Echuca tips and results

Our price $3.20 · SP $2.20 · Jett Stanley

Form-wise she is a close second to Blue Valentine. She is not selected on top because she will be back in the field on a track where backmarkers are at a disadvantage, and the moderate pace may not suit.

Our price $6.50 · SP $5.50 · Neil Farley

A reliable type who has been placed several times without winning and is drawn to get a handy trip from barrier 2. Her recent runs sit close to the winning standard, and the lighter weight helps against the geldings. The stable form is poor and her best placings came on synthetic, but this is a fairly open maiden and she's capable of going one better.

Our price $9.00 · SP $16.00 · Eoin Walsh

With no obvious leader and a handy barrier, he can control the race from the front.

Our price $4.60 · SP $5.50 · Lachlan King

The most reliable profile in an open maiden: placed in five of seven, including a close second at Caulfield Heath and a solid second at Ballarat, and she has trialled sharply twice since a break. She jumps, travels and has the speed to cross from the wide gate and sit outside the leader, which is exactly where Echuca winners come from. Repeat any of her best runs and she wins. The draw is the only real niggle.

Our price $5.50 · SP $4.40 · Patrick Moloney

He then failed at Seymour with a breathing issue, and the gear changes suggest that is now managed. The concern is the map — he settles midfield and Echuca winners overwhelmingly come from on-pace, so he needs luck to get clear at the right time.

Our price $7.00 · SP $9.00 · Cory Parish

He trialled well enough at Wangaratta and gets blinkers and a lugging bit for his first start, which points to him being ridden handy from an inside gate.

Our price $3.80 · SP $3.90 · Damien Thornton

Ran home strongly for second over 1000m at Moe last start and should improve again second-up now gelded with the headgear removed. He maps to settle just off the speed, and Echuca's sprint course strongly favours horses racing handy. The draw is a touch wide but there is no real inside-draw edge over the short trip, so it matters little. Consistent, genuine, and the one to beat.

Our price $4.20 · SP $2.00 · Alana Kelly

She is a well-bred sprinter and, with no real inside-draw advantage over Echuca's 1000m, the wide gate is manageable.

Our price $12.00 · SP $31.00 · Jason Maskiell

He was then caught wide without cover over 1200m last time, a run worth forgiving.

Our price $6.50 · SP $5.50 · Alana Kelly

Has the best piece of track-and-trip form in the race, beaten half a length over this course and distance two starts back when closing stoutly. The concern is a plain effort in blinkers at Ballarat last time and no rider is listed in the form, which is a genuine unknown.

Our price $10.00 · SP $8.50 · Ryan Hurdle

Lightly raced four-year-old whose second over 1717m at Sale two runs back is good enough to be competitive here. He was slowly away and never travelled last start, and before that he knuckled at the start on the synthetic, so both recent runs can be excused.

Our price $6.50 · SP $6.50 · Jason Maskiell

She produced the best run of any horse here last start, charging home from last to be beaten half a length in stronger company. She is improving, drops back in grade and has the early speed to settle closer if asked. The wide draw and a slowly run race are the concerns for a mare who tends to get back and need luck.

Our price $7.50 · SP $13.00 · Jake Noonan

The reliable on-pacer of the field. From gate five he should land in the box seat behind a slow tempo at a track that strongly favours runners settling in the first few. He has placed at Echuca over this trip and rarely runs a poor race, finishing second in stronger grade last start. The obvious knock is a lone win from 32 starts, so he is best played each-way.

Our price $6.00 · SP $12.00 · Shayleigh Ingelse

The mare is the only true leader in the field and can dictate a moderate tempo from a good draw. She won over 1400m last start and has a strong record at the distance. Echuca favours on-pace runners, so she can be hard to run down.

Our price $6.50 · SP $6.00 · Liana Wood

The mare has the best BM56 form line in the race, winning at Wodonga and running third last start. She gets a handy 3kg claim and comes from a stable with a strong Echuca record. The step up to 1400m is a question, but she settles close enough to the speed to handle it.

Our price $10.00 · SP $7.00 · Jack Martin

The gelding can be forward from barrier 2 and comes from a stable in strong form, with a good record alongside this jockey. His recent efforts were in stronger company than this, and he showed a good turn of foot to win last-to-first on Good ground.

Our price $4.60 · SP $3.80 · Shayleigh Ingelse

The best form in the race. He was only collared late at Mildura against a better class, then won at Strathalbyn and Pooncarie. Barrier 1 gives him the option of a handy spot or a cheap trip off a hot pace. Strong on Good ground and over this trip, so he is the most likely winner on form.

Our price $5.50 · SP $7.00 · Cory Parish

A genuine on-speed mare drawn well on a track where that is the best way to win. She drops in class and gets in light. A flat last run when pushed up under 62kg can be forgiven, and her earlier Wagga run showed she can finish strongly. The hot tempo is a risk, but she can sit just off the speed. A sound place chance with win claims.

Our price $6.50 · SP $4.00 · Jake Noonan

Has one win from 20, but he has run a lot of seconds and thirds. He is a course and distance winner on Good ground and he trialled a winner at Echuca last month. He gets a drop in class and a nice draw.

Our price $8.00 · SP $11.00 · Cory Parish

An honest on-pacer who has placed in three of his last five, doing the work up front each time. He gets the inside gate, won a recent trial and should stalk the speed from a handy spot. The knock is that he's yet to win over 1000m and can be found wanting late, and he returns from a long spell, so he's more a place than a win proposition.