Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets 20/12/24

Matt Abrahams
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Matt Abrahams
19/12/2024
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Find the best free horse racing tips and best bets for Friday's racing at Canterbury and Cranbourne. I like the look of Bat Out Of Hell at Canterbury in Race 5. Also, for my roughie bet, I've got my eye on Lochlorian in Race 8 at Cranbourne. The track is rated a good 5 for racing at Canterbury on Friday. The track conditions at Cranbourne are looking good for racing, the track is a good 4 at this stage. Let's get into it!

Best Tip: Bat Out Of Hell #2 Canterbury R5

In its last race at Canterbury on December 13, it came out on top with a winning margin of 0.8 lengths. It was carrying 55kg and held off Fortune (59kg), which was pretty good to watch at $2.50 odds. So, it's looking in good touch for this race. Before that, Bat Out Of Hell finished first at Canterbury in a BM72 on November 15, 2024 over 1550m. Not a lot of queries with this one, it should be able to beat this field.

BookmakerOdds
$2.40
$2.40
QuestBet  logo$2.40

Best Roughie: Lochlorian #9 Cranbourne R8

I like the form of Lochlorian at the moment and I think he can challenge this race. He comes off a win at Bendigo on a heavy track over 1300m. Before that he finished 4th at the Valley and 3rd at Sale. With Teodore Nugent in the saddle, these two have placed or won in all 5 career starts. He’s also finished third in his last run when he was third-up. Good value for an each-way punt.

BookmakerOdds
$8.00
$8.00
QuestBet  logo$8.00

Stats and Insights

  • Stats at Cranbourne show that barriers four to ten are the best at all distances at Cranbourne.
  • The longer distances have a steep uphill climb from the 600m to the winning post so look for bigger type horses at Cranbourne.
  • R5 Canterbury - Bat Out Of Hell is looking for two straight wins and hasn’t fallen out of the top 3 at this track/distance.
  • R8 Cranbourne - During his racing career, Lochlorian holds a 16.67% win percentage. Lochlorian has a 66.67% place career percentage as well.

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