Wizard Daily Report and Research - Tuesday, 7 November 2023 - R&R posted at noon daily.
- Melbourne Cup How the favourites have fared.
- Research - Australian Trainers examining the top trainers around Australia and how they perform in different locations and under different conditions.
Melbourne Cup The favourites
If you missed it, you can check out the record of Melbourne Cup favourites in recent years which was posted in Sunday's Wizard Daily Report. Just click on the Sunday tab above.
Wizard Research Australian trainers analysed - (Victoria trainers seasons comparison)
Today we look at the top trainers on Victorian metropolitan and country tracks, comparing results for the full 2022-2023 season to the current 2023-2024 season.
Some interesting changes. Patrick (Paddy) Payne has dropped out of the top 20 metropolitan rankings for this current season, but remains in the country listing. I think he is a very good trainer and I will be a little surprised if he is not in the metro top 20 before this seasons end. Danny O'Brien is having a good season; improved his metro ranking and his win strike rate which has gone from 7.4% to 14.8%. He has an even bigger improvement in the country classification. A stable in form.
| | Victoria Trainers - seasonal comparison | | | | | | | |
| | Season 2022-2023 | | | Current 2023-2024 | | | Season 2022-2023 | | | Current 2023-2024 | |
| | Metropolitan | win% | | Metropolitan | win% | | Country | win% | | Country | win% |
| 1 | C Maher, D Eustace | 14.7 | | C Maher, D Eustace | 11.8 | | C Maher, D Eustace | 23.4 | | C Maher, D Eustace | 18.9 |
| 2 | Peter G Moody | 17.3 | | Ben, Will, J D Hayes | 17.8 | | Ben, J D Hayes | 14.3 | | Ben, Will, J D Hayes | 19.5 |
| 3 | Ben, J D Hayes | 12.2 | | G Waterhouse, A Bott | 16.2 | | M Price, M Kent Jnr | 16.9 | | M Price, M Kent Jnr | 22.7 |
| 4 | James Cummings | 21.9 | | T Busuttin, N Young | 15.9 | | T Busuttin, N Young | 13.5 | | Danny O'Brien | 26.4 |
| 5 | M Price, M Kent Jnr | 13.9 | | P Moody, K Coleman | 10.9 | | Lindsey Smith | 22.1 | | R Griffiths, M de Kock | 24.4 |
| 6 | Patrick Payne | 13.6 | | M Price, M Kent Jnr | 13.3 | | Peter G Moody | 20.6 | | Paul Preusker | 15.5 |
| 7 | Michael Moroney | 11.0 | | Danny O'Brien | 14.8 | | R Griffiths, M de Kock | 13.5 | | Tony, Calvin McEvoy | 22.7 |
| 8 | T Busuttin, N Young | 10.6 | | Phillip Stokes | 11.1 | | Phillip Stokes | 17.9 | | Symon Wilde | 15.8 |
| 9 | Phillip Stokes | 11.4 | | James Cummings | 22.2 | | Paul Preusker | 14.0 | | P Moody, K Coleman | 18.6 |
| 10 | G Waterhouse, A Bott | 21.3 | | Chris Waller | 8.5 | | Tony, Calvin McEvoy | 16.7 | | Matt Cumani | 17.1 |
| 11 | Grahame Begg | 19.6 | | Anthony, Sam Freedman | 11.1 | | Matt Laurie | 20.2 | | Leon, Troy Corstens | 13.3 |
| 12 | Anthony, Sam Freedman | 8.6 | | Michael Moroney | 11.3 | | Symon Wilde | 13.2 | | T Busuttin, N Young | 12.0 |
| 13 | Chris Waller | 7.4 | | M, W, J Hawkes | 11.6 | | Greg Eurell | 16.0 | | Anthony, Sam Freedman | 21.8 |
| 14 | Danny O'Brien | 7.4 | | Henry Dwyer | 31.2 | | Anthony, Sam Freedman | 20.7 | | Henry Dwyer | 15.1 |
| 15 | Nick Ryan | 10.3 | | Matthew Ellerton | 13.3 | | Danny O'Brien | 12.8 | | Archie Alexander | 21.8 |
| 16 | M, W, J Hawkes | 9.0 | | Nick Ryan | 10.0 | | Patrick Payne | 17.1 | | Gavin Bedggood | 16.7 |
| 17 | Cindy Alderson | 18.0 | | Paul Preusker | 22.2 | | Leon, Troy Corstens | 14.7 | | Mitchell Freedman | 26.3 |
| 18 | R Griffiths, M de Kock | 6.3 | | Mark Walker | 33.3 | | Henry Dwyer | 12.0 | | Andrew Noblet | 27.0 |
| 19 | Peter, Paul Snowden | 12.3 | | Matt Laurie | 18.8 | | Andrew Bobbin | 8.9 | | Patrick Payne | 11.1 |
| 20 | Leon, Troy Corstens | 7.6 | | Symon Wilde | 15.0 | | Matthew Ellerton | 11.9 | | Phillip Stokes | 15.5 |