PUNTERS DIARY
TOMORROW Palmerston North dogs. TUESDAY Invercargill dogs. WEDNESDAY Waikato gallops, Wanganui dogs. THURSDAY Wanganui gallops, Addington trots, Waikato dogs, Christchurch dogs. FRIDAY Taupo gallops, Auckland trots, Wanganui dogs, Christchurch dogs. SATURDAY Hawke’s Bay gallops, Canterbury gallops, Invercargill trots. EXPERT TIPS AUCKLAND – Tim Ryan KENTUCKY SON: Good jumper with chance to quit maidens at Rotorua. DANZA LAD: Awesome jumper, will bounce back from Grand National miss. CLAIRETHEWAY: Should win for fun at Rotorua today. WAIKATO – Ross Fisher TESSASTOCK: Four-year-old mare who looks like she is going places. ITS BEN AGAIN: His Te Awamutu outing will have him on target next time. DRAGON ROBE: Her debut success confirmed her attractive trial win was no fluke. CENTRAL DISTRICTS – Paul Gueorgieff HOTSHOT LASS: Took record to two wins and three seconds in last five starts when run down near the line at Whanganui last weekend. SPIKER: Racked up consecutive runner-up placings when getting home strongly at Whanganui last weekend. LUCY LIU: Got back in the running at Whanganui after almost losing rider at the start but made ground in final stages. CANTERBURY – Mat Kermeen TIGER TARA:Good enough to win the Hannon Memorial. DANZA LAD: Very hard to beat in race two at Rotorua. MAILLY: Can get the better of stablemate in Rotorua/ BOP Hunt Cup. OTAGO-SOUTHLAND – Jamie Searle BETTER THAN MOST: Won well in maiden heat at Ascot Park workouts last weekend. FOLLOW THE DREAM: Ran promising second at Ascot Park workouts. Watch. ROBYNS BAD BOY: Blocked in the run home at Winton. GREYHOUNDS – Peter Earley EVA DIVA: Well-credentialed Aussie who has been trialling nicely. In race nine at Manukau this afternoon. EKALI: He endured a luckless Cambridge 375m sprint on Thursday. Starts in race 12 today. VIDEO WATCH – Murray Wedlake GREY GURU: Had nowhere to go for some distance in the run home at Ellerslie. BEAUTY’S ROSE: Ran out of room in the Matamata straight and had to be steadied, doing well to get going again. DON’T BE CHEEKY: Made a lot of ground late at Te Awamutu after beginning awkwardly and then copping interference.