Best bets for nine-race card at Murray Bridge on Saturday.

Best of the day comes up in race three where I'm with Great Maximus from the sharp Richard & Chantelle Jolly stable.

He was thrown into the deep end fresh in the Listed Adelaide Hills Railway and stuck on well in what looked the slower part of the track. Second-up, he took a nice step forward, racing on-speed and just missing in slick time at Morphettville.

Now third-up, he drops a stack of weight with the class rise, which forces the hand of gun hoop Jake Toeroek, who pilots the topweight/stablemate Karacasu.

Great Maximus is a gelding still on the rise, and I expect him to be making a statement on Saturday.

Another I'm keen on comes up in race seven and I'm sticking with the Peter Hardacre-trained Eroica.

She was desperately unlucky not to get the job done earlier this month as our best of the day, but the run was full of merit and marked a sharp new peak. The Vadamos mare has a lethal turn of foot and her recent figures back that up.

Back to a winning trip off three weeks, drawn perfectly in barrier five, and racing in career-best form. Rochelle Milnes just needs clear air at the right time. If the gap comes, she wins.

Say From SA

Best: Race 3 #9 Great Maximus @ $3.20

Also backing: Race 7 #10 Eroica @ $3