Despite coming off a dynamic fourth placing in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and opening a $2.50 favourite for tomorrow night's Bill Stutt Stakes on Centrebet, punters are taking on the Tim Martin-trained Murtajill left right and centre!

Centrebet's Neil Evans reports today 'smart' punters had backed four or five runners around Murtajill who's already blown to $2.80!

"We took a bet of $1000.00 each way on Ceccoini at $15.00, $1,000.00 on Puerto Banus at $13.00, $800.00 on Crowned Ruler at $14.00 and $700.00 on Antartic Miss at $7.00! But nothing for Murtajill even though he jumps from an inside gate at Moonee Valley after coming from barrier 18 at Caulfield in a much stronger race," Evans said. "There's severe doubts he will run out a strong mile."

One punter has even had $200.00 on roughie Davcon at $71!

In the JRA Cup, over the Cox Plate journey of 2040m, a betting war is set to erupt on Centrebet race favourite Master O'Reilly ($2.80) and Caulfield Cup hope Maldivian ($3.10)

MOONEE VALLEY (Run Friday night)

STUTT STAKES (1600m)

$2.80 MURTAJILL (out from $2.50)
$7.00 PILLAR OF HERCULES (out from $6.00)
$7.00 ANTARTIC MISS
$11.00 BARBARICUS
$11.00 PUERTO BANUS (in from $13.00)
$12.00 PLAYWRIGHT
$13.00 DIPLOMATIC FORCE
$13.00 CROWNED RULER (in from $16.00)
$15.00 CECCONI (in from $17.00)
$19.00 GENERAL EISENHOWER
$34.00 DOWN UNDER BOY
$51.00 DAVCON (in from $71.00)
$51.00 MUFASA
$61.00 WHITE PHOSPHORUS
$61.00 WOODWIN
$71.00 PARRISH
$81.00 THESANDMANCAN

KEVIN SHEEDY - JRA CUP (2040m)

$2.80 MASTER O'REILLY
$3.10 MALDIVIAN
$11.00 ZILZIE
$11.00 SOULACROIX
$12.00 CANCANELLE
$13.00 FIELD HUNTER
$13.00 BROM FELINITY
$21.00 LAZER SHARP
$21.00 TACIT AGREEMENT
$21.00 PACINO
$41.00 ACTIVATION
$41.00 ZINGARA
$51.00 HOFMEISTER
$61.00 FALSTAFF
$101.00 BUGATTI ROYALE
$201.00 ROANOKE
$201.00 RARE POPPI