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Best lay bets in Australia for Thursday, February 1 brought to you by expert form analysts from the Betfair Hub.
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THOROUGHBREDS
Pakenham: Race 4; #2 Rampant Lion 
Happy to oppose Rampant Lion, D.Lane gets on the stablemate Scorsese which tells you which horse the Moody/Coleman team like better for this. The stable is 2/22 the last two months with horses first-up and 12 of those started $6 or shorter.
GREYHOUNDS
Sandown Park: Race 4; #8 Ice Bath Forth
There is plenty of early pace here with Steath and Ike Bale the likely leaders. This may mean Ice Bath Forth gets posted wide and when in doubt I'm always happy to Lay off Box 8 which has a very poor winning strike rate over this 515m start.
Sandown Park: Race 6; #4 Shima Steel
Shima Steel can explode the lids and carve out some sizzling sectionals and break the hearts of those chasing him but he seems to race better at The Meadows than he does at Sandown Park, even though he has a PB here of 29.36. He raced as recently as Monday at Geelong and in what looked a very winnable race and I thought he was extremely disappointing. The run looked to be a gut buster and that may not bode well in a hot race tonight.
Sandown Park: Race 7; #2 Schillaci
Schillaci has been disappointing since his massive win in The Phoenix in December. He has been missing the start and has been unreliable in the early stages of races. He does his best racing when he can lead early and if he misses the kick again I doubt he can catch some of these very handy dogs in Mepunga Shine, Judgement Day and Verdi.
A good 5th grade with the four market elects set to dominate. Taking a set against the 6 though. Recent masters form is okay but this is much tougher. 7 will come out quickly and put pressure on him early. 8 can run like the wind on her night and is drawn to get clear air. 4 is capable of running 17 dead as well. A good race and happy to take on the 6 who needs to do everything right to win.
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