PUNTERS DIARY
TOMORROW Palmerston North dogs. TUESDAY Christchurch dogs, Forbury Park dogs. WEDNESDAY Tauranga gallops, Whanganui dogs. THURSDAY Stratford gallops, Forbury Park trots, Waikato dogs, Christchurch dogs. FRIDAY Avondale gallops, Auckland trots, Christchurch trots, Whanganui dogs, Christchurch dogs. SATURDAY Waikato gallops, Wellington gallops. EXPERT TIPS AUCKLAND – Tim Ryan RUM’N’COKE: Closed strongly for second in maiden 2000m at Matamata on Wednesday. BOBTAIL: Kept up determined run to take third in 2-y-o race at Matamata. Promising type. KINGS GRAVE: Easy maiden highweight winner at Te Aroha. More wins to come. WAIKATO – Ross Fisher ARCTURUS: Lightly-tried four-year-old who is building to a success. JOCHEN RINDT: Looks close to gaining another win on the testing tracks. BLUE TWENTY TWO: Backed up an impressive trial with a gutsy winning performance on debut. CENTRAL DISTRICTS – Paul Gueorgieff TAKE THE TRICK: Best effort in six starts to date when battling strongly for fourth over 1400m at Hastings. MCCULLUM MCCAW: Solid sixth at Whanganui on Thursday after being hampered in the straight. WILDCARD: Fought well for third at Whanganui after leading, racing well. CANTERBURY – Mat Kermeen SHEZZA GNP: Persistence will pay off in race four at Oamaru. Going better than formline looks. BLOOD AND WHISKY: If he trots the whole way, he should be very competitive in race five. ANNA IVY: If she steps away, she will be tough to beat in race nine. OTAGO-SOUTHLAND – Jamie Searle BELMONT INVASION: Blocked in the home straight when fifth at Forbury Park on Thursday night. TACT OLLIE: Chased home a couple of handy types for third at Forbury Park. Improver. THE MAILMAN: While leaders got away, he was held up on final bend at Forbury Park. Unlucky fifth. GREYHOUNDS – Peter Earley LOVELY RITA: Should be too quick for them off the one box in the fourth today at Auckland. DON’T BRAG: Went a much better race at Cambridge, Thursday, when running third, will go close in the sixth today at Auckland.
VIDEO WATCH – Murray Wedlake
GLENGOYNE: Covered a lot more ground than the winner at Waverley and did very will to run him as close as he did.
DOUCETTE: Was the nearest horse to the inside rail in her Te Rapa race, so was using the slowest part of the track. FINDERZ KEEPAS: Her inside draw at Whanganui meant she was never able to come wide enough to be in the best footing.