Albany tips and results

Our price $2.20 · SP $1.65 · Troy Turner

Recent trial wins confirm fitness and speed. The concern is race shape: from barrier one he may settle further back than ideal at 1000m. Even so, his upside and stable form outweigh that risk.

Our price $4.50 · SP $5.50 · Bailey Webster

God'll Getya has the speed to lead and his Albany placings on soft ground give him a solid place case. He won a recent trial and maps to control a moderate tempo. The knock is that he is a 14-start maiden and has not won first-up, while 1000m may be sharp enough. He is a serious top-three horse but not the win pick.

Our price $2.20 · SP $1.30 · Natasha Faithfull

The jockey and trainer combination is very effective. The slow tempo is a worry for a midfield runner, but he is the most likely winner.

Our price $7.50 · SP $11.00 · Jason Li

A lightly weighted filly in a stable that is going well. Her Bunbury fourth suggests she is capable of competing at this level. The big question is the back-of-field map when the tempo looks slow, and she has not raced on a wet track. The weight helps her, but she needs a fast tempo to fall her way.

Our price $3.80 · SP $3.70 · Bailey Webster

Last start was a plain eighth at Ascot, but the run before it was a wide, unlucky effort. He has won at this track and trip, handles the soft, and gets a good draw.

Our price $4.00 · SP $2.70 · Rosie Mahony

The drop in class and a winning trial also help. However, he's first up off a long break with no first-up wins, the stable is cold, and his recent runs have shown him tiring late.

Our price $4.60 · SP $3.10 · Lisa Staples

Brazen Bid has run well at Albany on soft ground and over this trip, and he steps down in class. He should be handy from the middle draw and has gone well first-up before. The long spell and weight are concerns, and he has been prone to fading late. He looks a good place chance with some win appeal.

Our price $13.00 · SP $18.00 · Chanel Cooper

Longtimebeliever has been competitive without being flashy, and she should get a cheap run on the fence. The pace map suggests handy runners have a slight edge, and she has no extra weight to carry. She is a first-up runner on soft going, which is not ideal.

Our price $5.50 · SP $5.50 · Natasha Faithfull

Beaumont Miss is lightly raced and improving, with a win and a third in her last three. Her recent runs have been competitive at a standard that suits a 58+ race. She carries a light weight and has a strong Albany jockey.

Our price $9.50 · SP $8.00 · Patrick Carbery

She has since had two poor runs at Ascot and Belmont. She can still run a bold race back at this distance, with a light weight on soft ground.

Our price $2.80 · SP $1.95 · Natasha Faithfull

The best credentials on soft ground in the field, with four wins from five soft starts and a win at Albany. Her jockey knows her well. The risk is the map: she settles at the back in a 1000m sprint with only a moderate tempo, and she is first up.

Our price $8.50 · SP $18.00 · Rosie Mahony

A proven soft-track winner at Albany who ran with credit in this grade through autumn and winter, with a good first-up record and a recent trial. Against that, he is a backmarker with the stable out of form, and he needs the race run at a genuine tempo.

Our price $5.00 · SP $3.90 · Troy Turner

The horse with the best credentials for this track and conditions. He has two wins and a placing from five tries over this trip at Albany, including a comfortable heavy-track win and a close soft-track second, and he drops out of stronger class-three and city races. His stable is firing. The only real query is a five-month break with just a steady trial, but the way Albany races have been run all season suits a horse coming from off the speed. Clear top pick.

Our price $4.60 · SP $4.80 · Giaan O'Donnell

He won impressively at Ascot over a mile and at Pinjarra earlier in the year and drops from city class-three company into a country class two. There are genuine negatives though: a ten-month layoff, no soft-track experience, and a sprint trip that is short of his best.

Our price $13.00 · SP $17.00 · Brayden Gaerth

A four-year-old who saves his best for Albany, with five of nine starts here producing a win, a second and a third, including a maiden win on soft ground over this trip and a placing on heavy going. Wet tracks clearly suit.