-1-1
- Win %: 24%
- Place %: 68%
2021 Melbourne Cup odds
Flemington – Race 7
Lexus Melbourne Cup
Status: Open
Track Rating: Good4
Weather: FINE
AUS
3200m
03:00pm – Tue 2nd Nov
A & S Freedmanᐅ
D T O’brienᐅ
Ben & J D Hayesᐅ
Andrew Baldingᐅ
Symon Wildeᐅ
C Maher & D Eustaceᐅ
C Maher & D Eustaceᐅ
G Waterhouse & A Bottᐅ
Joseph O’brienᐅ
C J Wallerᐅ
Bjorn Bakerᐅ
Matthew Cumaniᐅ
M Baker & A Forsmanᐅ
P & P Snowdenᐅ
C J Wallerᐅ
P G Moodyᐅ
M, W & J Hawkesᐅ
Robert Hickmottᐅ
C J Wallerᐅ
C Maher & D Eustaceᐅ
G Waterhouse & A Bottᐅ
Denis Paganᐅ
C J Wallerᐅ
C Maher & D Eustaceᐅ
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