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News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Thursday's Bendigo meeting. BEST BET STRAPPARSI (Race 4 No.12 - $4) Strapparsi led and did a good job when not far away at Ballarat first-up. She'll be much fitter for that and could be tougher to run down this time. NEXT BEST BELLUNA (Race 2 No.2 - $5.50) Belluna turned in an improved effort when up in…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Saturday's Terang meeting. BEST BET HOLSTER (Race 7 No. 6 - $2.20) Holster chased steadily at his first run for five weeks at Mornington last time. He'll be fitter for that and he'll be harder to beat this time. NEXT BEST STRAWBERRY MOON (Race 3 No. 9 - $4) Strawberry Moon worked home well when…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters takes a look at horses to follow and forgive from Saturday's Sandown Hillside meeting. FIVE TO FOLLOW: MONARCH OF EGYPT: Showed something at Flemington first-up before going close to rolling the smart Worsfold at big odds at Sandown. He'll be fitter again for that and the former Hong Kong galloper is ready to win.…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Sunday's Sale Cup meeting. BEST BET NICKELBACK (Race 2 No. 5 - $2.60) Nickelback gets his chance to break through at Sale after strong efforts at shorter trips this time in. The 1400m will be perfect for him. NEXT BEST GOLD GOVERNOR (Race 1 No. 4 - $12) Jumped out well before a game debut effort…

Trainer Clinton McDonald can continue his hot run of form with Flying Temptress at Cranbourne on Friday night. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images). News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Friday night's Cranbourne meeting. BEST BET FLYING TEMPTRESS (Race 2 No.10 - $2.15) Unlucky not to score at The Valley and will only be better for the…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Thursday's Ballarat Synthetic meeting. BEST BET BROOKLYN BOSS (Race 6 No.8 - $7) Brooklyn Boss is unbeaten first-up and won on the turf course first-up last time in. He has the quality to score fresh on the Ballarat Synthetic track. NEXT BEST ROCKET BOY (Race 4 No.8 - $2.60) Rocket Boy was…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Saturday's Penshurst meeting. BEST BET LOVANO (Race 8 No. 12 - $2.60) Lovano was sound on the synthetic before a good effort back on turf at Geelong. There's less depth in this and he'll be hard to run down around Penshurst. NEXT BEST NEVER AGAIN (Race 7 No. 2 - $2.60) Never Again just missed when up to…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Thursday night's Pakenham meeting. BEST BET AMPERE (Race 3 No.1 - $2) Ampere chased home the strong winner Funzelle on debut and will be better for the experience. The 1400m will be perfect for the Mick Kent-trained mare. NEXT BEST SHINES (Race 5 No.3 - $3) Impressed with his debut win…

David Eustace (left) and Ciaron Maher (right) have Mexican Fiddler primed to break her maiden at Mornington on Thursday. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Thursday's Mornington meeting. BEST BET MEXICAN FIDDLER (Race 1 No.3 - $2.80) Mexican Fiddler raced handy and tried hard on debut but will be…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters takes an early look at Saturday's Herald Sun Zipping Classic meeting at Caulfield. BEST BET ROOTS (Race 9, No.8) Roots finished powerfully to score at Flemington and was narrowly beaten at Group 3 level two runs back. She'll be tough to hold out again in the last. VALUE BET SOUND (Race 7, No.3) Sound has won the…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Friday's Mornington meeting. BEST BET TRUST BILL (Race 2 No. 8 - $3.80) Trust Bill boxed on well over 1000m on debut at Mornington last time out and will be better for the experience. The step to 1200m will suit him as well. NEXT BEST STARZ BARWON (Race 7 No. 5 - $4.60) Starz Barwon chased well behind the…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the early rule over Saturday's Pakenham Cup card. BEST BET BRAYDEN STAR (Race 1, No.7) Brayden Star ran on hard to score in record time at his Australian debut at Cranbourne. No reason he can't repeat that performance VALUE BET NOT TO BE MIST (Race 6, No.12) Not To Be Mist battled on steadily in heavy ground…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Wednesday's Geelong meeting. BEST BET RIVERPLATE (Race 5 No.1 - $2.40) Utterly dominant in his first-up win at Sandown. He's up a level in grade but will be fitter and should win again on his way to harder races. NEXT BEST BRAVE STAR (Race 6 No.4 - $7) Brave Star resumed with a solid second at Seymour…

