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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