On The Punt: Best bets, value selections for Mildura

Herald Sun tipster Gilbert Gardiner’s selections for Mildura on Monday.

Herald Sun tipster Gilbert Gardiner’s selections for Mildura on Monday.

MILDURA

BEST BET

ZEBEDEE SPRINGS

Race 7 No. 6 $3.40

Won two back at Mildura then placed at Benalla and Wodonga.

NEXT BEST

MR GEORGE 

Race 1 No. 1 $4

Raced consistently over the border and from kind draw should be in the finish.

CAVILL TYCOON 

Race 3 No. 1 $2.35

Good effort on debut at Wodonga and looks hard to beat as form out of the race already franked. Cavill Tycoon has won a jumpout since.

VALUE BET

SMART ELISSIM 

Race 8 No. 10 $17

The nine-year-old has knocked on the door the past two starts, second at Swan Hill and Warracknabeal. Group 3 placegetter early in his career. Drawn to get a cushy run.

THE JOCKEY

BILLY EGAN

MR GEORGE (Race 1 No. 1 $4), VERONA RUPES (Race 2 No. 7 $11), CAVILL TYCOON (Race 3 No. 1 $2.35), MISS DE LUNE (Race 4 No. 8 $11), MIDNIGHT LADY (Race 6 No. 6 $5.50), ZEBEDEE SPRINGS (Race 7 No. 6 $3.40) and ABDICATION (Race 8 No. 1 $2)

Originally published as On The Punt: Best bets, value selections for Mildura