15 March 2018 | Wayne Currall
Friday night’s meeting at Gloucester Park has thrown up a variety of star bets from members of the WA Trotting Media Guild.
And there’s also two races where members clash with their best bets.
Last year’s leading tipster Stuart Lowe is keen on Golden State.
“My best bet is Golden State who ran great second in the Battle of Bunbury last week,” Lowe said. “He won at two of his previous three starts and is ideally drawn and will go close.”
TABradio’s Matt Young has made classy mare Bettor Be Supreme his best for the night.
“Bettor Be Supreme is third up from a spell and should be spot on,” Young said. “She is drawn beautifully and was brave on resumption over the trip from a bad draw and should lead throughout here.”
Not so, according to The West Australian’s Ernie Manning, who has made Vampiro his star bet in the same race.
“Vampiro, a winner at 10 of his past 14 starts, has the class to overcome gate 12,” Manning said. “He showed the typical superb fitness of a Skye-Bond trained runner when setting the pace and then holding off Runrunjimmydunn to win in a close finish last Friday.”
The West Australian’s racing co-ordinator Ryan Havercroft believes Has No Fear can atone for her last-start defeat.
“Punters should hold no fear over taking the short price about Has No Fear in the two-year-old fillies feature,” Havercroft said. “Never finishing worse than second in four lifetime starts, she has drawn to lead and it will take a good one to get around her.”
Guild president Wayne Currall disagrees with Havercroft’s views on the race.
“Forget Cap In Hand went around last run after she botched the start,” Currall said. “She’s very quick out of the machine and I think she can cross Has No Fear and establish a winning break on that filly.”
GPTV’s Ken Casellas believes punters can get off to a great start by supporting Carte Blanche.
“Race one, horse one, barrier one – that’s the winning formula at headquarters on Friday night when Carte Blanche is my No.1 selection on the 10-event program,” Casellas said. “The lightly-raced six-year-old possesses good gate speed and Chris Lewis is planning to set the pace with the gelding, who was bred and is trained by Lewis’ wife Debra.”
Longshot king Pat Harding is keen on Zennart.
“I thought Zennart was a little bit unlucky last week, but he looks to have drawn some weaker opposition and as a result should be able to reward punters from gate five with Lauren Jones aboard,” Harding said.
Veteran tipster Bill Brindley says, apart from Chicago Bull, it’s a hard program.
“This ia a tough program except for best bet Chicago Bull in the fifth race,” Brindley said. “The Lightning Strike is the one to beat in race seven.”
VALUE BETS
Stuart: My value bet is Im Zuleika who was a game fourth behind Maxentius and Zennart here three starts ago. Has very good Albany form and has each-way claims.
Matt: Euphoric Moment has been unlucky and looks the leader here and should run a big race at each-way odds.
Ernie: Muscle Torque, placed twice in four starts since a spell, should now be solidly conditioned again and ready to show form displayed in two wins at consecutive starts last year.
Ryan: Max Meridius ran third in the same Northam race where Trustytrev ran fourth at Northam earlier this month, and he franked that form by winning last Friday. Max Meridius hit the line better than Trustytrev on that occasion and is suited by an inside draw.
Wayne: Mac Tiger didn’t have much luck at his last start and he’s drawn to get a soft trip behind Bettor Be Supreme. Can run a race at odds.
Ken: Livura, to be driven by his trainer Nathan Turvey, is a wonderfully consistent pacer who simply does not know how to perform below par.
Pat: The combination of Annie Belton and Chris Voak should prevail with La Roue De Lamour. They had a wonderful win last week with Lady De La Renta and should repeat the dose with this exciting filly.
Bill: CC Chevron should get a lovely run behind likely leader Carte Blanche in the opening event and is my best each-way chance.
Good punting.
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