Best bets and top tips for Friday night’s Pakenham Synthetic races

A Matt Laurie-trained galloper could break his maiden while jockey Daniel Stackhouse has several winning chances among his book of rides at Friday night’s Pakenham Synthetic meeting.

Trainer Matt Laurie has a terrific chance of a breakthrough win with Speculating at Friday night’s Pakenham Synthetic meeting. Picture: Getty Images

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Friday night’s Pakenham Synthetic meeting.

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BEST BET
SPECULATING (Race 3 No.7 – $6)
Did a good job when not far away on debut on this track. He won’t have to improve much to break through.

NEXT BEST
LADY POTATO HEAD (Race 4 No.9 – $3.60)
Trialled well before a good debut outing. She’ll be much harder to hold out with race experience.

ALLIBOR (Race 7 No. 5 – $6)
Chased steadily on debut for the stable at Pakenham last time out. Expecting him to be around the mark again with blinkers off.

VALUE BET
LULU DARLING (Race 8 No. 2 – $7.50)
Did a good job to score on her home track first-up and has a solid second-up record. She’ll be hard to beat again.

THE JOCKEY
DANIEL STACKHOUSE
With seven rides at Friday night’s Pakenham Synthetic meeting, Daniel Stackhouse is one to follow. AVENUES (Race 1 No.1 – $2.60), LUCKY DIAMOND (Race 2 No.7 – $5), CHEERS (Race 3 No.1 – $14), ARSENALE (Race 4 No.6 – $126), SI SI MILANO (Race 5 No.3 – $1.70), DUBLIN JOURNAL (Race 7 No.2 – $5.50), PRINZERRO (Race 8 No.6 – $3.20).

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