Balaklava tips and results

Our price $3.20 · SP $1.60 · Harry Grace

The improving type in the race and the one with the best single piece of form in the field, having run second at Kilmore and flashed home from last at Gawler. The Balaklava on-pace lean and his trainer's excellent record here both suit, and he's on the up.

Our price $4.50 · SP $4.60 · Lauren Stojakovic

An each-way play from an in-form yard that wins with roughly one in three runners. Blinkers go on first time and he won a recent jump out, so he is fit and sharpened. He led at Balaklava last start before fading, and the track's strong front-runner bias gives him a chance to pinch it.

Our price $7.00 · SP $18.00 · Alice Lindsay

Drawn perfectly in barrier 4 for a race with no obvious leader, so she can take up the running or sit handy. Her trainer is in strong form and she handles the Good surface.

Our price $5.00 · SP $14.00 · Jessica Booth

A consistent three-year-old who has finished close-up in all three runs, including a fourth last start beaten a length. He settles on the speed, which fits a race that shapes with no genuine leader, and his rider is in excellent form with six recent winners. The wide barrier is the obvious query at a track that rewards inside draws, but his early toe can offset it.

Our price $17.00 · SP $61.00 · Ben Price

Showed clear improvement last start with a third at Jamestown, beaten under two lengths, and she has a prior placing over this sort of trip. The obvious knock is barrier 12 at a track where inside, on-pace runners are strongly favoured, so she will need cover and luck.

Our price $3.60 · SP $9.00 · Will Price

A genuine class drop for a horse whose best recent form sits at a higher level. He settles handy and this track strongly rewards runners in the first few on the turn while penalising those coming from the back. Barrier three means he won't burn fuel early. Two close seconds from his last three suggest he is knocking on the door and should get the run of the race.

Our price $7.00 · SP $15.00 · Harry Grace

An emerging four-year-old who won well here last start, settling handy and finishing strongly.

Our price $6.50 · SP $11.00 · Caitlin Tootell

Outpost is the dependable on-pace type who should be handy throughout, and he was only beaten a whisker over this trip two runs back. His trainer has a strong strike rate at Balaklava, and the front-runners' track bias plays to his strengths. The queries are barrier nine and the fact he's never placed here, but he's rarely far from the action and looks a solid each-way play.

Our price $6.00 · SP $5.50 · Rochelle Milnes

She's drawn to get every chance from barrier four and is a reliable placegetter, but with just one win from 28 starts and no placings at 1200m or on a good track, she's hard to trust to break through. A place result looks far more likely than a win.

Our price $8.00 · SP $8.00 · Margaret Collett

He races on the pace, is drawn ideally in barrier two, and the way Balaklava plays — leaders and inside runners to the fore — is tailor-made for him. He was a solid third two runs back and has had gear changes ahead of this.

Our price $3.20 · SP $3.30 · Todd Pannell

The clear class runner and the one with the strongest recent form, having closed from midfield for a close second over this trip on good ground last start. He brings the best form lines and top earnings into a race he is dropping into. The knocks are real though: he lumps top weight, has drawn the car park and has never won on a good track. Still the most likely winner if he reproduces that last run.

Our price $7.00 · SP $11.00 · Brooke King

He won two of his last four, both over this trip, and now drops back to a much weaker grade than he has been contesting. The on-pace style should suit a moderate tempo. The worry is that every bit of his best form has come on softer going, and he has not shown it on a good track, so he is a place prospect rather than a confident win.

Our price $6.50 · SP $20.00 · Andrew Stead

Won with authority over this track and trip last start, leading throughout in the same grade. Drawn perfectly in barrier two for a track where on-pace runners dominate, and with most of the genuine speed drawn wide he should either lead or sit handy without pressure. Improving with racing and hard to beat if he repeats.

Our price $16.00 · SP $21.00 · Harry Grace

Ran second over this track and trip last start, chasing home the reopposing Zuetoro, and drops in class for this. Drawn to settle handy in barrier seven, which suits a track that rewards on-pace runners, and his trainer has a solid record at Balaklava.