Melbourne Cup-winning trainers Ciaron Maher (right) and David Eustace (left) have a great chance of a win with Savvy Sovereign at Wangaratta on Thursday. Picture: Getty Images News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Thursday's Wangaratta meeting. BEST BET SAVVY SOVEREIGN (Race 7 No.8 - $2.90) Savvy Sovereign led and gave a good sight…

Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Thursday's VRC Oaks meeting at Flemington. SIRILEO MISS (Race 2 No.1 - $2.40) Sirileo Miss is flying this time in, winning at Group 3 level last time out and she drops back to open mares' grade with only 2.5kg above the minimum. She's perfectly placed. NEXT BEST JUST BENJAMIN (Race 4 No.9 -…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Tuesday's Ararat meeting. BEST BET LET'S SEA (Race 7 No.1 - $3.20) Scratched from a couple of races recently but finds the perfect assignment at Ararat. Blinkers go on and he'll be hard to hold out. NEXT BEST CELTIC GLORY (Race 5 No.10 - $4) Celtic Glory scored impressively at Seymour after an excellent…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Sunday's Jericho Cup meeting at Warrnambool. BEST BET STAR SPIRIT (Race 6 No. 1 - $3.20) Star Spirit has won tow of three first-up & was narrowly beaten in this class at her last run. The Archie Alexander-trained mare will be hard to hold out. NEXT BEST TANGO AND CASH (Race 2 No. 5 - $8) The Lindsey…

Archie Alexander has Star Spirit primed for a first-up win at Sunday's Jericho Cup meeting at Warrnambool. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images. News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Sunday's Jericho Cup meeting at Warrnambool. BEST BET STAR SPIRIT (Race 6 No. 1 - $3.20) Star Spirit has won tow of three first-up & was narrowly beaten in…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Sunday's Traralgon meeting. BEST BET FUZZ BUZZ (Race 9 No. 5 - $3.30) Fuzz Buzz ran on well at score first-up at Wangaratta and has been freshened since. She'll be hard to beat from the perfect draw. NEXT BEST VICTORY BAY (Race 6 No. 1 - $2) Peter Moody has provided apprentice Emily Pozman with…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Friday night's Manikato Stakes meeting at The Valley. BEST BET PAULELE (Race 7 No.5 - $3.70) Godolphin considered running him in The Everest after his impressive win at Caulfield. He'll get a beautiful run and is a great chance in the Manikato Stakes. NEXT BEST SO SI BON (Race 2 No.1 - $4) So Si…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Friday night's meeting at The Valley. BEST BET WHITE RUSSIAN (Race 3 No.10 - $3) White Russian struggled on debut but looked a different filly in her terrific final jumpout at Cranbourne. She can show her quality at The Valley. NEXT BEST VERSILIA (Race 1 No.4 - $4.60) Versilia ran on steadily in heavy…

Trainer Kevin Corstens has a great chance to notch a win with Tick Tock Boom at Sunday's Geelong meeting. Picture: AAP. News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Sunday's Geelong meeting. BEST BET TICK TOCK BOOM (Race 7 No. 2 - $2.60) Tick Tock Boom hasn't won for a while but he has his chance to break through after a solid fresh run at…

Starz Barwon will chase back-to-back wins when he steps out on the turf at Echuca on Tuesday. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images. News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Tuesday's Echuca meeting. BEST BET STARZ BARWON (Race 7 No. 4 - $3.20) Impressed with an easy synthetic win first-up but his turf form last time in was sound. He…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Wednesday's Geelong Cup meeting. EST BET TURAATH (Race 9 No.1 - $5) Classy mare that didn't have much luck when resuming at Caulfield last time out. She'll be much fitter for that and should be harder to beat this time. NEXT BEST MARIMENKO (Race 4 No.8 - $7.50) Marimenko did a good job when not far away…

Mugatoo is one of the value runners in the Cox Plate Terribly difficult weekend to confidently trade into the early markets with a potential thunderstorm predicted for Sydney and somewhere between 20 and 50mm of rain expected in Melbourne. As noted previously the best way I find to attack the rain-affected meetings is to reduce the amount of my…

