Best bets and value play for Wednesday’s Sandown Hillside meeting

A Godolphin filly can improve on an encouraging first-up run while a $15 chance could post another win in a long campaign during Wednesday’s Sandown Hillside meeting.

Promising Godolphin filly Thames can improve on an unlucky first-up run at Wednesday's Sandow Hillside meeting. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters looks at Wednesday’s meeting at Sandown.

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BEST BET

THAMES (Race 6 No.12): The Godolphin filly didn’t have the best of luck when not far away at Sale first-up. Expecting her to be harder to hold out at Sandown.

NEXT BEST

GLOBAL ECLIPSE (Race 1 No.3): Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr produced this colt first-up over 1600m where he did a solid job. Natural improvement will make him hard to beat.

FACILITATE (Race 2 No.1): Facilitate led and tried hard when not far away on debut. Race experience will produce an improved effort on Wednesday.

VALUE BET

SIMPLE TIMES (Race 3 No.3): Simple Times had no luck when caught wide throughout at Benalla last time. He can improve with a softer run at Sandown.

THE JOCKEY

JAMIE MOTT

Jockey Jamie Mott heads to Sandown for five rides on Wednesday. MURGASTY (Race 1 No.5 – $16), FACILITATE (Race 2 No.1 – $5.50), CHICO SONADO (Race 6 No.16 – $51), MUKTAMIL (Race 7 No.8 – $9), CHARMING DEEL (Race 8 No.3 – $16).