Best bets and value play for Thursday night’s Pakenham races

A promising spring campaign could develop into a winning autumn preparation for a Lindsay Park galloper while jockey Luke Currie should be among the winners at Pakenham.

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

BEST BET

SOUTHERN MONEY (Race 3 No.11): Southern Money showed her share of talent in the spring but her recent jumpouts show she’s ready to break through first-up this time in.

NEXT BEST

CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT (Race 2 No.2): The three-year-old wasn’t far away at The Valley first-up and has performed well at the jumpouts since. He’ll be harder to hold out.

ICARUS (Race 5 No.2): The Greg Eurell-trained Icarus won well first-up last time in and has had more time to develop. Expecting him to go close first-up.

VALUE BET

BOGA LEGEND (Race 7 No.3): Boga Legend might want a bit further but he has city-class talent and went well in his last trial, indicating a good fresh run is likely.

THE JOCKEY

LUKE CURRIE

Jockey Luke Currie heads to Pakenham for eight rides on Thursday. BAFFLECK (Race 1 No.4 – $1.50), BACK TO THE FUTURE (Race 2 No.1 – $23), GLAMOUR ANA (Race 3 No.6 – $8.50), SILENT FOX (Race 4 No.3 – $11), MR MAGNUS (Race 5 No.3 – $3.50), KADDARI (Race 6 No.9 – $4), ENZO (Race 7 No.2 – $41), JUSTADAZE (Race 8 No.10 – $61).

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