Gold Coast Polytrack tips and results

Our price $6.50 · SP $3.70 · Bobby El-Issa

She Loves Me has the best single run in this field, a powerful closing second over 1800m at the Gold Coast, and she followed it with a solid third over 2224m. She is lightly raced with room to improve and gets in nicely at the weights.

Our price $7.50 · SP $10.00 · Frederick Larson

He is the each-way play. His recent form at 1800m in stronger races has been better than the raw result suggests, and he keeps finding the line. The risk is obvious: he gets back, has only one win to his name, and the tempo looks slow, which will suit the leaders more than the closers.

Our price $5.00 · SP $4.00 · Danny Peisley

The most seasoned and reliable of these, a consistent placegetter who gets an ideal sit from barrier four just off what shapes as a modest tempo. He was caught leading on a hot speed last start and faded; with the lone leader drawn inside him he can take a trail and finish off stronger. Hard to see him far away.

Our price $9.00 · SP $8.50 · Kyle Wilson-Taylor

He ran well last start and has a win at this track. The fast predicted tempo should suit his backmarker style, and he drops in weight.

Our price $3.80 · SP $2.35 · Archie McColm

King Of Valhalla is the most reliable form horse in the race. He has placed in both runs over this track and trip, including a close second last start, and he handles synthetic. The wide draw is a concern but he has the speed to cross or sit handy.

Our price $2.90 · SP $4.60 · Archie McColm

The form horse of the race. He won here over the same trip less than three weeks ago, settling fourth before taking over late, and his two earlier runs at this track and distance produced a win and a second. He now drops out of stronger grade and the claiming rider takes 3kg off, so he carries 3.5kg less than when successful last start. Improving, in-form stable and jockey, and the map has him within striking distance turning.

Our price $5.50 · SP $6.50 · Jasper Franklin

His record here is two seconds from three starts, both at this trip, so the track holds no fears. The knock is the wide gate and the drop back in distance: if he crosses cheaply he wins, if he is forced to do work early he may be a target late.

Our price $11.00 · SP $14.00 · Adin Thompson

He is an eight-year-old who has not won often, but his last-start second was the best closing run engaged here and he was the only horse making ground on a winner that had skipped clear. He gets back, which is a risk at this track, but the tempo map suggests a moderate gallop that could set it up for a swooper, and his rider knows this circuit.

Our price $3.00 · SP $3.40 · Boris Thornton

The clear form pick in a modest Class 1. She maps to settle handy from a good gate and brings the best recent form in the race. The queries are that she has never won at 1200m and steps onto the poly for the first time, but her overall body of work stands out.

Our price $6.00 · SP $4.40 · Georgina Cartwright

The map horse. He is the only real leader in the race and a moderate tempo should let him dictate without being pressured, which is exactly the scenario this stable thrives on. His two 1200m runs at the Gold Coast this time in were sound.

Our price $7.50 · SP $8.00 · Archie McColm

He jumped cleanly and raced in the leading pair over 1350m last start before battling on for fifth in a stronger grade, and he drops to a handy weight with the claimer aboard. This track does not punish runners drawn wide as heavily as most, and there is no depth to the early speed.

Our price $6.00 · SP $7.50 · Archie McColm

A last-start winner who produced a strong surge to score over 1200m, and whose closing style fits a race that shapes as genuinely run. The knock is the draw — he'll get back from gate 13 and needs the breaks — and he is unproven on the synthetic, but he is racing well and has the turn of foot to be in the finish if the tempo is honest.

Our price $10.00 · SP $21.00 · Yvette Lewis

A synthetic specialist who has already won over this course and trip and comes off a closing second at Gatton. He gets in nicely with the claim, is on an improving trend, and the anticipated fast tempo should suit his grinding style.