Pukekohe Park tips and results

Our price $4.80 · SP $3.60 · Elen Nicholas

The form horse. Dun Talkin' was a clear second over 2200m on soft ground only seven days ago and has already placed in a stronger handicap on heavy. That staying and wet profile is the best recent evidence in a maiden with no natural leader and a slow tempo.

Our price $8.50 · SP $17.00 · Samantha Collett

Steel Warrior is the lightly raced improver. His Taupo fifth on soft ground was a strong staying-type effort from the back, and he now draws barrier 1, the best gate in a race where inside barriers have been winning more than their share. Each-way covers the distance doubt.

Our price $13.00 · SP $31.00 · Ashlee Strawbridge

She finished just behind Dun Talkin' at Te Aroha last week and is the only horse in the field with a placing at Pukekohe over 2200m.

Our price $9.00 · SP $19.00 · Courtney Barnes

Reliable Guard has no public starts, which is not counted against him. Reliable Man gives him a stamina profile for this soft mile, and Ben and Ryan Foote with Courtney Barnes have a much better record together than either shows in isolation, including a winner at this track. The cold recent booking and wide gate mean a small each-way stake only.

Our price $4.60 · SP $6.20 · Matthew Cameron

Hit 'n' Run is the form pick in a moderate-tempo maiden. Her Ellerslie mile on soft, when she came from last into fourth, is the run that most looks like winning standard, and she has already run third at Pukekohe doing the same thing. The Taupo sixth, two lengths off them, was a fitness run first-up and she meets this fitter. Recent Pukekohe results have been unkind to horses on the speed, so her get-back style is a plus.

Our price $9.50 · SP $16.40 · Jack Taplin

She has thirds on soft and heavy, including a soft-6 third over 1600m at New Plymouth, and she was only a length away when fourth at Ruakaka before the form dipped. Taplin's claim and his record with Rae are the right booking for a small each-way play. She gets back, which has been the right part of the track lately. The latest 13th and 7th, both from wide and rearward, are why she is a saver and not a top-three selection.

Our price $4.50 · SP $5.50 · Tom Wigram

The form horse in a wide maiden. She has already placed in four of six runs around 1600m and her soft record is the best wet profile in the field, including a nose second on Soft 6 last start. Barrier 2 lets her use that on-speed pattern while the pace looks only moderate.

Our price $5.80 · SP $7.00 · Michael McNab

All three starts have been fourths, including a Matamata 1200m on soft where she was held up, so she races like a maiden who finds one or two better. First-up after a long break, she has not yet shown she can finish the job.

Our price $8.00 · SP $10.00 · Matthew Cameron

Rhaena has a single start, a fourth over 1215m at Arawa Park on Soft 7 in a 3yo feature, beaten under four lengths after beginning awkwardly. That is enough to treat her as a live maiden rather than a raw debutant, and barrier 3 is the best map asset in a race where inside gates have the historical edge. Cameron's recent drought keeps the confidence in check.

Our price $8.00 · SP $31.00 · Masahiro Hashizume

Jaimee Marie's Tauranga second a fortnight ago, on soft and from the speed, is the strongest recent performance on show and she beat two rivals who reappear here. She is the each-way overlay in a volatile Wednesday maiden.

Our price $7.00 · SP $14.00 · A Lawson-Carroll

Latino has had only three starts, all on soft, and the finishing positions undersell him. He was beaten half a length when fourth at Ellerslie after racing handy, and last time he closed from near last to finish eighth, only two lengths from the winner, in a race he ran right up to a winning standard. He resumes after five months and 1200m first-up may be sharp, with a quiet rider booked.

Our price $13.00 · SP $20.00 · Corentin Berge

I Am Fantasy has a single public start and it was better than a ninth suggests. I Am Invincible is the right profile for 1200m, Corentin Berge knows this track, and eleven days is a tidy gap into his second run.

Our price $4.40 · SP $3.50 · Tom Wigram

Rossella is the clearest form horse in the maiden. Both runs this preparation were seconds at 1200m on soft, the latest a head-and-neck defeat at Ellerslie where she sat midfield and kept coming. That style fits a Pukekohe stretch where horses right on the speed have found it hard at recent meetings. Jenna Mahoney's record here is strong and Tom Wigram stays with her.

Our price $6.50 · SP $7.00 · Courtney Barnes

Barrier 2 is a genuine plus on a course where gates 1-4 outperform, and he comes back quickly second-up. The form case is real but thin: one run, a lay-out, and a rise to top weight with a quiet rider. He belongs in the first three on that debut and the draw, with the win stake left on Rossella and this played for a place.

Our price $7.00 · SP $4.40 · Matthew Cartwright

Truly Divine has the most consistent placing record in the field, three thirds from four, and her latest close-up on heavy is the best recent wet-track run on show. Tony Pike is going well enough to trust her to be ready third-up in the prep. Barrier 5 is awkward here and the rider is still unlisted, so each-way is the right shape.

Our price $6.00 · SP $11.00 · Jack Taplin

The main danger on what she has done this preparation. Barrier one is a genuine advantage here. The risk is a fast early tempo with Fleeting Star and Rising Wind also wanting the front, and she has stopped when caught in a stronger race.

Our price $6.50 · SP $23.00 · Hayley Hassman

She broke her maiden over 1200m on soft at Taupo three weeks ago, coming from midfield, and her soft record is one win and two seconds from four. Hassman knows her and takes a kilogram off, and the stable has been winning at this track. A fast tempo should help a horse that settles off them, which is the right pattern on recent evidence here.

Our price $5.50 · SP $17.00 · Tom Wigram

Rock On Ozzy is the form pick in a moderate-tempo mile. He led throughout to win a heavy maiden at Te Aroha in decisive fashion, then stepped to this grade and ran fourth on soft at Tauranga, beaten less than three lengths under 55.5kg. Top-weight pressure is absent at 58.5kg.

Our price $7.00 · SP $9.50 · Hyeontaek Oh

Zenzero Girl is the most reliable wet-tracker already proven at this level.

Our price $6.00 · SP $4.40 · Cooper Stumbles

She is one from three at the mile, with a soft record of one win and two seconds from four, and she arrives off a maiden win at Tauranga and a soft second at Te Rapa. Barrier 2, a light weight and a stable that wins often at Pukekohe all help.

Our price $15.00 · SP $35.00 · Abinith Simon