The Punter’s Prince found all the value and best bets from Cranbourne on Thursday afternoon.
A couple of maidens are on the verge of breaking through, while a horse who has had a super jump out looks a tremendous each-way play in the seventh.
cranbourne race 1
#8 papillon club
Papillon Club jumped out nicely behind South Of Houston, who looks a very smart racehorse.
Greg Eurell is often very good at getting these juvenile horses to fire on debut, and this filly looks no exception.
She should position up in a handy spot from the barrier and will be bursting to show her turn of foot.
Suggested Bet: Papillon Club win at $4.80
Confidence Rating: 6/10
cranbourne race 2
#13 brave image
Far better set of circumstances for Brave Image.
He resumed on a weighty track at Wangaratta and was far from disgraced as a $5 elect.
Blinkers go on here, should get a drier track and is worth an each-way play.
Suggested Bet: Brave Image each way at $6.5 the win and $2.15 the place.
Confidence Rating: 5/10
cranbourne race 5
#2 spanish tides
Good resuming run at Moe over 1200 metres when settling last in a race dominated by the winner out in the lead.
She made good ground late in the race and will appreciate the rise to 1500 metres.
She is undefeated when second-up from a spell and the two-kilo claim will help her chances.
Suggested Bet: Spanish Tides each way at $5 the win and $2 the place.
Confidence Rating: 6.5/10
cranbourne race 7
#1 battleground
Cracking jump out in between runs behind Oxley Road after finishing 6th of 15 at Sale over 1100 metres.
He has had 12 weeks off since then, but he looks in good order and finds himself getting the race run from barrier two.
They will need clean air as they head to the home bend to go very close in this race.
Suggested Bet: Battleground each way at $6 for the win and $2.15 for the place.
Confidence Rating: 7.5/10
cranbourne race 8
#15 miss havana cosmic
With the favourites and plenty of the pace in this event drawn out wide, Ethan Brown has options from the middle barrier.
Expect him to slide forward and let the runners from out wide cross him to get cover.
I liked the idea of a hurdle trial between runs that can spark horses into life.
Suggested Bet: Miss Havana Cosmic each way at $9 the win and $3 the place.
Confidence Rating: 5/10
