Horse racing tip: Bendigo best bets, preview for Thursday
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News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Thursday’s Bendigo meeting.
Strapparsi will be fitter and tougher this time than at Ballarat.
Belluna is worth $5.50 in Race 2 No.2 on Thursday. Belluna won at Pakenham second-up.
Mystic Lake finished second to a promising filly at Kyneton on November 15. Mystic Lake should improve and win at Bendigo on Thursday.
Italian Poet is a four-year-old trained by Simon Zahra. Italian Poete should be thereabouts first-up.
Blake Shinn has six rides with several winning chances at Bendigo on Thursday.