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Lindsay Park runner Evaporate firms for stable's fourth straight PB Lawrence Stakes win
Fast punters have backed Lindsay Park-trained runner to give the stable a fourth straight win in the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes at Saturday's Caulfield meeting.
Trainers Ben, JD and Will Hayes have won the last three editions of the weight-for-age feature, twice with stable star Mr Brightside before Gentleman Roy completed a hat trick of wins for the team last year.
Group 2 winner and Caulfield Guineas placegetter Evaporate opened as the $4 favourite in 'all-in' betting on the Lawrence Stakes after winning two recent Flemington jumpouts.
However, speedy punters pounced on that quote, backing him into $3.50 before the four-year-old firmed into $3 soon after markets opened on the $300,000 contest.
Evaporate tops Lawrence Stakes betting ahead of the Joe Pride -trained Group 1 winner Private Eye ($4), who finished third in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap over 1400m at his most recent run in June.
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The Hayes brothers also have the $6 third pick Here To Shock, who became a Group 1 winner in a successful trip to New Zealand in February before going down narrowly before a spell in the Canterbury Stakes in March.
Last year's Memsie Stakes winner Pinstriped firmed from $11 to $8 in the early stages of betting to join Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes winner Sepals on the fourth line of the market.
Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller has five of the 21 PB Lawrence Stakes entries.
Yulong-owned imports comprise four of Waller's entries.
Canadian-bred mare Moira, the winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Fillies and Mares in the US, is the highest-rated of Waller's Lawrence Stakes quintet.
