Brad Waters’ best bets and value play for Bendigo races Thursday

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BEST BET

MALLETIER (Race 7 No.6): The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Malletier resumed with an excellent second at Sandown and won’t have to improve much to go one better at Bendigo.

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NEXT BEST

ENCHANTED JENNI (Race 4 No.8): Solid at Swan Hill and again tried hard when up to 1400m in town third-up. She’ll be fitter again and the step to 1600m looks perfect.

MATROOSHI (Race 6 No.1): The Warrnambool mare saluted first-up last time in before another solid effort at the May Carnival. She has a good first-up record and drops in class for this.

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VALUE BET

LORD DOMINO (Race 5 No.3): The eight-year-old finished strongly to win an easier race at Wodonga but has a great record at Bendigo and should again be thereabouts on Thursday.

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LAY OF THE DAY
CHEST OF GOLD (Race 8 No.6): Went to the spelling paddock a winner but it’s never easy to jump from a maiden win to BM64 level, especially when giving away fitness to seasoned horses.

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THE JOCKEY – JAMIE MELHAM
Jockey Jamie Melham heads to Bendigo for five rides on Thursday. ESPANA (Race 1 No.3), SKATING ON BY (Race 3 No.15), ENCHANTED JENNI (Race 4 No.8), PLACENTIA BAY (Race 5 No.9), JOYNER (Race 6 No.4).

Originally published as Brad Waters’ best bets and value play for Bendigo races Thursday