Gold Coast tips and results

Our price $6.00 · SP $4.20 · Kenji Yoshida

A lightly-raced three-year-old who keeps finding the line late and now steps up to a trip that suits. He was doing his best work over the final stages at both Toowoomba and the Gold Coast, and he should be hitting the line when others are tiring. The knock is that he gives away a start from the barriers and backmarkers have found this track hard to conquer.

Our price $6.20 · SP $6.50 · Chelsea Baker

The value runner. Blinkers go on for the first time after he raced greenly at Ipswich, and he is in the hands of the best-performed jockey-and-trainer combination in this race.

Our price $5.00 · SP $5.50 · Jade Hampson

The likely leader and the one to catch. Handles soft ground with a couple of placings.

Our price $6.00 · SP $7.00 · Danny Peisley

Took a clear step forward here last start when fourth, running on well, and a gear change (winkers on, blinkers off) could sharpen him further.

Our price $6.50 · SP $4.20 · Georgina Cartwright

An each-way chance with upside. He is from a top Queensland stable and has a jockey who rides him well. He resumed with a fair effort over 1400m and now steps to 1800 second-up, a profile he has won from before, and his autumn form at this track over further was strong. The concerns are that he has never raced at the trip and has had only one soft-track start, but the stable and connections demand respect.

Our price $7.00 · SP $13.00 · Aidan Keeley

She is a genuine Gold Coast 1800m horse with a win and numerous placings here, and she has been consistently running on at this trip. She drops 1.5kg off her last run and gets onto a soft surface she handles.

Our price $4.20 · SP $6.50 · Jade Hampson

Won at this track and trip in open company last start, settling just off the pace before finishing best. He owns the best course record in the field and is unbeaten in two starts over this course and distance, and he is now second-up and fitter. The concern is top weight after a winning run off a light impost, but his class, track affinity and wet-track form make him the one to beat.

Our price $4.00 · SP $4.20 · McKenzie Apel

A genuine on-pacer who loves the Gold Coast and is unbeaten in two starts over this course and distance. He led throughout to score last start and drops in weight, and his earlier open-class placings here on a heavy track show he handles give in the ground. Rising in grade is the query, but the speed map and track profile suit him ideally.

Our price $3.60 · SP $3.30 · Archie McColm

He settles back and runs on, and soft ground suits. Yet he has never placed in three tries at this track and hasn't won in some time, and the Gold Coast mile leans towards on-pace runners — enough to leave him out of the top two.

Our price $8.00 · SP $5.50 · Archie McColm

A reliable type who has been finishing off his races and handles the wet well, with placings at this track to his name. The problem is a wide gate and top weight over a sharp 1000m on a circuit where wide draws and backmarkers are hard to overcome. Rounding out the placings on wet-track form.

Our price $3.60 · SP $4.80 · Chelsea Baker

Races handily and owns the best course-and-distance form in the race, with two placings from as many starts over this track and trip plus a Class 2 win. Drawn the inside, she should settle in the first few and be hard to hold out. She has placed on soft ground without winning on it, and her recent efforts have been honest rather than devastating.

Our price $5.80 · SP $8.00 · McKenzie Apel

A genuine wet-tracker with a strong record on soft going who drops in class. He raced well over further in stronger grade last preparation and will be prominent from the outset, which suits a speed-favoured track. The concern is the sharp drop back to 1200m, a trip at which he has been unplaced twice, so he is a value play on conditions rather than a standout.

Our price $17.00 · SP $61.00 · Karl Zechner

He ran right up to the mark last start in a much stronger race and has two wins at this trip. Worth a small each-way.

Our price $6.00 · SP $14.00 · Nozi Tomizawa

Genuine front-runner who brings the strongest recent form line and a track-and-distance placing on soft ground. She has the speed to cross from the wide gate and lead, but the presence of another hard-going leader means she may be kept honest early. If she controls the pace she is a major threat; if they cut at each other it plays into the hands of the stalkers.

Our price $8.00 · SP $12.00 · Yvette Lewis

Consistent on-pacer whose best run — a narrow defeat at a higher grade over 1000m on soft — is the strongest single piece of form in the race. Drawn well in four and suited by a speed-favouring track if he can lead or stalk the pace. Top weight and a modest winning strike are the negatives, plus a string of gear changes.

Our price $10.00 · SP $26.00 · Jett Newman

Light weight and natural early speed should have her prominent on a track that favours those on the pace.