Hastings tips and results

Our price $5.50 · SP $4.20 · George Rooke

She has the in-form rider of the meeting, a soft draw and 2kg in her favour, and her stable habitually has them running on well. The knock is a low win rate for the yard - she looks more a place/each-way proposition than a genuine win threat.

Our price $10.00 · SP $18.00 · Joe Doyle

The value angle in a race of unknowns.

Our price $10.00 · SP $15.00 · Masahiro Hashizume

Proven at this trip with a soft-track win over 2200m and a distance record that reads better than most of these. He closed strongly last start over a shorter trip and his earlier staying effort on rain-affected ground was sound.

Our price $13.00 · SP $23.00 · Chris Dell

Drops sharply in class here after a string of runs in stronger company, including a decent clock effort at this track when caught wide from a horror draw.

Our price $5.00 · SP $6.50 · Lily Sutherland

Ran right up to the mark when second at this track over 2100m last start, the best recent effort in the field. She settles handy and finishes strongly, which suits Hastings' long straight and the likely steady tempo. A repeat gets her very close. The only query is whether she can convert at 2000m on a Soft 5 rather than the heavy ground she has been racing on.

Our price $5.50 · SP $3.80 · Kavish Chowdhoory

Her yard and rider are both going well and she is proven in the conditions. The knock is the rise in grade from easier races and her tendency to settle off the speed, which leaves her vulnerable if the tempo is slow.

Our price $6.50 · SP $6.00 · Wiremu Pinn

An improving sort who was a close-up third in similar grade over 2100m on soft ground last start. The likely steady tempo plays to his on-pace style and he can be in the firing line turning for home. He still has to prove he can win at this level, but he is a solid each-way chance.

Our price $8.00 · SP $16.00 · Floor Moerman

Her record points squarely to the staying trip — nine starts at 2000m for two wins and four placings — and she was second in a comparable race over this distance on soft ground two starts ago. The latest failure was over a sprint and can be forgiven. She looks the clear each-way value in the race.

Our price $5.00 · SP $4.80 · Jonathan Riddell

He has a win and a placing at 1600m and handles soft going, is second-up off a good fresh placing and comes from a stable striking at 30%. Barrier two should see him sit handy in a slowly-run race. Topweight is the query, but he is the one to beat.

Our price $7.00 · SP $7.00 · Courtney Barnes

Lightly-raced mare who posted the best single run in the field when winning on heavy ground, and she ran a huge race at 1600m at Ellerslie after being forced back from a wide draw. Improving with each run and from a strong stable. The concern is she does her best work from off the pace and a slow tempo may not suit.

Our price $8.00 · SP $7.00 · Masahiro Hashizume

Won well last start on soft ground and looks to be improving with racing second-up, a stage at which he has already won. He races forward, which suits a slowly-run 1600m, and has a big run in his book on wet ground.

Our price $5.50 · SP $8.50 · Craig Grylls

The most dependable runner here, placed in three of four starts and already competitive in stronger company. He is the likely lone leader, a real plus in a race with so little early speed, and Hastings' long straight suits a horse dictating the tempo. The query is the surface: all his form is on heavy ground and he has never raced on soft, while a wide draw adds risk.

Our price $9.00 · SP $12.00 · Sam McNab

Improved sharply to win a 1400m maiden on a soft track last start, sweeping from near last to score. That closing style is well suited to Hastings' long straight and his soft-track record is a genuine plus. The concern is the lack of early speed in the race — he concedes a big start and a moderate tempo could leave him too much to do, with the top weight and class rise adding to the task.

Our price $7.50 · SP $5.50 · Joe Doyle

A lightly raced four-year-old who resumed with a soft-track win and is clearly on the up. He handles this ground and his trainer has a sound record at Hastings. However, his second-up form is a genuine negative — he has never placed in that scenario — and he has yet to win beyond 1200m, so there is some risk stepping up in trip and grade.

Our price $10.00 · SP $41.00 · Lynsey Satherley

A maiden but a rapidly improving one — she has flashed home for second at her last two starts, including an eye-catching effort at Hastings. She carries less weight today and the long Hastings straight plays to her strength. The doubts are that she has never won, has yet to place on a soft track and, from the back of the field, may struggle to make ground if the pace is only moderate.

Our price $5.50 · SP $2.90 · Joe Doyle

However, he steps sharply up in class from just two career starts, draws out in barrier 9, and his rider is in a lean spell.

Our price $4.80 · SP $7.00 · George Rooke

A prolific winner who drops well down in class after a solid open-company campaign. She loves soft ground, having won four times from six on it, and she is two-from-three when second-up. She leads, so the early speed battle is the worry, but her class edge and wet-track record make her a leading hope.

Our price $7.00 · SP $7.00 · Kyle Wilson-Taylor

A consistent group-level performer who is ideally placed by both trip and ground. He races handy, which could leave him vulnerable if the expected fast tempo develops, but he is tough and rarely far away. He has been mixing it in better races than most of these and shapes as a solid each-way proposition.

Our price $6.50 · SP $12.00 · Masahiro Hashizume

A dependable mare whose record when second-up and on rain-affected ground reads well for this. She closed nicely into fourth last time and drops to a handy weight. The main concerns are the rise in grade and a jockey who hasn't been riding many winners, but she should be doing her best work late and is a genuine place contender.

Our price $13.00 · SP $17.00 · Samantha Collett

A consistent type who has been finishing strongly and owns real soft-track form. He ran well here last time and the likely fast tempo should bring his closing style right into play.

Our price $6.00 · SP $3.80 · George Rooke

A speedy, in-form mare who should find the front and dictate a slow tempo, a major plus at this trip. She was third over a mile at this meeting last start and has won at Group 3 level on soft ground. The unknown is whether she stays 2040m in elite company, but if left alone in front she could prove hard to run down.

Our price $16.00 · SP $31.00 · Jonathan Riddell

A progressive galloper who won last start and has a Group 1 placing over 2000m to his name. He rattles home strongly and the long Hastings straight plays to his strengths, but he does settle back and could be inconvenienced if the tempo is slow.

Our price $3.80 · SP $3.70 · Michael McNab

The clear class runner - a stakes-winning miler on soft ground who returns to her best trip after two sharpener runs over shorter. She maps to sit handy from the inside gate in what shapes as a slowly-run mile, and the stable/jockey partnership is firing.

Our price $5.00 · SP $5.00 · George Rooke

Progressive mare who has finished close-up thirds at this level over the mile on soft ground at her last two starts. She races on the speed, which suits a likely slow tempo, and her record of winning or placing in five of six starts shows consistency. Steps up marginally in grade from a wide draw, but she is still improving and rates the main danger.

Our price $9.00 · SP $11.00 · Masahiro Hashizume

Each-way value who won over this trip on soft ground and was a close second at this level last time. He maps to race handy in a race with little early speed, an ideal setup at Hastings, and is second-up and fitter.