Te Rapa tips and results

Our price $6.00 · SP $6.30 · Corentin Berge

A lightly raced stayer on the up who has won both his starts at Te Rapa and finished strongly into fourth in a competitive field last time. He handles rain-affected ground and is clearly heading the right way. This is his first try at a staying trip, but his powerful late surge and track affinity make him a genuine threat if the leaders overdo it up front.

Our price $6.50 · SP $5.90 · Lynsey Satherley

Progressive mare who led and won nicely on soft ground last start and is clearly on the up. She rises in class and steps to a staying trip for the first time, but the stable has her going well and she should be in front for a long way.

Our price $4.20 · SP $8.00 · Craig Grylls

The form pick. This mare has been knocking on the door with three seconds and a third from six starts, including a gritty second over this trip on rain-affected ground last time where she led into the straight. Drawn perfectly in gate three she should settle handy, and the track rewards on-pace runners.

Our price $6.50 · SP $4.60 · George Rooke

A progressive three-year-old who found the line well for second over this trip on a soft track at Taupo. He sat just off the speed there and shapes as though the trip suits. George Rooke, effective at Te Rapa, takes the ride, and with natural improvement he looks the main danger to the top pick.

Our price $13.00 · SP $15.00 · Tom Wigram

Handy mare who should get the lead to herself in a race lacking genuine early speed, which is a significant advantage at Te Rapa over this distance. She has led and stuck on for placings at 1400m and carries the lightest weight in the field for a stable in good touch.

Our price $7.50 · SP $5.90 · Joe Doyle

Capote brings the strongest recent form into this and looks the value behind the top pick. He closed strongly for fourth last start on a heavy track and was third here two runs back, showing the soft going holds no fears. The query is the step up to a mile for the first time, but his pattern of finishing hard suggests he will handle it.

Our price $14.00 · SP $17.80 · Wiremu Pinn

He has the early toe to take up a forward position in what shapes as a slowly run contest, which could be decisive. The concern is a 69-day freshen-up and a stable yet to strike. Still a worthwhile each-way hope.

Our price $18.00 · SP $25.00 · Courtney Barnes

The roughie worth a small play. She drops out of open handicap company, where she ran a big race for third last start over this trip on a wet track, and she is a proven mudlark who saves ground from the inside gate. Worth an each-way ticket.

Our price $3.60 · SP $2.80 · George Rooke

The most reliable profile in the race: seven placings from nine starts, and his last-start second in stronger company on soft ground was a genuine winning performance. He maps to settle just behind what should be a searching early tempo from a good gate. The knocks are that he has never won at 1200m or on a soft track and resumes off a long break with top weight, while his stable has been quiet. On form he is the safest to be in the finish.

Our price $5.00 · SP $7.30 · Warren Kennedy

A lightly raced mare who recorded the sharpest 1200m run in this line-up when she led throughout to win her maiden on soft ground. The question mark is a sharp rise from maiden grade off a long break, but she is progressive and the soft ground is a big plus.

Our price $10.00 · SP $24.10 · Joe Nishizuka

The concern is that virtually all her best form is on heavy going rather than a soft 5, and her recent outings read plainly.

Our price $3.10 · SP $3.90 · Craig Grylls

The clear form pick. He led throughout to win on a soft track last time and again looks the one to catch, and front-runners are the right profile at Te Rapa. His stable is firing and he gets an ideal inside draw. The knock is the rise in grade and a modest second-up record, but his raw form and wet-track credentials stand out in this field.

Our price $10.00 · SP $17.00 · George Rooke

He was a game third here over this trip on soft ground last season, and his most recent run in better company was full of merit after a slow start.

Our price $5.50 · SP $9.50 · Tom Wigram

The class runner of the field and the one best suited by conditions. A six-time 1200m winner who saves his best for Te Rapa and relishes rain-affected ground, with wins on both soft and heavy. He was sound first-up in stronger company and is unbeaten when second-up, so he should be primed today. Drawn to get a nice midfield sit and finish over the top.

Our price $4.00 · SP $2.50 · George Rooke

He has won three of seven on soft ground and gets in light from the inside gate. The query is five unplaced runs and a stable short on winners, but on pure ability he's the obvious danger off a kind draw.

Our price $5.50 · SP $6.00 · Craig Grylls

A lightly-raced five-year-old who has won his last three and whose form is clearly on the up. He handles wet ground and is drawn to race handily behind what should be a moderate tempo. The step up in grade and a first look at 1500m are the unknowns, but he is very much a horse on the rise and worth following.

Our price $18.00 · SP $41.00 · Sam McNab

A Group-class galloper who has won three times at Te Rapa and goes well when fresh, but he returns after a long break with the steadier of 61kg and drops back to a sharp 1500m.

Our price $4.50 · SP $5.00 · Michael McNab

Group-winning mare who drops into handicap company second-up after a fitness run. She led throughout to win her Guineas on soft ground, so the surface is no concern, and she lands the inside gate with the meeting's strongest stable-and-jockey combination behind her. The 59kg top weight is the obvious query, but she settles handy without being forced to lead and should be sharper for that first-up outing.

Our price $6.00 · SP $10.00 · Hayley Hassman

Lightly raced mare who is unbeaten first-up and second-up and has won on both soft and heavy ground, including at this trip.

Our price $8.50 · SP $9.50 · Jack Taplin

Value runner who finished a close second over this track and trip in testing ground last month and now drops back from a mile, the trip she has been wanting. A strong-finishing type who can capitalise if the three expected leaders cut at each other up front.