Matt Markham gives his best in all races at Invercargill Harness on Thursday, October 8.  Really nice preparation runs in workouts and trials from Royal Pat (3) who looks a quick winner. Has had the wood on Tactical Chevron who is favourite for this in the most recent trial and if the manners are there then should grab a win on debut. Selections: 3-1-6-5-7 A bit like a broken record at the moment but Rakamick (1) has to be rewarded with a victory soon. Continues to race extremely well and is only ever one start away from potentially grabbing another…

Matt Markham gives his best in all races at Addington Harness on Wednesday, October 7.  Still getting her head around the trotting caper but former pacer Evangalist (5) gets to the mobile here today which could well be a huge assist to her chances. Allows an opportunity to find her rhythm and while you wouldn’t expect her to blast to the front, she could find her feet before launching and looking to run them into the track. Selections: 5-3-1-6-4 Some tidy trial form to be brought forward to the first race-day appearance by Ben From Accounts (10) including a very…

Matt Markham gives his best in all races at Addington Harness on Friday, October 2.  Building nicely through the campaign Brewster Baker (1) is going to grab a win at short notice and with the aid of the good draw tonight it might well be now. Taking ground off of some pretty nice ones in the last few starts and if close enough turning in then should get them for speed. Selections: 1-8-3-6-7 A really nicely bred pacer, Bella Mae (8) debuts tonight and has shown a whole heap of ability in her public runs to ready for this. Looks…

Matt Markham gives his best in all races at Alexandra Park Harness on Friday, October 2.  Got it all wrong at the start last time out and took no part but with a clean getaway tonight then Muscle Memory (3) can get the form back on the right path. Looks like a trotter who can quickly work through the grades and has by far the biggest ceiling of anything in the race. Selections: 3-7-1-4-9 With a couple of runs under the belt now, would expect Time For Change (1) to be getting pretty close to peak levels. Finds the right…

Matt Markham gives his best in all races at Methven Harness on Sunday, October 4.  Has returned from a spell in fine fettle and the last effort from Lap It Up (3) when sitting parked at Orari was massive. Always looked capable of winning a maiden and with a clean getaway today and another run close to the speed there’s a win for the taking. Selections: 3-1-5-14-12 A string of really good efforts lately from Brookies Player (8) and another win looks pretty close at hand. Tricky draw to work from today but is good enough to stay out of…

Matt Markham gives his best in all races at Gore Harness on Thursday, October 1.  The form around KD Corona (4) heading into today looks superb for a race like this. Placed behind the talented Way Coola at Oamaru and runs in behind Redback Bob prior to that. Going well and deserves a winning turn and there’s a big chance of one coming today. Selections: 4-5-7-1-2 A superb trial victory at Ashburton last week from Eyes Of An Angel (7) who boosted a final 800m in better than 55 seconds and looked superb doing it. Can stay out of it…

Matt Markham gives his best in all races at Cambridge Harness on Thursday, October 1.  Couple of really strong efforts in the last two runs from Franco Salah (8) after mixing it with the likes of Wat Next in recent times. Will find this a whole lot easier and even though needing to overcome the wide draw he should still be charging at them late. Selections: 8-1-3-4-5 Back to Cambridge could be the key for Money Mayweather (11) just hasn’t looked comfortable at Alexandra Park in the last few. Nice race to be a major player in here though and…

Matt Markham gives his best in all races at Addington Harness on Wednesday, September 30.  Purchased into the Michael House barn after a couple of encouraging runs, Lady Toni (1) looks a quick winner from the new quarters. Has some speed and will only get better with racing but with good manners from the inside draw should be right in play today. Selections: 1-7-4-6-2 Would expect sharp improvement from Maddisons Speedy (6) off the back of her fresh up run here. Looked likely until the condition blew out. A very fast filly who is suited by the small field and…

Matt Markham has been through the form guide and speed maps and has provided his race analysis and betting strategy for each of the nine races at the Gore Harness meeting on Sunday 27 September below:  Only narrowly beaten last time out by a pretty smart one and Drummershavetime (3) wouldn’t need to go any better than that to be winning this. Decent wee slide back in terms of field quality and from the good draw should be on the speed and dominating here.  Selections: 3-11-13-9-10  Canterbury raider Humber Hawk (4) arrives in the south for Team Dalgety off the…

Matt Markham has been through the form guide and speed maps and has provided his race analysis and betting strategy for each of the 10 races at the Timaru Harness meeting on Sunday 27 September below:  Plenty have been waiting a while for the debut of Grandad Don (7), he’s a promising trotter from the John Morrison stable who has looked well above average in his workouts and trials. Clean gaited and good mannered he might just trot to the front and not look back today. If he does, they’ll need to be really good to beat him.  Selections: 7-13-6-3-2 …