Best bets and value play for Cranbourne races Friday night

An on-pacer could be tough to run down despite carrying 61kg while an impressive first-up winner could again prove too sharp for his rivals in the last race at Cranbourne on Friday night.

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

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BEST BET

BAY OF ZEA (Race 6 No.1): Bay Of Zea went well racing on the pace at both runs before a freshen. She could be harder to run down at Cranbourne on Friday night.

NEXT BEST

HOWDY (Race 4 No.6): The locally-trained four-year-old improved sharply when running on well for second at Pakenham second-up. Expecting further improvement.

CHASE YOUR DREAMS (Race 7 No.11): Chase Your Dreams won at Kilmore before another solid effort in BM64 grade at Pakenham. She looks ready to step up in trip at Cranbourne.

VALUE BET

CARDONE (Race 8 No.7): The Dan Meagher-trained Cardone was too fast for his rivals in town first-up and will only be improvement. He can overcome the tricky gate.

THE JOCKEY

DANIEL STACKHOUSE

Jockey Daniel Stackhouse heads to Cranbourne for seven rides on Friday. MR IGLESIA (Race 2 No.10 – $1.50), CARRY ON LIZZIE (Race 3 No.6 – $23), MAKDANE (Race 4 No.2 – $8.50), GROUSE MOUNTAIN (Race 5 No.1 – $11), DREAMS (Race 6 No.3 – $3.50), WEST INDIES (Race 7 No.5 – $4), HONOR GALORE (Race 8 No.6 – $41).

Originally published as Best bets and value play for Cranbourne races Friday night