Best bets and value play for Friday night’s meeting at The Valley

A specialist at The Valley will be hard to run down in a Listed contest while a $10 chance is due for a change of luck on Friday night.

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Friday night’s meeting at The Valley.

BEST BET

APACHE SONG (Race 7 No.4): The four-year-old has a terrific record at The Valley and thrives over 1200m. Dropping in class will also help her on Friday night.

NEXT BEST

BRAVE DESIGN (Race 1 No.1): The youngster made a promising debut when third at Flemington and that form stood up in last Saturday’s Blue Diamond. He’ll go close.

JUNEBUG (Race 4 No.2): Junebug is racing in great form with wins at both local runs. She’s up to 2040m and should be able to complete a hat trick of wins.

VALUE BET

MOON AND BACK (Race 6 No.8): Moon And Back has raced well without luck at The Valley over the summer and has drawn perfectly this time. She can break through.

THE JOCKEY

THOMAS STOCKDALE

Jockey Thomas Stockdale heads to The Valley for five rides on Friday night. TOM (Race 1 No.2 – $3.30), JOLTIN’ JOE (Race 2 No.2 – $21), ONLYGOLDWILLDO (Race 5 No.5 – $8), TRAPEZE WARRIOR (Race 6 No.2 – $2.70), JUST LIKE GABY (Race 8 No.9 – $3).