The popularity of Queensland colt Sizzling is on the rise in the lead-up to the Stradbroke Handicap with money starting to flow in for the three-year-old with online bookmaker sportsbet.

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Heavily backed to win the Guineas last Saturday, Sizzling is now the firm $4.50 favourite, deposing Doomben 10,000 winner Epaulette and BTC Cup winner Your Song, who are both at $6.00 for Saturday’s Group 1.

As interest in Sizzling continues to grow, several other runners have their own admirers, including Arinosa ($8.00), Buffering ($15), Beltone ($15) and Fontelina ($19).

“With the blinkers on Sizzling showed his true colours and was a huge go with punters. Support hasn’t stopped there, he’s continued to attract solid backing since the win,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

Luckless three-year-old Survived is the$3.20 favourite for the Queensland Derby. The Kiwi gelding was too far back in the Rough Habit Plate and gets his chance to turn the tables on Hawkspur, who’s on the second line at $4.00.

Survived has been heavily backed, while the likes of Rhythm To Spare ($6.00), Gondokoro ($9.00), Honorius ($11) and Sweet As Bro ($21) aren’t without a hope according to early betting activity.

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Stradbroke Handicap

$4.50 Sizzling
$6.00 Your Song
$6.00 Epaulette
$6.50 Better Than Ready
$8.00 Arinosa
$11 Academus
$15 Buffering
$15 Solzhenitsyn
$15 Beltone
$17 Streama
$19 Fontelina
$21 Boban
$21 Mahisara
Others quoted

Queensland Derby
$3.20 Survived
$4.00 Hawkspur
$6.00 Rhythm To Spare
$9.00 Gondokoro
$11 Honorius
$15 Usainity
$17 Laser Flash
$17 Electric Fusion
$17 Ambitious Champion
$21 Sweet As Bro
$26 Richie’s Bickies
$26 Express Power
$26 Celtic Prince
Others quoted