Horse Racing

Ruakākā hosts a nine-race program on Saturday, with the track rated a Soft5 and the rail out 6m. A clear forecast through to raceday should see the track come up closer to a Good4 come the first on Saturday. Mitch Davis 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 Ruakākā meeting on Saturday 1 August below: Ruakākā Race 1 5 Scolera Scolera (#5) had every chance here last start when settling in the 1×1 throughout, but couldn’t get near the winner and race rival Nicconi County. The key…

Riccarton hosts a ten-race program on Saturday for Winter Cup Day, with the Sydenham Hurdles and Koral Steeplechase also on the card. The track is rated a Soft7 and the rail is in the true position. A mostly clear forecast in Christchurch, aside from isolated showers on Friday evening, should see the track remain close to a Soft7 come Saturday. Mitch Davis 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 Riccarton Park meeting on Saturday 1 August below: Riccarton Park Race 1…

Awapuni Synthetic hosts a short and sweet six-race program on Friday afternoon. Mitch Davis has been through the form guide and speed maps and has provided his race analysis and betting strategy for each of the six races at the Awapuni Synthetic meeting on Friday 31 July below: Awapuni Synthetic Race 1 2 Daiwa Explorer Daiwa Explorer (#2) is a locally trained galloper making his first appearance on the polytrack for Kevin & Stephen Gray. Happy to forgive and forget his last-start effort at Waverley, where the blinkers went on for the first time and he didn’t let down in the conditions underfoot. The…

Otaki hosts an eight-race program on Thursday 30 July – the postponed Ryder Stakes Day from last Saturday. The track is rated a Heavy10 and the rail is in the true position. Despite little-to-no rain through the week, the track has remained a Heavy10 and looks set to stay that way come Thursday. Mitch Davis has been through the form guide and speed maps and has provided his race analysis and betting strategy for each of the eight races at the Ōtaki meeting below: Ōtaki Race 1 4 Kyanite Man Kyanite Man (#4) produced a strong effort to score here…

Cambridge Synthetic hosts an eight-race program on Wednesday. Selections for each of the eight races below: Cambridge Synthetic Race 1 1 What A Yarn What A Yarn (#1) comes here off a good last-start win at Ruakaka, where he was able to stave off a late challenge to win that day. Getting back on the polytrack is no knock given his past efforts on this surface, and he maps to settle up on speed again under Grylls in this small field, a big positive given it will likely be slowly run once runners find their positions. Can go back-to-back.  Cambridge Synthetic R1 – NZ HORSE AMBULANCE TRUST…