Strathalbyn tips and results

Our price $6.50 · SP $9.50 · Lauren Stojakovic

A reliable on-pace maiden who saves his best for Strathalbyn, with three placings from four visits. He resumes second-up after a close fourth at Balaklava where he hit the line well. From barrier six he maps to settle handy, which suits a track that strongly favours leaders and on-pace runners. The win column is bare, but he is a genuine each-way hope.

Our price $9.00 · SP $13.00 · Jordyn Weatherley

A consistent mare who has filled the placings four times from 11 starts and is improving with racing. She handles soft ground and gets the trip, but the wide draw in 12 and her backmarking style are concerns on a track that rewards on-pace runners, so she needs the race to unfold favourably.

Our price $13.00 · SP $21.00 · Andrew Stead

An improving maiden who posted his best effort last start, leading and sticking on for third at Bordertown. He has early speed, which is gold on a track favouring leaders, and draws well in barrier three with the blinkers coming off to help him settle.

Our price $3.60 · SP $2.60 · Jason Holder

An unraced three-year-old from a stable that knows how to win here, and he has already shown he handles the Strathalbyn track by winning both of his jump-outs, including one on a soft surface. The middle draw fits the on-pace profile, though the step to 1200m in race conditions is the unknown.

Our price $11.00 · SP $26.00 · Jemma Gutte

She gets in light at 52kg from an inside draw and the stable has applied blinkers for her first start, a clear intent signal.

Our price $3.20 · SP $2.35 · Shayleigh Ingelse

Drops out of 64-grade company into a moderate BM56 and brings by far the strongest wet-track form here, with four soft-track wins and an in-form rider booked. She was a solid third last start and was beaten barely half a length in a similar race before that. The knock is her get-back style at a circuit that rewards on-pace runners, so she needs a clean run through traffic. Still the most likely winner.

Our price $5.50 · SP $7.50 · Ashlee Stone

Profiles as the best each-way play: third at this track and trip on soft ground last time and maps to race handy, exactly where Strathalbyn winners sit. His wet-track record is solid and he carries a light weight with an improving profile.

Our price $5.00 · SP $5.50 · Brooke King

A Strathalbyn regular who ran a huge race here over 1200m on a soft track four weeks ago, storming home from the back to be beaten a head. He handles give in the ground and has placed in a quarter of his starts here. The concern is tempo, because in a slowly-run race he concedes a start, but his turn of foot is the best in the field.

Our price $4.60 · SP $4.00 · Campbell Rawiller

A track specialist with two wins and a placing from five starts over this course and trip, and his regular jockey rides this track better than most. He races handy so a slowly-run race plays into his hands.

Our price $5.00 · SP $3.20 · Harry Grace

The pacemaker in a race almost devoid of early speed, and her second at this trip on soft at Strathalbyn is the single best run in this line-up. That alone makes her the clear second pick, but she was beaten a long way when she led last start, so she is a risk to trust as a win-only play. Each-way from the front is the sensible approach given the track's on-pace lean.

Our price $5.50 · SP $3.80 · Rose Hammond

The problem is the map: he is a get-back runner in a slow-tempo event at a track that rewards being handy, and he has never won over this trip. A place result is his likely best outcome, so he is a place-only proposition.

Our price $9.00 · SP $18.00 · Wesley Cave

She won well on a soft track last start and has twice been competitive here, including a close second, and her wet-track record is the best in the field.

Our price $4.00 · SP $5.00 · S H Sit

Rates the one to beat given the way this track plays. He settles handy, is drawn to save ground and looks the horse most likely to control a slowly-run staying contest. He has already run well over this exact course and distance in the wet, and his recent form on rain-affected ground is consistent. Steps up in grade but is fit, in-form and gets weight relief. Hard to run down.

Our price $13.00 · SP $26.00 · Lauren Stojakovic

A genuine track specialist who saves his best for Strathalbyn, where he has won four times and rarely runs a bad race. He also habitually fills a placing on rain-affected ground, so the soft surface is no deterrent. He is drawn to sit handy and get every chance.

Our price $4.50 · SP $6.50 · Brooke King

The class runner of a thin field. She was thrown into a stronger handicap last start and still shaped well, having won her maiden with a powerful finish two runs back. The concern is her racing style — she settles near last on a track that rewards forward runners, especially late on the card — so she needs the breaks.

Our price $7.50 · SP $9.00 · Lauren Stojakovic

A mare who is better than her bare form reads — her latest effort over 2000m was the strongest run recorded by anyone in this field, and she has won at this track and trip. The query is her style; she settles near last and concedes a start on a course that punishes that.

Our price $9.00 · SP $17.00 · Polly Brewster

The mile is clearly her go, she draws well and can race forward, and the ground holds no fears.