Trainer John Sadler has Major Key primed for a breakthrough win at Pakenham on Thursday. Picture: AAP News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Thursday's Pakenham meeting. BEST BET MAJOR KEY (Race 4 No.13 - $5) Jumped out well before two sound efforts on heavy tracks to start her career. Expecting her to improve sharply on drier…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Tuesday's Casterton meeting. BEST BET HIGHLAND RAIDER (Race 2 No. 8 - $2.30) Enjoyed a step up to 1800m when improving at Casterton and another 2000m should be heavily in her favour on Tuesday. NEXT BEST GRASSMERE JEWEL (Race 8 No. 3 - $4.60) Grassmere Jewel has displayed good speed and kept…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Wednesday's Bendigo meeting. BEST BET MAGNASPIN (Race 2 No.6 - $2.40) Magnaspin resumes at Bendigo after a strong two-year-old season that included an excellent debut second behind Doull at Flemington. He's had more time to develop and can break through fresh at Bendigo. NEXT BEST ROSABEEL (Race…

Trainer Tom Dabernig has two top chances early in Friday's public holiday Coleraine Cup meeting. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images. News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Friday's Coleraine meeting. BEST BET JOE'S GIGGLE (Race 2 No. 2 - $2.40) Joe's Giggle has gone down narrowly at two of his last three runs but blinkers go on…

Jockey John Allen (right) and trainer Ciaron Maher could have something to celebrate at Friday's Pakenham Synthetic meeting. Photo: Michael Klein. Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Friday's Pakenham Synthetic meeting. BEST BET NICSTAR (Race 4 No.7 - $2.20) Raced handy and fought on well second-up at Pakenham. Drawn to roll…

With the new racing season underway we've put it to our stable of experts to lay their reputations on the line and hand out some predictions for the next 12 months, including their early selections for The Everest and Melbourne Cup plus what's the next'big thing' we've got to look forward to. THE NEXT BIG THING RAY THOMAS - Dylan Gibbons: The son…

Ciaron Maher (pictured) and training partner David Eustace will give the talented galloper Rising another start on a synthetic track at Thursday's Pakenham meeting. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images. News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Thursday evening's Pakenham Synthetic meeting. BEST BET RISING (Race 8 No. 4 -…

Former Kiwi stayer Maktastic is capable of getting back to winning ways on his return to the Moe Racecourse on Tuesday. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images. Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Tuesday's Moe meeting. BEST BET MAKTASTIC (Race 7 No. 5 - $4.60) Chased steadily when back in trip at Cranbourne last time out. Back…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters takes an early look at Saturday's Champions' Day meeting at Flemington. BEST BET NATURE STRIP (Race 6, No.1) Beaten but not disgraced in The Everest. However, Nature Strip flies down the straight and can bounce back to square the ledger with Giga Kick on Saturday. VALUE BET LUNCIES (Race 4, No.9) Did it tough out…

Jockey Damien Oliver has a strong book of four rides at Mornington on Friday. Picture: AAP News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Friday's card at Mornington. BEST BET TORI'S DEE (Race 5 No.5 - $2.40) Torie's Dee impressed with her debut win before another good effort at Sandown second-up. He's drawn perfectly on Thursday and has the…

Champion jockey Craig Williams can expect to be among the winners when he heads to Geelong to ride on Friday. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Friday's Geelong meeting. BEST BET MADAME DU GAST (Race 6 No.6 - $2.25) Madame Du Gast got into the wrong part of the track from an inside draw…

Trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman have a great chance to win Wednesday's $125000 Kyneton Cup with Designs. Picture: Michael Klein. News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Wednesday's Kyneton Cup meeting at Bendigo. BEST BET DESIGNS (Race 7 No. 3 - $2.60) Designs fought on well in a small field when resuming at Moe and will only be…

Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Sunday's Grand National Steeplechase card at Ballarat. BEST BET ROLAND GARROS (Race 5 No. 2 - $2.30) Roland Garros led and kept finding to score well over 3600m at Coleraine last time and can give another great sight for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace at Ballarat. NEXT BEST UPSWING…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Tuesday's Echuca meeting. BEST BET TEMPEST CHARM (Race 1 No. 2 - $2) Tempest Charm won well at Wangaratta before a steady effort at Bairnsdale last time. She's racing well and won't find a much easier race than this. NEXT BEST RANSAKKA (Race 6 No. 5 - $4.80) Ransakka gave a start but hit the…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Friday's Moe Cup meeting. BEST BET GLOBAL GIFT (Race 7 No.7 - $6) Global Gift is hard fit and loves heavy tracks. He'll probably roll to the front and could be extremely difficult to run down. NEXT BEST LARRY OF ARABIA (Race 3 No.4 - $4.60) Boxed on well in heavy ground on debut last time in. Improved…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters takes a look at Friday's Benalla Cup meeting. BEST BET SPANISH TIDES (Race 8 No. 4 - $2.90) Spanish Tides had a great run before scoring well at Caulfield last time. She'll be better for that and a 5kg weight drop will suit. NEXT BEST HEALING GAME (Race 3 No. 1 - $5.50) Healing Game had a good run before winning…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Wednesday's Thousand Guineas meeting at Caulfield. BEST BET SHE'S LICKETYSPLIT (Race 8 No.3 - $4.20) Kiwi Group 1 winner that hit top form with the addition of blinkers at Flemington. She's proven over 1600m and should be hard to beat. NEXT BEST KEATS (Race 4 No.2 - $4.80) Flying for the Gavin…

Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters takes an early look at Saturday's blockbuster Caulfield Guineas meeting. BEST BET QUEEN OF THE BALL (Race 6, No.9) Speedy Sydney filly that was simply too quick for her rivals at The Valley. She's up in class but she's going to be hard to run down with only 51kg on her back. VALUE BET CROSSHAVEN (Race 4,…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at the chances of every runner in Saturday's $3m Group 1 Caulfield Guineas. $3m GROUP 1 CAULFIELD GUINEAS 1600m, Caulfield race 8 Saturday at 4:30pm 1. TIJUANA (10) - $11 Trainers: Ben & JD Hayes. Jockey: Mark Zahra 57kg BRAD SAYS: Quality three-year-old proven at 1600m after winning the Stutt Stakes.…

Flemington trainer Mike Moroney will unveil promising galloper Caesar at Pakenham on Thursday night. Picture: Getty Images. Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Thursday's meeting at Pakenham. BEST BET CAESAR (Race 5 No.1 - $4.80) Handy former Kiwi galloper making his local debut for Mike Moroney. Not disgraced in Group company in…

Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters takes an early look at Saturday's huge Turnbull Stakes card at Flemington. BEST BET YEARNING (Race 4, No.1) Yearning charged home when close-up in the Let's Elope Stakes first-up. She'll only be fitter and is well in at the weights. VALUE BET VOW AND DECLARE (Race 6, No.2) Vow And declare showed he was on the way…

Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Wednesday's Geelong meeting. BEST BET ASPEN COLORADO (Race 5 No.1 - $2.80) The talented galloper is starting to work through the grades and was an impressive winner last start. No reason he can't post another win at Geelong. NEXT BEST LASCARS (Race 2 No.11 - $3.60) Lascars is up against some…

The Luke Oliver-trained Spanish Tides is a top chance of winning Friday's Benalla Cup. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images. News Corp form analyst Brad Waters takes a look at Friday's Benalla Cup meeting. BEST BET SPANISH TIDES (Race 8 No. 4 - $2.90) Spanish Tides had a great run before scoring well at Caulfield last time. She'll be better for…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters takes an early look at Friday night's Group 1 Moir Stakes meeting at The Valley. BEST BET ASFOORA (Race 5, No.8) Asfoora was a dominant first-up winner at Sandown earlier this month. She's Group-placed and should be hard to beat again. VALUE BET GLINT OF HOPE (Race 8, No.8) Glint Of Hope closed well when not far…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters takes an early look at Saturday's Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes meeting at Caulfield. BEST BET AFT CABIN (Race 4, No.2) Far from disgraced when back in trip in the McNeil Stakes and the step back up to 1400m will help the colt bounce back to winning ways. VALUE BET LAVISH GIRL (Race 8, No.1) Lavish Girl is a…