Caulfield tips and results

Our price $5.80 · SP $8.00 · Lachlan Neindorf

Maps perfectly for Caulfield - a natural on-pacer who should take up a forward position from an inside draw, and this track rewards those tactics over 2000m. He was beaten under a length in Listed grade on Good ground at Flemington and was far from disgraced at Group level as a two-year-old. Slightly one-paced, but hard to beat on his best.

Our price $5.50 · SP $2.90 · Craig Williams

The low draw helps and he won first-up this campaign. The query is his get-back style at a track where leaders dominate, but his turn of foot and the drop in class make him a genuine place chance.

Our price $3.20 · SP $2.90 · Ethan Brown

She lands in the ideal spot from gate three, right where you need to be at Caulfield over 2000m. The leap from maiden grade into a Group 3 is the query, but her speed and turn of foot give her a strong winning chance.

Our price $3.40 · SP $3.80 · Craig Williams

The class runner and last-start winner of a Listed race at Flemington, where she came from back in the field and won with something in hand. The concern is her get-back style at a track that rewards on-pace runners, and all her best form is on rain-affected ground, so a good surface is a slight unknown.

Our price $13.00 · SP $16.00 · Mark Zahra

Mark Zahra takes over and she drops sharply out of Group 2 company, having run fourth at Flemington last time in a race that was run on a bottomless track. Two starts back on a good surface at Ballarat she ran better than the bare result.

Our price $4.50 · SP $6.50 · Ethan Brown

Signature Scent is the one best suited to how this race will shape. She lands in a stalking position, has twice saluted over this Caulfield 1100m course, and was only a whisker away in a Listed sprint last time. The Maher yard is firing and she drops in class. With the track profile pointing to handy runners, she gets the run of the race and rates the one to beat.

Our price $3.20 · SP $1.90 · Blake Shinn

But she gets back, has never won at Caulfield in eight starts, and gives weight away to everything.

Our price $7.50 · SP $11.00 · Jordan Childs

Stardom looks the pick of the on-pace brigade and a solid each-way play. She can lead and control a moderate tempo, was a close second in a Group 3 sprint over this trip two runs back, and drops in class off a jump-out win.

Our price $25.00 · SP $31.00 · Jye McNeil

Thanks Gorgeous is a roughie worth a small each-way play. She won a Listed 1100m sprint last preparation, has a solid record at the distance, and maps to settle just off the speed in a race that should suit handy runners.

Our price $6.50 · SP $6.00 · Damian Lane

He brings the strongest big-race form into this line-up, having finished a close fourth in a Group 1 before dropping back to this Listed grade. His Flemington run two starts back was full of merit and Damian Lane is a notable booking. The query is a moderate winning record and several Good-track placings without a win, but he is a serious threat.

Our price $8.50 · SP $12.00 · Craig Newitt

The emerging type. He has never missed a place, comes off an impressive win over 1400m on a Good track where he led and cleared out, and lands the perfect Caulfield profile — barrier one and likely to lead. The obvious query is the jump from maiden company to a Listed race.

Our price $13.00 · SP $15.00 · Jye McNeil

A progressive colt with the ideal map for this track — barrier three and natural pace to be right on the speed, exactly where Caulfield 1400m races are won. He dominated a 1500m maiden two starts back and wasn't disgraced in Group 2 company last time.

Our price $8.00 · SP $9.50 · Daniel Stackhouse

He closed strongly for fourth in Listed company over this trip at Caulfield last start, was a fighting Group 3 second at 1400m earlier, and his overall record here is excellent. Tactical early speed puts him in the right spot.

Our price $6.00 · SP $6.50 · Jordan Childs

Returns second up with an excellent record at Caulfield, two wins from three starts including an eye-catching first-up success over 1100m here. The likely fast tempo plays to his closing strength and he is suited by the step to 1000m. Jordan Childs has a win from his only ride. The jump into Group 2 company is the query, but his track form and finishing style give him a big say.

Our price $8.50 · SP $14.00 · Luke Cartwright

A lightly raced mare who has won four of five starts, is unbeaten over 1000m and saluted at Caulfield two runs back.

Our price $7.00 · SP $8.00 · Damian Lane

Our price $7.00 · SP $8.50 · William Pike

Finished a close second in the Group 1 Flight Stakes over the mile, which is the best proven distance form in this race, and she is third-up for a top stable and jockey.

Our price $3.20 · SP $3.30 · Damian Lane

The class runner of the field. Her Flemington Group 3 second, charging home from off the pace, was the best run in this race, and her last-start flop came on heavy ground when nothing went right. She drops out of Group 2 company, gets 2kg off the colts and has Damian Lane up. The one query is her get-back style at a track that favours forward runners, but a genuine tempo should help.

Our price $7.50 · SP $3.90 · Blake Shinn

Progressive Maher colt who has won his last two, including a tough on-pace victory at this track, then showed a big turn of foot to score at Kensington. He steps sharply into Group 3 company but is improving at the right time, draws well and gets a top rider. The stable is going strongly, and he shapes as the main danger if he handles the class rise.

Our price $11.00 · SP $16.00 · Ethan Brown

Consistent Group 3 performer who ran a narrow second in the Vain Stakes at this track before a sound effort at Flemington. He draws well and should land in the first four, which is where Caulfield winners come from, and Ethan Brown is a strong local rider.

Our price $5.00 · SP $4.80 · William Pike

The clear form pick: a last-start Group 1 winner who beat several of today's rivals and was beaten under two lengths in a Group 1 at this track. He settles handy and is tactically versatile, which suits a race likely to be run at a slow tempo. The main query is a first try at 2400m from a wide gate, but his class should carry him a long way.

Our price $8.50 · SP $7.50 · Ethan Brown

Won the Naturalism over 2000m at Caulfield before a forgivable flop in a strongly-run Group 1 on heavy ground. Back on a Good surface he is much better suited, gets in light at 53kg and stays further than his winning trip. He settles off the pace, so the projected slow tempo is a slight niggle, but his class and turn of foot make him a genuine threat.

Our price $11.00 · SP $13.00 · Jamie Spencer

Maps as the likely lone leader in a race the speed map suggests will be slowly run, and Caulfield staying races strongly favour horses on the speed. He won leading at this track last start and is proven at 2400m.

Our price $16.00 · SP $26.00 · Daniel Stackhouse

An on-pace mare with a strong record at Caulfield and a second in a Group 2 this preparation. The query is a plain latest run and a post-race lameness report; she needs to improve on recent efforts.

Our price $11.00 · SP $18.00 · Ben Allen

She closed well for third at Group 2 level last start and, crucially, draws barrier 1 at a 1400m start where the inside draw is a real advantage. She maps to settle handy without working, and her good-ground form is sound.