The $500,000 Doomben Cup is the featured race on Doomben Cup Day during the Brisbane Racing Carnival and to help celebrate all the exciting action Punters Paradise is providing a detailed Doomben Cup Form Guide, access to the best available Doomben Cup odds on offer, high performing horse racing tips and free bets worth up to $400.

Doomben Cup Preview (Race 7)

The 2011 Doomben Cup is scheduled to jump off at on Saturday the 21st of May at the Doomben racecourse in Brisbane as race seven out of eight listed events. The 2020 metre weight-for-age race is for horses three years old and up and offers a prizes totaling $500,000 with a first prize of $320,000. As such it has attracted a field of ten quality international runners representing Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and Ireland.

A field that includes the 2009 Doomben Cup winner Scenic Shot who‘s attempting to become the first horse to win the Doomben Cup in non consecutive years. Scenic Shot finished a close third to My Kingdom Of Fife and Glass Harmonium in the 2011 Hollindale Stakes.

Also running is the $1.3 million 2010 AJC Derby winner Shoot Out, the $300,000 Hollindale Stakes winner My Kingdom Of Fife, the $400,000 2011 Ranvet Stakes winner Zavite, the $125,000 Packer Plate winner Shoot Off and Triple Honour who finished third behind Black Caviar and Hay List in the $1 million dollar 2011 TJ Smith Stakes.

Doomben Cup Odds

The Doomben Cup Odds favourites are the Michal Moroney trained Glass Harmonium (IRE) and the Chris Waller trained My Kingdom Of Fife (GB) who’s odds are almost identically priced between $3.80 and $4.20 in what should shape up as a closely contested event.

Next up is Shoot Out who's Doomben Cup odds are between $5.50 and $6.00 followed by 2009 Doomben Cup winner Scenic Shot with odds in the $7.50 to $9.00 range with Shoot Off rounding out the top five with odds between $8.00 and $10.00.

As such, a Free $400.00 "win bet", available through exclusive Betting Deals arranged for Punters Paradise members, would be worth $3,000 at the $7.50 price providing Scenic Shot is the first horse past the winning Doomben Cup post in 2011.

Doomben Cup Form Guide

The free Punters Paradise Form Guides are considered the most detailed on the Internet. Form Guides that include previous race results, barrier draws, weights, and an array of career statistics for the participating horses, jockeys and trainers.

Among the Doomben Cup Form Guide facts that have helped establish Glass Harmonium and My Kingdom Of Fife as the top two contenders include:

- The Dwayne Dunn ridden My Kingdom Of Fife has been victorious in all three of her starts in Australia including the $300,000 Hollindale Stakes on May 7th, the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Royal Parma Stakes.

- The Hugh Bowman ridden Glass Harmonium finished second in the $300,000 Hollindale Stakes a mere neck behind Kingdom Of Fife in his very first race on Australian soil.

Other Doomben Cup Form Guide facts reveal that the Chris Waller trained Metal Bender won the 2010 Doomben Cup as a favourite. My Kingdom of Fife is trained by Chris Waller.

A good lead up race to the Doomben Cup has been the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes. The Hollindale Stakes/Doomben Cup double has been won by several horses over the years- Above Deck in 2006, Mr. Bureaucrat in 2002, Might And Power in 1998, Danewin in 1995, Durbridge in 1994, Rough Habit in 1991 and 1992. My Kingdom of Fife won the 2011 Hollindale Stakes.

Horse Racing Tips and Free Membership

The professional tipsters on Punters Paradise have performed at a high rate of return throughout 2011. An achievement that can be viewed using the detailed tipping charts displayed in their Horse Racing Tips market place.