Best bets and value play for Ballarat Synthetic races Friday

Form expert Brad Waters analyses Friday’s Ballarat Synthetic meeting, presenting his best bets, value selection and jockey to follow.

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Friday’s meeting on the Ballarat Synthetic track.

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BEST BET

SHE MOGUL (Race 5 No.2 - $5)

She Mogul will be much fitter for her first-up effort at Seymour. She placed second-up last time and can improve.

NEXT BEST

TIMELY TOM (Race 3 No.6 - $6.50)

The four-year-old has had more time to develop since his debut outing. His trials indicate sharp improvement is likely.

MRS HARRIS (Race 4 No.11 - $3)

The locally-trained filly hasn’t been far away at both runs to date. She gets her chance to break through on Friday.

VALUE BET

LAYERUPONLAYER (Race 7 No.3 - $10)

Layeruponlayer had no luck when resuming at Bendigo last time. He’s a second-up winner and could improve sharply.

THE JOCKEY

HARRY COFFEY

Jockey Harry Coffey heads to Ballarat Synthetic for eight rides on Friday. NIGHT FLASH (Race 1 No.11 - $2.15), DECCAN ODYSSEY (Race 2 No.2 - $4.20), FIGURANTE (Race 3 No.8 - $126), MRS HARRIS (Race 4 No.11 - $3), SHE MOGUL (Race 5 No.2 - $5), CAPULET (Race 6 No.5 - $8), STRIKE GOLD (Race 7 No.2 - $3.70), OMAHA DAWN (Race 8 No. 7 - $5).

Originally published as Best bets and value play for Ballarat Synthetic races Friday