Also look out for Chris Lewis, who will take the drive on the Greg Bond-trained Report For Duty and holds the record for the most driving successes in the race with five winners.

Favourite’s for Fremantle Cup.

Im Themightyquinn

Rated by Gary Hall Snr as hardest of his runners to beat

To be driven by Gary Hall Jnr

They have combined to win the Fremantle Cup on two previous occasions: The Falcon Strike in 2002 and 2004.

Having second run back from a spell after being beaten as favourite behind Scan Air at Northam on November 24.

Was beaten eight lengths in a trial at Byford last week but Hall has advised punters to dismiss that effort and is confident he will be hard to beat.

Report For Duty

• One of two runners for Greg Bond
• Seeking his second Fremantle Cup success after Money Magnet’s win in 2006.
• Champion reinsman Chris Lewis to take the Drive
• Michael George to drive Bond’s second runner Mister Odds On
• Was an easy trial mobile trial winner at Byford last Sunday by 14 metres when he dashed over the final 800 metres in 58.3sec and the last 400 in 28.6secs.

Bonavista Bay

• A brilliant winner of last week’s Golden Nugget
• Has to beat the history books to win the Fremantle Cup
• No Nugget winner has won a Fremantle Cup and Bonavista Bay is just the fifth Nugget winner to start in a Fremantle Cup

Mister Veejays Fella

• Is trained by Skye Bond-wife of Greg.
• The first husband and wife combination to have runners in the same Fremantle Cup
• Warmed up for the race with a good all-the-way win over Our Malabar last week
• However, this is a harder race.
• Has won 9 of his first 14 starts in WA

Dartmoor and Indian Giver

• According to Hall both are racing well but will need plenty of luck to win

Ohoka Rebel

• Hall upbeat about his chances and believes if he reaches the front and leads will win.

Alzona

• Hall also believes he can win the race if everything goes his way and he gets the right run.

Our Malabar

• A former Victorian pacer that is trained and driven by Bob Mellsop
• Worked brilliantly on Tuesday morning.
• Mellsop’s first drive in a Fremantle Cup
• Produced a brilliant effort last week by going down by a nose to Mister Veejays Fella.

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But we’re not going to see a great one.

Competition between two very good horses like Whobegotyou and Heart of Dreams with Speed Gifted and 3-year-old So You Think thrown in will be fascinating

Outsider Sir Slick has been scratched from this afternoon’s $3 million Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, after failing to pass a veterinary examination on an injured hoof.

Kavanagh paid tribute to Rodd’s ride on Maldivian and said by the time rival jockeys realised they had to make a move the race was over.

”We had guys pressing buttons halfway through the race and, ‘Shit, the bird’s flown’ and Danny Nikolic on Zipping took off and everyone went mad,” Kavanagh said. ”Well, it was just too late. They had to make up too much ground.”

And this afternoon at Moonee Valley we’ll see the hot favourite Whobegotyou try to prove he’s not just a sit-and-sprint horse. He’s going to get that chance because Cox Plates almost never are.

And arch rival Heart Of Dreams will be there to establish he’s got the bigger ticker.

Whobegotyou is a natural backmarker, leaving Kavanagh to hope the race is run at a reasonable tempo. ”Every time you dissect the race, you can see it run a different way,” he said. ”The Cox Plate is a notoriously tactical race. Certainly there will be a lot of jockeys today planning things with owners. You may see someone do something totally out of left field.”

Cummings knows So You Think has Cox Plate potential, but believes the race might just be a little early in the young horse’s career.

Freedman is wily. He’s aiming Speed Gifted at the A$5.5 million Melbourne Cup. He hasn’t said so, but he’s probably worked out that he might just be able to get away with a Cox Plate in a weak year with a horse on the rise.

Each week Matt Campbell previews the weekend’s major sporting and racing events and provides key analysis, latest odds and hot tips. Select the preview you would like to see this week from the available list below.

If you tuned in last week you would have seen Matthew Campbell and John Dow both tipping Viewed for the Caulfield Cup! Who are they tipping this week for the Cox Plate? Watch the Cox Plate preview to find out!

• Audio: Interview: Mark Kavanagh, Con Karakatsanis (Grandstand)
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• Related Story: Kav predicts no ridiculous Maldivian repeat

The site also has Aussie racing experts Ben Scadden and Lincoln Moore previewing the great race and telling you where to place your hard-earned money.

Australian Champion jockey Damien Oliver also tells fans about his Cox Plates win, while superstar trainer Bart Cummings uses the Herald Sun to tell punters that he believes he holds the key to the 2009 Cox Plate.

Fans can see the videos by following this link!

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