Port Macquarie tips and results

Our price $4.00 · SP $5.50 · Grant Buckley

Markwell Topsort is the form runner. He won over this track and trip on the same soft going 13 days ago, settling handy and fighting on strongly. He is race-fit and second-up, draws well in three and maps to be right on the pace, exactly where this track rewards runners. The knocks are the jump from maiden grade and a jockey without a recent winner, but his current form and map are the strongest in the race.

Our price $11.00 · SP $15.00 · Grace Palmer

He'sthechief is the value runner.

Our price $2.10 · SP $1.75 · Liam Riordan

Lightly raced three-year-old from a leading Hunter yard who showed speed to lead and win a recent trial on soft ground. His only race start is a forgive run on a heavy track where he was caught wide throughout and pulled up poorly.

Our price $3.30 · SP $2.50 · Luke Rolls

The clear class runner of this maiden. Placed third against this sort of company before a spell and has closed late for two tidy fourths since, hitting the line well each time. The fast early tempo from several leaders should suit his finishing style perfectly. The knock is his slow starts, which leave him with ground to make at a track where leaders hold sway. Still the one to beat.

Our price $7.50 · SP $9.00 · Liam Riordan

Second-up and back to a distance where he's placed twice. He has placed on rain-affected ground and strips fitter for his first-up run. Doesn't have the turn of foot to dominate but is a solid each-way hope in an open maiden.

Our price $13.00 · SP $19.00 · Liberty Smyth

He gets in with a feather weight thanks to the claim and his rider has a strong record here.

Our price $7.50 · SP $4.80 · Daniel Smith

A genuine front-runner who should lead and control a moderate tempo, and this circuit strongly rewards those on the speed early. He was competitive out of stronger provincial grade last preparation.

Our price $11.00 · SP $4.60 · Peter Graham

The quickest recent run in the field and a last-start winner who has done little wrong.

Our price $14.00 · SP $7.00 · Teighan Worsnop

She led and boxed on honestly for third on a soft track at Taree, and Port Macquarie is a track where front-runners who control the tempo win far more than their share. From barrier 6 she can dictate.

Our price $5.50 · SP $6.00 · Raymond Spokes

Aye Aye Skipper does his best work on the speed, which is precisely where you want to be at this track, and he finished a close third over this course and distance last start after leading. He is a reliable place-getter with genuine soft-track form and maps to sit handy behind the likely leader.

Our price $8.50 · SP $9.50 · Grady Spokes

Ken'ker should find the front uncontested and control a moderate tempo, which is a major plus at a track that rewards on-speed runners.

Our price $5.50 · SP $7.00 · Grady Spokes

The form pick. Farraige loves this track and trip, with two wins and three placings from five starts here and a win plus minors over this distance. He drops a long way in class after mixing it in stronger company and his recent placings have been full of merit. He settles just off the pace and runs on strongly on the wet ground. A modest overall win strike rate is the only knock.

Our price $4.00 · SP $2.30 · Ben Looker

She has won two of four on soft ground and comes off sound placings at Tamworth and Muswellbrook, with a good jockey-trainer record. The concerns are the map and the trip: she gets back in the field, is yet to race beyond a mile and a quarter, and this course rarely rewards backmarkers. Respect her, but she is short enough.

Our price $11.00 · SP $21.00 · Liberty Smyth

A wet-track specialist who has done the vast majority of her racing on soft ground, so today's surface suits. She drops in class after contesting stronger races and draws the inside gate, which helps over this trip. She settles midfield and is a reliable enough placegetter. The knock is that she is an eight-year-old with only three wins and her recent form is plain.