York tips and results

Our price $4.80 · SP $6.50 · Kate Pateman

The improver in the field, coming off a front-running second at a country meeting. He has the strongest stable engaged and looked sharper with the gear changes, and he is race-fit after a quick turnaround. Drawn to sit handy in what shapes as a slowly-run contest, which plays to his strengths. The knock is that his form at this level has been ordinary and the last placing came against weaker opposition.

Our price $5.50 · SP $5.50 · Shaun O'Donnell

A stayer who shapes as the best of the closers. He got home solidly over further last start and York's staying profile gives horses ridden off the speed a genuine edge, so he should be picking his way through late when the speedsters tire. The concern is a winless record and a yard that has struggled for winners, and he tends to spot the leaders a break, so he will need the gaps to appear.

Our price $13.00 · SP $21.00 · Sharni Webster

He is the one who will take up the running from the inside gate, and in a slowly-run staying contest that can be dangerous. He has placed three times on soft ground and his trainer and jockey are combining well.

Our price $3.60 · SP $3.40 · Joey Azzopardi

The clear form pick. Drawn in the favoured middle band, he should be running on strongly late. The knocks are a maiden who has placed just twice and a stable that rarely wins.

Our price $5.00 · SP $6.50 · Madi Derrick

The trainer wins with roughly a quarter of his runners and the yard has only this one at the meeting, so intent looks clear. Trials were moderate and he steps straight to 1500m on soft ground, but the stable and jockey signals are the best in the race.

Our price $9.00 · SP $8.50 · Holly Nottle

He settles handy, which suits an even-tempo race, and the jockey/trainer pairing rarely misses a place. First-up after a break and dropping sharply in distance from staying trips are the worries.

Our price $13.00 · SP $31.00 · Kayla Holroyd

The stable's long losing run is the obvious risk.

Our price $9.00 · SP $21.00 · Zephen Johnston-Porter

The wet-track runner of the field: two wins and four placings from nine starts on soft ground, plus two wins over this trip. The inside draw and a drop in class are further pluses and a steady tempo should suit her midfield style. Her recent form is plain, though, and she will need to improve sharply on her last two efforts.

Our price $7.00 · SP $15.00 · Sharni Webster

A York 1200m specialist who has won four times at this track, including twice at this trip, and she handles soft ground. She can settle handy from a good gate and the on-pace track bias plays to her strengths.

Our price $9.50 · SP $20.00 · Ebony Johnson

A consistent placer who has won twice on soft ground and drops out of stronger C3 company.

Our price $3.20 · SP $1.65 · Tara Atherden

The probable pacesetter from the inside draw in a race with little other genuine speed, and this around-the-bend York sprint on soft ground rewards exactly that profile. His best run is the strongest single effort in the field, a narrow defeat over this trip, and he has placed in both his soft-track starts.

Our price $7.00 · SP $5.50 · Brandon Louis

He draws a wide-ish gate and settles near the tail, which is not the ideal set-up for an on-pace-biased York sprint, and he is yet to break through. Best used as a place/each-way play rather than a win-only.

Our price $14.00 · SP $18.00 · Jessica Valas

The obvious risks are his age and a long break, but his stable is in brilliant form and the each-way value more than compensates.

Our price $6.00 · SP $4.60 · Natika Riordan

Drops back to a grade and trip she handled two starts ago when a close second over 1500m. She owns two soft-track wins and should race within striking distance in a race without much early pressure. The weight and an eight-year-old's patchy strike rate are the knocks, plus a flat effort last time in stronger company, but at this level and on this ground she is the safest win play.

Our price $7.00 · SP $11.00 · Holly Nottle

Lightly raced mare who drops several grades and brings the strongest recent form lines in the field. She won her maiden on a heavy track and placed on soft, so the ground is no worry, and she maps to settle in the ideal midfield spot from an inside gate.

Our price $8.50 · SP $9.00 · Sharni Webster

Comes off a win at a higher grade, the best last-start result in the race, and has a solid record at this course. He drops in class again and his trainer/jockey pairing strikes at a good rate.