2024 The Everest and Caulfield Cup Day Group 1 tips and betting strategies, from our experts

Saddle up punters, Group 1 racing at Randwick and Caulfield headlines a bumper Saturday of spring carnival racing and the experts at Racenet and Punters have tips for The Everest, King Charles III Stakes and the Caulfield Cup.

Saddle up punters, Group 1 racing at Randwick and Caulfield headlines a bumper Saturday of spring carnival racing and the experts at Racenet and Punters have you covered with tips.

Below are the top three selections for each expert (listed in alphabetical order) plus their suggested bet type.

The races covered in this edition are the Caulfield Cup, The Everest and King Charles III Stakes.

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ADAM SHERRY

Caulfield Cup
1st – Buckaroo (No. 2)
2nd – Zardozi (No. 13)
3rd – Duke De Sessa (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Buckaroo (win)

The Everest
1st – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
2nd – Joliestar (No. 8)
3rd – Traffic Warden (No. 10)
Suggested bet: I Wish I Win (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
2nd – Fangirl (No. 10)
3rd – Celestial Legend (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Pride Of Jenni (win)

• Clinton Payne’s The Everest tips, runner-by-runner form assessment

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ADAM DOBBIN

Caulfield Cup
1st – Zardozi (No. 13)
2nd – Buckaroo (No. 2)
3rd – Land Legend (No. 8)
Suggested bet: Zardozi (each-way)

The Everest
1st – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
2nd – Joliestar (No. 8)
3rd – Traffic Warden (No. 10)
Suggested bet: I Wish I Win (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Fangirl (No. 10)
2nd – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
3rd – Celestial Legend (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Fangirl (win)

• Clinton Payne’s Caulfield Cup tips, runner-by-runner form assessment

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ALEX DONNELLY

Caulfield Cup
1st – Land Legend (No. 8)
2nd – Zardozi (No. 13)
3rd – Buckaroo (No. 2)
Suggested bet: Land Legend (win)

The Everest
1st – Traffic Warden (No. 10)
2nd – Growing Empire (No. 9)
3rd – Sunshine In Paris (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Traffic Warden (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Fangirl (No. 10)
2nd – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
3rd – Ceolwulf (No. 6)
Suggested bet: Fangirl (win)

• Clinton Payne’s King Charles III Stakes tips, runner-by-runner form assessment

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BEN DORRIES

Caulfield Cup
1st – Zardozi (No. 13)
2nd – Buckaroo (No. 2)
3rd – Knight’s Choice (No. 11)
Suggested bet: Knight’s Choice (place)

The Everest
1st – Stefi Magnetica (No. 6)
2nd – Traffic Warden (No. 10)
3rd – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
Suggested bet: Stefi Magnetica (each-way)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
2nd – Fangirl (No. 10)
3rd – Ceolwulf (No. 6)
Suggested bet: Pride Of Jenni (win)

• The special bond that led Jamie Kah to her first The Everest

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BRAD WATERS

Caulfield Cup
1st – Deny Knowledge (No. 15)
2nd – Muramasa (No. 12)
3rd – Buckaroo (No. 2)
Suggested bet: Deny Knowledge (win)

The Everest
1st – Growing Empire (No. 9)
2nd – Traffic Warden (No. 10)
3rd – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
Suggested bet: Growing Empire (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
2nd – Ceolwulf (No. 5)
3rd – Fangirl (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Pride Of Jenni (win)

• Eliyass gone from ‘strength to strength’ ahead of Saturday’s 2024 Caulfield Cup

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CHRIS VERNUCCIO

Caulfield Cup
1st – Buckaroo (No. 2)
2nd – Eliyass (No. 7)
3rd – Zardozi (No. 13)
Suggested bet: Buckaroo (each-way)

The Everest
1st – Growing Empire (No. 9)
2nd – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
3rd – Storm Boy (No. 11)
Suggested bet: Growing Empire (each-way)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
2nd – Fangirl (No. 10)
3rd – Amelia’s Jewel (No. 12)
Suggested bet: Pride Of Jenni (win)

• ‘There is a little bit of nerves’: Waller keyed up for The Everest tilt

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CLINTON PAYNE

Caulfield Cup
1st – Sayedaty Sadaty (No. 18)
2nd – Zardozi (No. 13)
3rd – Positivity (No. 17)
Suggested bet: Sayedaty Sadaty (each-way)

The Everest
1st – Traffic Warden (No. 10)
2nd – Bella Nipotina (No. 4)
3rd – Joliestar (No. 8)
Suggested bet: Traffic Warden (each-way)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
2nd – Fangirl (No. 10)
3rd – Celestial Legend (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Pride Of Jenni (win)

• Former jockey Steven Arnold gives Waller a key advantage in Caulfield Cup

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DANIEL SANKEY

Caulfield Cup
1st – Eliyass (No. 7)
2nd – Land Legend (No. 8)
3rd – Sayedaty Sadaty (No. 18)
Suggested bet: Eliyass (each-way)

The Everest
1st – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
2nd – Growing Empire (No. 9)
3rd – Bella Nipotina (No. 4)
Suggested bet: I Wish I Win (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Fangirl (No. 10)
2nd – Ceolwulf (No. 6)
3rd – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
Suggested bet: Fangirl (win)

• Racing Confidential: US Jockey Club backs The Everest’s Group 1 status

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GILBERT GARDNER

Caulfield Cup
1st – Zardozi (No. 13)
2nd – Deny Knowledge (No. 15)
3rd – Warmonger (No. 6)
Suggested bet: Zardozi (each-way)

The Everest
1st – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
2nd – Traffic Warden (No. 10)
3rd – Joliestar (No. 8)
Suggested bet: I Wish I Win (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Celestial Legend (No. 7)
2nd – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
3rd – Fangirl (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Celestial Legend (each-way)

