Gore tips and results

Our price $4.20 · SP $2.60 · Terry Moseley

She saves her best for Gore, having placed at both track starts including over this trip. She races handily, which suits a race lacking genuine early speed, and her trainer knows how to win here. Two recent runs can be excused after she was held up and caught wide. She has not won in ten attempts and her finishing efforts have been plain, so she shapes as a place player rather than a confident win.

Our price $6.00 · SP $7.10 · Gosen A Jogoo

An each-way hope on the strength of her wet-track efforts at Oamaru and Wingatui, where she raced prominently without quite finishing off. She was in the firing line at the 400m last start over 2200m before weakening.

Our price $4.50 · SP $2.00 · Cooper Stumbles

The knock is that she habitually gives away ground at the start and does her best work late, which is awkward if this becomes a tactical, stop-start affair.

Our price $7.50 · SP $6.90 · Alyssa Parris

Gore is clearly her track: five placings from nine starts here, including three at this trip, and she handles wet ground. She is second-up from a break, a stage at which she usually runs well, and she carries less weight than of late.

Our price $7.00 · SP $5.00 · Terry Moseley

A reliable wet-tracker who ticks the condition boxes: inside draw, light weight and a horse that settles handy. She was third over 2200m on a heavy track last start and has an outstanding record of filling places on rain-affected ground. One win from 30 starts is the concern, so she is best played as a place and each-way runner rather than a straight win.

Our price $6.00 · SP $6.20 · Corey Campbell

She is consistent and the inside gate is a plus on a rain-affected track. The query is the step up to 2000m for the first time, with her form all around a mile and no heavy-track win yet.

Our price $15.00 · SP $23.60 · Brandon May

This mare has run some of the strongest staying efforts in the field on wet ground, including a close-up placing over 2000m at Riccarton on a heavy track. She gets in light from a good draw and stays all day.

Our price $4.20 · SP $2.00 · Cooper Stumbles

Lightly raced mare who shapes as the one to beat in testing ground. She is second-up and drops to a featherweight with the claim, landing barrier two so she can settle handy without working early. Her trainer knows this circuit well and has targeted the meeting, and her debut placing came on a heavy surface. The query is class, but the map and conditions suit.

Our price $7.50 · SP $16.50 · Krishna Mudhoo

Genuine speedster who looks the likely leader and has been matching the best in this field on wet ground. The worry is a long run of defeats and a habit of being reeled in late. From a tricky gate he must work early, but a moderate tempo and a lone lead on heavy going could make him hard to peg back.

Our price $8.00 · SP $11.20 · Yogesh Atchamah

Unexposed filly from a leading southern stable who looks primed to improve second-up. She was slowly away on debut but ran on respectably, and a light weight on heavy going suits.

Our price $5.00 · SP $4.20 · Krishna Mudhoo

Won on heavy ground over 1400m two starts back, leading throughout, and has a win at Gore. He races handily and the predicted slow tempo should suit him, and he is a proven wet-track performer. However his form reads as tapering off, he carries top weight, and his two most recent runs were plain. A place chance at best.

Our price $4.50 · SP $5.60 · Brett Murray

The clear form pick on wet ground. She has placed at both heavy-track starts, including a bold second two runs back, and the step to 1335m on a slow tempo should suit. Her last-start failure is excusable — she overraced, got its head up and was ordered to trial. Settles handy from barrier seven and only has to relax to be the one to beat.

Our price $7.00 · SP $6.60 · Akshay Balloo

The most reliable of the exposed runners, arriving off a strong-finishing second over 1400m on heavy ground and a third before that. She maps to sit handy from an inside draw in what should be a slowly-run contest, which suits.

Our price $9.00 · SP $6.70 · Daniel Bothamley

He holds the best recent clock runs in this field, including a tough front-running second at Wingatui, and the speed map points to him leading on a slow tempo — a dangerous combination on a heavy track.

Our price $4.20 · SP $3.20 · Daniel Bothamley

He is a genuine wet-tracker with a strong heavy-ground record and arrives off a last-start win over 1400m on heavy going at Wingatui, having sat handy throughout. Gate four and the expected slow tempo should see him prominent without burning petrol. The knock is top weight of 59kg and a modest career win strike rate, but his wet-track class makes him the one to beat.

Our price $8.00 · SP $4.60 · Abdul Najib

She steps down from Bm75 company into this grade and her wet-track form from last preparation reads well — she led and fought on for a close second over 1400m on heavy ground at Riverton and was also placed at Oamaru on a heavy track. Light at 53.5kg, she has won fresh before, though the break and a first try at this trip temper the case.

Our price $9.00 · SP $13.20 · Corey Campbell

An improving five-year-old returning to a sprint trip after two plain efforts over 1600m on heavy ground, both from wide gates. His last-start fifth at Riccarton was a good effort and he has won on a heavy track over 1200m. Drawn well in three, he should settle in a handy spot and finish off. Still only one win from fifteen, so he profiles as a place hope rather than a likely winner.

Our price $12.00 · SP $16.50 · Yogesh Atchamah

She ran right up to winning standard over 1600m on a heavy track earlier in the campaign, and her 1400m heavy effort was solid too. Drawn nicely in four and weighted at 54kg, she should settle handy and be running on late.

Our price $7.00 · SP $7.40 · Gosen A Jogoo

Gets the perfect setup: she's the only genuine leader in the race, the tempo looks moderate, and on a heavy track an uncontested lead is a huge edge. She is the most seasoned mudlark in the field and is racing in a good rhythm, having led in her last two runs on rain-affected ground. With the rail out and the ground testing, she can pinch a break and prove hard to run down.

Our price $9.00 · SP $8.60 · Brandon May

On her best heavy-track runs she is the class runner here — she charged home for third at Wingatui two starts back and was a game second in the mud before that. The form dip came on firmer ground, and today's conditions are right up her alley.

Our price $5.50 · SP $4.00 · Cooper Stumbles

A lightly raced mare who fits the heavy-track profile: she handles the mud, settles handy and carries a light weight for a stable that goes well at Gore. She was disappointing last time but pulled hard and raced awkwardly, so there's a case to forgive.