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Yucatan firms as raiders tighten grip on Cup betting by Michael Lynch

Yucatan cantering home in the Herbert Power Stakes. Image: Racing Photos

It’s the race that neither Aidan O’Brien nor Godolphin have won – but they now have a stranglehold on the Melbourne Cup with the former’s Yucatan firming as favourite and Godolphin’s Best Solution tightening in the market after his Caulfield Cup win.

Yucatan, the sensationally easy winner of the Herbert Power, dodged the Caulfield Cup, but shortened in the betting for the $7 million Flemington showpiece and is now $7 with Sportsbet.

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