Focus will be set on Wentworth Park for Week 1 of the inaugural Neds Friday Night Lightning series!
The Neds Friday Night Lightning series will feature ten races each meeting, spread across a five-week period. Every race will focus on the 280m sprint course, while a mix of grades ranging from 5th, to 4th and 3/4 will be covered.
We’ve analysed every runner in all ten races in Week 1 of Neds Friday Night Lightning and our best bets can be found below.
A nice short, sharp dash to get Friday Night Lightning underway and I’m confident that My Mate Bunji can get us off to a winning start. The three-year-old son of Fabregas hasn’t won since December, but he has been producing strong and consistent performances all year and has finished on the winner’s heels at his three most-recent efforts, all in tougher races than this one. His form from central boxes is fair and as long as he steps well, he’ll be tough to beat.
Foxy Tralee has been charged with facing some quality opposition on Friday, but she’s a dog with plenty of talent and with even luck, she can fight out the finish of the second at a nice price. The three-year-old has been mixing her form a little this time, but she held on well to finish third over 400m at The Gardens last time out and is rock-hard fit for this assignment. She hasn’t contested a race this short, but she does sprint well and it could prove ideal.
It would be silly not to provide a tip in the Neds Daily Tips Heat and it maps as a race in two between market favourite Take The Apache and last-start winner Cougar County. Take The Apache was unable to salute as favourite over 350m at Goulburn last time out, but the drop in trip tonight does look ideal and I like that he’s had some time between runs. I am, however, happy to take the value around Cougar County – He’s been continuing to improve recently and scored over 340m at Gunnedah last time out. This is a step up in class, but he’s got the runs on the board and can make it two in a row. I’m going to open up my Punters Toolbox and utilise a Back Up on Take The Apache.
Dana Snow has been airborne of late and is seeking a fourth-consecutive win when she steps out in the last at Friday Night Lightning. The daughter of Tuiaki has continued to improve as trainer Rodney McDonald has raised the bar recently; scoring in grade 5 company three starts back and recording two similarly impressive wins at Temora, including the 1-4 Wins Final (330m) last time out, despite being easy in the market. This is a far easier task and she’ll be hard to run down from an inside box.