• ‘I never dreamt I would get a horse like I Am Me’: Owners’ Dynamic Everest ride

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JETT HATTON

Caulfield Cup
1st – Positivity (No. 17)
2nd – Buckaroo (No. 2)
3rd – Duke De Sessa (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Positivity (each-way)

The Everest
1st – Joliestar (No. 8)
2nd – Sunshine In Paris (No. 7)
3rd – Growing Empire (No. 9)
Suggested bet: Joliestar (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Pride Of Jenni No. 9)
2nd – Fangirl (No. 10)
3rd – Celestial Legend (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Pride Of Jenni (win)

• The Everest trainer Annabel Neasham no stranger to royal treatment

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LUKE SHEEHAN

Caulfield Cup
1st – Sayedaty Sadaty (No. 18)
2nd – Zardozi (No. 13)
3rd – Warmonger (No. )
Suggested bet: Sayedaty Sadaty (each-way)

The Everest
1st – Joliestar (No. 8)
2nd – Traffic Warden (No. 10)
3rd – Private Eye (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Joliestar (each-way)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
2nd – Tom Kitten (No. 8)
3rd – Fangirl (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Pride Of Jenni (win)

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• Laurie’s Longshots: $26 tip in Caulfield Cup

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MITCH COHEN

Caulfield Cup
1st – Warmonger (No. 6)
2nd – Zardozi (No. 13)
3rd – Land Legend (No. 8)
Suggested bet: Warmonger (win)

The Everest
1st – Sunshine In Paris (No. 7)
2nd – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
3rd – Private Eye (No. 3)
Suggested bet: Sunshine In Paris (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Ceolwulf (No. 6)
2nd – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
3rd – Fangirl (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Ceolwulf (win)

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• Shayne O’Cass’s tips, race-by-race analysis for The Everest day at Royal Randwick

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RAY THOMAS

Caulfield Cup
1st – Zardozi (No. 13)
2nd – Eliyass (No. 7)
3rd – Buckaroo (No. 2)
Suggested bet: Zardozi (each-way)

The Everest
1st – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
2nd – Sunshine In Paris (No. 7)
3rd – Stefi Magnetica (No. 6)
Suggested bet: Sunshine In Paris (each-way)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Fangirl (No. 10)
2nd – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
3rd – Celestial Legend (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Fangirl (win)

• Jockey Ben Thompson in a happy place ahead of Caulfield Cup bid

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SHAYNE O’CASS

Caulfield Cup
1st – Sayedaty Sadaty (No. 18)
2nd – Kalapour (No. 1)
3rd – Land Legend (No. 8)
Suggested bet: Sayedaty Sadaty (each-way)

The Everest
1st – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
2nd – Private Eye (No. 2)
3rd – Sunshine In Paris (No. 7)
Suggested bet: I Wish I Win (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Celestial Legend (No. 7)
2nd – Ceolwulf (No. 6)
3rd – Fangirl (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Celestial Legend (each-way)

Zac Lloyd makes the case for Stefi Magnetica in The Everest.

🎥 via @ClintonPaynepic.twitter.com/wvv7UXFy8P

— Racenet (@RacenetTweets) October 17, 2024

• The Everest Day Turf Talk: ‘Crazy to Think he missed a slot’

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TRENTON AKERS

Caulfield Cup
1st – Deny Knowledge (No. 15)
2nd – Land Legend (No. 8)
3rd – Sayedaty Sadaty (No. 18)
Suggested bet: Deny Knowledge (win)

The Everest
1st – Bella Nipotina (No. 4)
2nd – Stefi Magnetica (No. 6)
3rd – Sunshine In Paris (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Bella Nipotina (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
2nd – Ceowolf (No. 6)
3rd – Fangirl (No. 10)
Suggested bet: Pride Of Jenni (win)

🎥 | Ciaron Maher assesses the chances of his three Everest runners - Bella Nipotina, I Am Me and Growing Empire. @[e-mail]/PEtueubmJh

— Racenet (@RacenetTweets) October 16, 2024

• Damien Oliver’s Caulfield Cup tips: Why the start holds the key to top pick’s chances

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TYLER MAUND

Caulfield Cup
1st – Buckaroo (No. 2)
2nd – Warmonger (No. 6)
3rd – Deny Knowledge (No. 15)
Suggested bet: Buckaroo (win)

The Everest
1st – Growing Empire (No. 9)
2nd – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
3rd – I Am Me (No. 5)
Suggested bet: Growing Empire (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
2nd – Fangirl (No. 10)
3rd – Celestial Legend (No. 7)
Suggested bet: Celestial Legend (place)

Jay Ford on why Private Eye can win The Everest.

🎥 via @ClintonPaynepic.twitter.com/eZO8KvpYZw

— Racenet (@RacenetTweets) October 16, 2024

• Ceolwulf can match ‘breathtaking’ Epsom win: Schofield

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XAVIER PEGUM

Caulfield Cup
1st – Buckaroo (No. 2)
2nd – Land Legend (No. 8)
3rd – Zardozi (No. 13)
Suggested bet: Buckaroo (win)

The Everest
1st – I Wish I Win (No. 1)
2nd – Joliestar (No. 8)
3rd – Traffic Warden (No. 10)
Suggested bet: I Wish I Win (win)

King Charles Stakes
1st – Pride Of Jenni (No. 9)
2nd – Fangirl (No. 10)
3rd – Ceolwulf (No. 6)
Suggested bet: Pride Of Jenni (win)

Kerrin McEvoy on why Growing Empire can win The Everest.

🎥 via @ClintonPaynepic.twitter.com/Pq1NAVOU65

— Racenet (@RacenetTweets) October 16, 2024