Gunnedah tips and results

Our price $3.00 · Jenny Duggan

Rita's Pearl has the strongest recent form. She has shown she handles 2000m-plus, handles good ground and can win. If she finds a spot handy from barrier 7 she should be the one to beat.

Our price $3.30 · Ben Looker

He should lead in a slow race at a track where leaders win well above their share, and he ran second here over the mile. But he has lost all 19 starts and faded from the front over 1900m last time, so 2050m is a real question.

Our price $8.00 · Anna Weatherlake

Firealarm should be on the speed from barrier 1 in a slowly run race, which gives him a good chance to hold on for a place.

Our price $10.00 · Juliet Partridge

Yahuskin is the improver in this field. After two seconds he won his maiden, and his good-track form is solid. The step up to 2050m and a back-of-field run style are real negatives on a track that favours on-pace runners.

Our price $3.60 · Ben Looker

My Sweetheart has the strongest recent form in the race. She missed winning by a nose over 1000m at Bowraville last start after racing second throughout, and that run would win most country maidens. Barrier 3 and her early speed should put her on or near the lead, which suits a track that favours on-pace runners.

Our price $5.00 · Nick Palmer

He has led and then weakened badly in his last two runs, and he has not placed in three starts. The drop back to 1000m should help, and he will be in the right spot on a track that suits on-pace runners.

Our price $6.50 · Zac Wadick

Fiery Bee is a 5-year-old mare having her first start, so she has to be judged on her connections. The Hatch stable is going well, and Zac Wadick has an excellent record for the stable. Her Tamworth trial third was fair rather than eye-catching. She is a genuine chance in a weak maiden, but there is no race form to confirm it.

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Divine Blessing ran a close second in her only race start. She is a lightly raced 3-year-old and should keep improving. Booking Clayton Gallagher, who is riding in good form, suggests the stable expects a good run.

Our price $2.00 · Ben Looker

Grafology is the class runner here. His Kembla mile run came after trouble early. He has the speed to hold a handy spot from barrier 4, and the stable is going well.

Our price $4.50 · Zac Wadick

He is quick away and should sit just behind the leaders from barrier 10, which suits the Gunnedah pattern. The jockey and trainer do well together.

Our price $5.50 · Izzy Neale

Denise's Gal has the best map in the race. Her recent runs have been solid, placing at Dubbo and at Wellington over the mile, and she gets weight off the geldings. The concern is that she keeps getting caught late, with 12 starts and no win.

Our price $18.00 · Juliet Partridge

Raining Luck improved a lot last start. He sat second and hung on for third at Bowraville, close to a winning-class run, even though he pulled early. If the jockey can hold a handy spot from barrier 5 and he settles better, he can hold a place on a track that suits on-pace runners.

Our price $3.60 · Juliet Partridge

He drops from a BM66, where he ran third beaten under a length after racing three wide without cover. Gunnedah usually favours horses on the speed. With two genuine leaders the pace should be strong, and that gives a class horse finishing from midfield a good chance. He looks the best horse in the race at BM50.

Our price $6.00

He won a Moree BM58 over this distance, and at Dubbo last start he had no clear run in the straight but still finished within a length. He will need the fast pace and some luck from the back, which is why he ranks second.

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He suits the way Gunnedah is usually raced and has run close to winning standard recently, but he has a lot to overcome. From barrier 15 with 62.5kg he may have to work hard for the lead against The Final Say, which should make the early pace too quick for him. He tends to fade late and has won only once in 24 starts on Good ground.

Our price $7.50 · Kody Nestor

He won last start in the same grade, beating Ken'ker comfortably at Kempsey, and it was a genuine winning run.

Our price $3.80 · Zac Wadick

Ancient Egypt is the class horse of the field. He has already won at Gunnedah over the mile, and barrier 2 should put him in the handy spot this track rewards.

Our price $4.60 · Izzy Neale

Yorkel has the best run style for this race. He should settle about third behind the two leaders at a track where on-pace runners win far more often than backmarkers. The rise in class is real, but at 55kg with the map in his favour he rates a solid each-way chance.

Our price $5.00 · Ben Looker

His recent runs have been only fair, though, including an 8th in a Bm66 last start, and he settles near the back from a middle draw at a track where backmarkers seldom win. He is also untried as a winner over the mile.

Our price $8.00 · Heavelon Van Der Hoven

Drop him to 56kg and put back the jockey who rode him in his good Narromine and Gilgandra runs, and he has a strong case. Barrier 4 should give him a midfield run within striking distance.

Our price $3.40 · Gabrielle Johnston

The best-mapped runner in the race. From barrier 5 he should lead or sit on the speed at a track where on-pace runners dominate sprint races and backmarkers rarely win. He is fit, went close last start despite a bad jump, and has solid form at 1000m on Good ground. His best Class 1 run puts him right in this race.

Our price $3.90 · Zac Wadick

On what he achieved before his spell, he has the strongest recent form in the race. Barrier 10 is a useful sprint draw here and the jockey-trainer combination strikes well. The doubts are that he is first up with no first-up success yet, and 1000m may be sharp for him, so he could settle too far back.

Our price $4.50 · Nick Palmer

She will need luck in the run, and the jockey is out of form.

Our price $5.00 · Juliet Partridge

Barrier 3 should put him in the right spot behind the leaders on an on-pace track, and he has placed in both starts at Gunnedah. The negatives are a poor first-up record, a drop back to 1000m and a habit of finishing second.