Today's Australian Horse Racing Tips

Over Quarterback?

Whether the lone run is enough. Beaten only a nose last start, and Nash Rawiller is riding well above expectation. The catch is one start for one placing, though it's 1kg less than Quarterback. It needs to sit handy from barrier 4 while Quarterback waits for a run.

Over Quarterback?

Whether the blinkers sharpen it. Quarterback usually settles back and needs luck, and Palm Tree has the quickest recent time figure in the field. The catch is first-time blinkers from barrier 7. It needs the gear to sharpen it early and its 4.5kg edge to hold.

Over Ocean Tsunami?

Whether the extra weight bites. Placed last start and beaten only half a length, so it's racing in form. The catch is 2.5kg more on its back than Ocean Tsunami. It gets past if the weight doesn't tell and the barrier 4 draw lets it settle.

Over Ocean Tsunami?

The soft run from barrier 2. Its recent time figure is the field's quickest, 3.6 lengths a km under the track average. The catch is first-time winkers and 1kg more weight. It beats Ocean Tsunami if the soft run from barrier 2 lets that speed count.

Over Water City?

Whether the barrier gap holds. Two starts and no placings is a thin record, so nothing in the form says it has earned the call. What has to go right is a clean jump from barrier 4 while Water City, drawn wide at 9 and usually settling well back, has to make up ground.

Over Water City?

Whether the extra weight matters. Water City's soft spot is barrier 9, where it usually settles well back. Oakfield Virginia jumps from 7, has the quickest recent time figure, and was placed last start, beaten 1L. It carries 1.5kg more than Water City, so that weight has to hardly matter.

Over Hit The Switch?

Whether it finds room late. Speedy Crown is among the quickest on time figures in the field and was placed last start, beaten 1L. The catch is it usually settles back and has yet to win from 5 starts. It needs a run late, carrying 1kg less than Hit The Switch.

Over Hit The Switch?

How the soft goes first up. Heavenly Artist should be up on the speed, which puts it in the thick of the race from barrier 7. The catch is its first run on soft going and a 4kg rise. It needs the wet to suit, with 2kg less on its back than Hit The Switch.

Over Ludina?

Whether the blinkers sharpen it. Ludina has five placings and no wins from ten starts, and Tassoro owns the field's quickest recent time. Barrier 1 should give it a soft run, but first-time blinkers are the catch. It needs those blinkers to sharpen it while carrying 2kg more than Ludina.

Over Ludina?

Whether the closers get a run. Booma Bay is 3kg better off at the weights than when Ludina beat it at Clare. It usually settles well back from barrier 5, so the catch is the ground it has to make up. It needs the leaders to go hard and then fade.

Over Priory Park?

Whether the fresh form holds. Priory Park's soft spot is the weight, 59.5kg for a step up from Benchmark 64, and Letters Patent carries 1.5kg less. It placed first-up, runs well fresh and has Tommy Berry aboard. The catch is a 2.5kg rise, so the fresh form has to hold.

Over Priory Park?

Whether it gets out from barrier 7. Priory Park's soft spot is 59.5kg in a step up from Benchmark 64, and Regal carries 3.5kg less. It won last start by 7L at Kembla Grange and has won one of two on good ground. The catch is barrier 7 of 8, so it needs to be up on the speed early.

Over Royal Maximus?

Whether the speed burden bites. Royal Maximus is back in blinkers and expected up on the speed on soft 6, which is a lot to ask. Goodness is 2kg lighter, placed in 3 of 4 starts, and finished 2nd to Royal Maximus's 4th at Caulfield Heath. It still has no win, so it needs the pace to fall its way.

Over Royal Maximus?

Whether the soft ground suits. Ciphered has one placing from two starts, beaten 3.5L last time, and the Bedggood/Stanley combo is well above expectation over 100 runners. It's 1.5kg lighter, but this is its first run on soft from barrier 6. The soft ground has to suit it first up.

Over Tennessee River?

Whether the extra weight bites. Dr Hook has the quickest recent time figure in the field, 3.5 lengths a km under the track average. The catch is 2kg more than Tennessee River carries, from barrier 5. It beats Tennessee River only if that extra weight doesn't bite late.

Over Tennessee River?

The first-up run. Tennessee River has just two starts and no wins, which is the soft spot. Gidgea Tree drew barrier 1 for a soft run off a near-miss barrier trial. The catch is a spell and 3.5kg more, so it beats Tennessee River only if the first-up run comes right.

Over Clouded Thoughts?

Whether the soft suits. Two starts for one placing is thin, but it's up on the speed and races handy. The catch is untested soft and 1.5kg more from barrier 7. It only needs the soft to suit and a settled run to bite.

Over Clouded Thoughts?

Whether the blinkers sharpen it. It carries 2.5kg less than Clouded Thoughts, is down 4kg on its last start, and has some of the quickest recent times in the field. The catch is first-time blinkers from barrier 8 across ten starts without a win. Only the gear lifting it straight away from that wide gate gets it past.

Over Bailar?

Whether the extra weight costs it. Four starts, two placings, no wins, but D Shepherd has it in form and doing well above expectation. The extra 3.5kg and the barrier from 4 are the catch. It needs the weight to go unnoticed while Bailar's first-up run stays a question.

Over Bailar?

Whether the blinkers sharpen it. Among the quickest recent time figures in the field, running 0.4 lengths a km under the track average. The catch is first-time blinkers, and it carries 2kg more from barrier 11. It needs the blinkers to sharpen it and the wide draw to matter less.