Matamata tips and results

Our price $10.00 · SP $9.00 · Erin M Leighton

A likely leader from the inside gate who drops sharply from black-type company into a plain maiden. She has heavy-track experience, a light weight and a soft-lead scenario on a circuit that favours speed.

Our price $6.50 · SP $7.50 · Warren Kennedy

Consistent without winning, with a heavy-track placing and a tidy fourth over 1600m at Te Rapa from a wide gate. Maps to settle midfield from barrier eight, which suits a track that rewards forward positions. The step up to 2000m is the unknown and her rider has been quiet, but she is one of the few here with dependable recent form.

Our price $9.00 · SP $9.50 · Corentin Berge

Lightly raced with just three starts, all over 1400m on heavy ground, and now steps up to a staying trip off an inside draw. Expected to settle prominently in a race lacking genuine speed, which gives her a positional edge on this turning track. Staying pedigree offers hope, but she has shown little in her races and the riding engagement is unclear.

Our price $10.00 · SP $13.00 · Jack Taplin

She carries a light weight with a claim and shapes as the type to improve over further. The wide gate and her get-back style in a slowly run race are the obvious risks, hence the each-way play.

Our price $11.00 · SP $6.00 · Jasmine Fawcett

Carnelian debuts with an ideal profile for a heavy-track sprint: barrier one, natural early speed and a speed-oriented El Roca pedigree, with an in-form jockey booked.

Our price $3.80 · SP $5.00 · Craig Grylls

A consistent mare who saves her best for wet tracks, with strong placings on heavy ground. She jumps from a handy inside gate, which is a big advantage over 1050m here, and the trip suits. The knock is just one win from eleven starts and the risk she gives away too much ground in a slowly-run race, but her wet form and draw make her the one to beat.

Our price $6.50 · SP $6.50 · Sam McNab

A speedy type who settles handy and is drawn to get the run of the race from gate three, which the track strongly rewards over this trip. He has won over sprint distances and his rider's claim helps on the heavy ground. The risks are a long break between runs and an ordinary only start on a heavy track.

Our price $13.00 · SP $31.00 · Joe Doyle

A front-runner who should get a soft lead from the rail in what shapes as a slowly-run sprint. That scenario suits him better than his form reads, and gate one is the most valuable draw at Matamata.

Our price $5.00 · SP $14.00 · Hayley Hassman

Manorbier maps as the lone leader from barrier 1 on a heavy Matamata track where on-pace runners and inside gates have a strong edge. He has placed in both starts on heavy ground and his last-start flop on the synthetic came after losing a plate. With a claiming rider who wins here and a weak maiden field lacking a standout, he can control the race and hold on.

Our price $6.00 · SP $7.50 · Wiremu Pinn

Triple Threat has the map to suit, drawn inside with enough pace to sit on the leader's back on a track that rewards that position in the wet. His Hawera second over 1200m shows he is competitive at this level and his last-start failure from barrier 18 is easily excused. Solid place claims with a winning chance if he handles the ground.

Our price $7.50 · SP $9.50 · Elen Nicholas

He has run fourth in two Heavy 10 maidens, one of them after being hampered, and now gets an inside gate with a handy racing pattern on a track that rewards exactly that in the wet. His last start was a stronger race from the widest gate and can be ignored.

Our price $6.00 · SP $23.00 · Bridget Grylls

The most proven wet-tracker in the field - four heavy-track starts for two seconds and two thirds, including placings over 1400m on Heavy 8, 9 and 10. She settles handy and returns to her best trip after a fading effort over a mile.

Our price $7.00 · SP $4.60 · Abinith Simon

Well-bred mare from the powerful James/Wellwood yard, resuming after seven months and expected to be prominent from gate two, a good starting point on this circuit. With only three starts, no heavy-track form and a single minor placing she must lift, but her stable's record with maidens and an ideal speed map make her a solid place chance.

Our price $13.00 · SP $23.00 · Elen Nicholas

She has twice finished third at 1400m on heavy ground (Heavy 9 and Heavy 10) and maps to settle just off the pace from gate four - an ideal spot if the three expected leaders cut at each other.

Our price $7.50 · SP $9.00 · Rihaan Goyaram

A reliable wet-track mare dropping out of stronger company. She has won and placed on heavy ground and runs an honest race from a handy position, with a good record at the distance. She lacks a sharp turn of foot to put a race away, but on this surface she shapes as a solid each-way proposition.

Our price $5.50 · SP $8.00 · George Rooke

The strongest wet-track profile in the race, with three wins and four seconds from sixteen heavy starts, plus a win and a placing at Matamata. He ran second twice on soft and heavy ground in July before a forgive run at Ellerslie where he was held up.

Our price $11.00 · SP $10.00 · Joe Doyle

Well drawn in barrier two and likely to settle forward, which suits Matamata's heavy-track pattern. He is a heavy-track winner and has won at this course, with an in-form rider who has a win from two rides on him. The negatives are a first try at 2000m and two plain recent runs, so he is included mainly for the placings rather than as a genuine win threat.

Our price $13.00 · SP $21.00 · Tom Wigram

A genuine heavy-track specialist with six wins and three placings from thirty starts on wet ground, including a BM65 win on heavy at Arawa Park in July.