Earthquake favored against males in the Golden Slipper

Earthquake is the one to beat in this year's Golden Slipper field. Photo: Steve Hart.

This Saturday, April 5, the world’s richest juveniles’ race will light up Rosehill Gardens and below is the Races.com.au team’s exclusive 2014 Golden Slipper form guide analysis and betting preview.

Stealing the spotlight on a bumper nine-race program in Sydney this weekend, the $3.5 million Group 1 Tooheys New Golden Slipper (1200m) field features a capacity 16 starters plus an emergency runner in Scratch Me Lucky.

There is only one two-year-old that the bookies and punters want anything to do with this year however, and that is the Peter Snowden-trained Earthquake.

The talented daughter of Exceed And Excel came out of odds-on territory in the Golden Slipper betting markets following the barrier draw as she came up with a nasty gate 13 starting position.

She currently pays $2.50 to win the Golden Slipper from a gate no winner has jumped from going back to 1957, Earthquake remaining the clear cut favourite in the markets.

If the emergency doesn’t gain a start the shortie will come in one barrier to gate 12, still not ideal but not holding the same no-winner hoodoo as her current allocation.

Earthquake is also out to become the sixth Blue Diamond Stakes – Golden Slipper double winner in history, and the second for Snowden and Darley following the success of star colt Sepoy (2011).