Te Aroha tips and results

Our price $5.50 · SP $13.80 · Bella Oliver

Heza Warrior won this same race at Te Aroha over 3100m a fortnight ago, beating Outovstock, Our Easy Street and others who meet him again on similar terms, and had previously run two thirds over the track and trip.

Our price $8.00 · SP $11.10 · Luca Remondet

She has been consistent through her steeplechase campaign with three placings from her last five, jumped through mistakes to win last time and is comfortable on rain-affected ground.

Our price $11.00 · SP $22.40 · Hamish McNeill

Dorothy's Daughter is the value runner. She carries the lightest weight, draws well and is one of only two horses likely to lead, and with a slow tempo expected she could control the race from the front. She held on for third here over the same trip two weeks ago after leading throughout and was second at Hawera before that.

Our price $3.20 · SP $2.80 · Dean Parker

Rocky Belle has strung together a second and a third at his last two starts over today's trip and gets the ideal set-up here, drawn the inside and likely to control a moderately-run race on a track that suits front-runners over the mile.

Our price $13.00 · SP $11.00 · Joshua Parker

Sicarius is the horse on the up in this field.

Our price $7.50 · SP $6.50 · Kayla Macnab

He's an honest, fit maiden who gets a nice inside draw and should be handy enough to strike if the tempo is slow.

Our price $6.00 · SP $7.50 · Alexandra Reed

Air Dancer arrives off a bold second over this course and distance with a heavy weight, running his rivals ragged before being caught late. His wet-track record is the strongest in the race and the surface is drying toward the Soft 6 range where he has done his best work. The wide gate is the concern, but there is a long run to the first bend and his rider knows him well.

Our price $7.50 · SP $11.00 · Lisa Kennedy

Deadly Pony is the type the Te Aroha profile likes: placed last start, racing again within a fortnight, drawn inside and likely to be prominent throughout. Her Woodville second in a similar highweight race was her best effort of the preparation and she finished off well.

Our price $8.00 · SP $10.00 · Zoe Pawson

His Ellerslie fourth over this trip on soft ground came with excuses, missing the start and then being held up in the straight, yet he still finished off strongly. The wide draw means he will be back in the field, but Te Aroha's long straight keeps closers in play over 2200m and his trainer has a good record here.

Our price $3.50 · SP $5.50 · Corey Wiles

Gold Card's last-start second at Ruakaka in this exact grade, over this distance and on Soft 6 going, was the best recent piece of form in the race, and he produced the sharpest closing burst of the day from well back. Today he draws inside and should land handier under Corey Wiles, and a drying Te Aroha track suits a horse who has won on firmer footing.

Our price $4.50 · SP $7.00 · Kylan Wiles

Te Aroha is drying toward Soft 6, and on anything better than heavy his record is bleak. He also carries top weight and may not control the tempo with Koro's Princess and Gold Card drawn beside him.

Our price $7.50 · SP $7.50 · Luca Remondet

Highly Anticipated looked a different mare last start when she led and only just failed at Cambridge, sprinting home faster than anything in this field. She invariably rolls forward, so she will be closer than a map reading would suggest, and that is the right place to be at Te Aroha over 1400m. She has won here before and drops in grade. Her wet-track win record is weak and the recent form was on synthetic, which keeps confidence measured, but at nine dollars she is a sound place chance.