2022 TAB Champions Stakes Tips, Preview & Best Bets

Australia's champion and the next big thing in the breeding barns, hopefully not anytime soon anyway because this son of Street Boss still has so much to offer Australian racing fans on the track.

A strong winner in the Cox Plate, many said that if a couple in behind had different runs that they would have won, but Anamoe still would've found a way.

Unbeaten this prep, he looks as if Flemington will suit him down to the ground and from barrier four, he parks in the one-one and proves too good again.

Many said he wins the Cox Plate with a better run, but as far as I have seen it, he has had every chance to beat the champ at his past two (especially two back), yet has not been able to get the job done.

What he has done though is proven that this trip is not beyond him and that he clearly is the second best WFA galloper in Australia.

If Anamoe is to be defeated, it likely comes from Thunder who gets to Flemington, where he has produced some spectacular performances.

If a three-year-old bobs up and makes himself known, I am confident that it will be the Derby fourth place getter Mr Maestro who clearly just did not see out last week's 2500m trip.

Now back to 2000m where he has a turn-of-foot, he does lurk in this race with just 51kg on his back and Michael Dee who is riding on the crest of a wave.

Outside of the top four in betting, this is not a deep race, so expecting both three-year-olds to feature somewhere near the back-end of exotics.