Echuca tips and results

Our price $6.50 · SP $6.00 · Tom Ryan

A mare who should land in the first three or four, which matters in a race where the lead is up for grabs. She was wide and honest when second on soft ground at Casterton, and at Echuca last time she never got a clear crack at them. The rider is going well and rides this stable successfully. The knock is that she has had four goes at the mile without a placing and has found one better far too often.

Our price $6.00 · SP $8.50 · Luca Remondet

A genuine staying type who has twice finished third over 3100m at this exact level and loves wet ground. He sits off the speed and runs on strongly, and the recent pattern at Echuca favours closers over on-pace runners. Honest and consistent, he should be in the finish, though he finds one or two better more often than he wins.

Our price $15.00 · SP $31.00 · Jordan Hart

That is the best pointer for this race among the roughies. He handles wet tracks, stays strongly and drops to a winnable grade.

Our price $5.50 · SP $5.50 · Damien Thornton

Resumed with a solid fourth, was slow away, and still finished on well. The strong jump-out win since then shows she is progressing. Back-of-field runners have a better record here in sprints than at most country tracks, which suits her. She is unproven on a soft surface and needs luck from the back, but she has the most upside among the unexposed runners.

Our price $10.00 · SP $16.00 · Cassidy Hill

The only runner who is likely to lead, in a moderately run sprint where nobody else is keen to press on. He was a gallant third on soft at Wangaratta last start after leading throughout, beaten only half a length.

Our price $5.00 · SP $7.00 · Damien Thornton

A two-start filly who showed speed first-up at Ballarat before fitness told late. With that run behind her, a second-up lift and top connections she is a genuine threat; the concern is a tricky gate that makes leading over 1000m hard, so she may have to settle closer to the speed than ideal.

Our price $8.00 · SP $21.00 · Alice Kennedy

First-starter from a stable that knows how to ready a maiden winner, helped by a two-kilo claim. His recent trial on soft ground was encouraging and he has shown enough to be competitive on debut.

Our price $6.00 · SP $7.50 · Eoin Walsh

It has not yet placed, has been slow to begin and is likely to settle back in a moderate tempo on a soft track.

Our price $4.20 · SP $4.40 · Damien Thornton

She maps to settle handy in a race without a genuine speed battle, and the winkers go on first time. She has won on heavy ground, so the softer surface should not bother her.

Our price $7.00 · SP $8.50 · Holly Durnan

Black Adam is a genuine soft-track horse with three wins on rain-affected ground. He should lead or race outside the leader in a race lacking other speed, and the drop from BM58 company helps. The query is the top weight and the fact he weakened after leading last time, but with a moderate tempo he can control the race.

Our price $10.00 · SP $21.00 · Cian Macredmond

Stepify is a lightly raced filly who won impressively on soft ground over this trip at Penola last start. She has scope for further improvement second up and her trainer is good with this type. The concern is the big class jump from maiden company and the fact she will get back in a race where backmarkers are not advantaged.

Our price $5.50 · SP $4.80 · Neil Farley

Won last start at Bendigo and is in the best form of the genuine closers. Has won at Echuca on soft ground, handles wet tracks, and the likely fast tempo plus the track's tendency to reward backmarkers in sprints suits his style. The best form claim in a wide-open race.

Our price $6.50 · SP $3.90 · Mitchell Aitken

Her recent form at this level is strong and she has the speed to find a prominent spot, but the wide gate means she will either burn energy or settle further back.

Our price $7.00 · SP $6.00 · Liana Wood

Beat a similar field here on soft ground over this trip in August and now returns to an easier grade. The stable has a strong record at the track, and the likely fast tempo helps a horse who settles off the pace.