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The Game Plan for Echuca – with Blake Redden (@BlakeRedden)
There will no doubt be a few sore heads waking up today but the best way to shake of the bang that we went out with last night is simply to back up and win some of it back on the punt at Echuca. In saying that I’m not as keen tonight as I was on yesterday’s Bendigo meeting but there’s no reason we can’t end up in front of the ledger if we play the bets outlined in today’s Game Plan.

Best Bet ($50 win)
Timeseel (Race 7 No.1) $2.40
This guy was good enough to run fourth in a Vic Derby heat early last year and even his ninth in the final is creditable given the grade he has dropped to as a four-year-old this season. He got the job done last time out and from the gun barrier, in a race that appears no harder, he really should get the job done again tonight.

Best Value ($25 each way)
Idle Hands (Race 2 No.3) $4
Third up from a spell and another drop in class should really suit this recently turned four-year-old. He is the only serious chance off the front row and if he can get into the running line swiftly, or even be first to the pegs, then I expect him to be very hard to beat in a race that lacks depth.

Turnoffate (Race 4 No.9) $5.50
Similarly this is a pretty even race but this guy has shown he can win and his form is okay for a race of this nature. He will need some luck from his second row barrier but if things pan out for him in the early stages then expect him to be awfully hard to hold out in the run to the line.

The Money Race ($50 flexi trifectas)
Race 6
Kyvalley Rap (10) clearly has the class on his side and would only need to return to the form he showed prior to his last two where he has made mistakes. If he can do that he is close to a good thing but we will play a saver trifecta with the inform Conchs Critter (6) and enigmatic Dabbsey (8) to get the cash in his absence.

10/5,6,7,8,9,10/3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. $30.50 gets 75%
6,8/5,6,7,8,9,10/3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. $19.50 gets 32.5%

Quaddies (x4)
9/1,2,3,5/10/1. $18 gets 225%
2,3,4,5/1,2,3,5/10/1. $15 gets 50%
9/1,2,3,7,8/5,6,7,8,9/1. $12 gets 150%
2,3,4,5/1,2,3,7,8/5,6,7,8,9/1. $10 gets 33.33%