It's a two-year-old event over the 1,000 metres.

I'm with the five here in Denny's Delight.

Finished fourth on debut at the track over 800 metres and was only a length from the winner.

Completely botched the start.

She got back towards the tail of the field and then really found the line in super fashion.

She was eye-catching and her sectionals backed up what we saw visually.

And she also produced the fastest last 600 of the entire meeting, which is pretty impressive for a two-year-old.

It's an open event over, of course, the 1600 metres for your next best play here on the Rickerton program.

And just judging by your form here, you're with the number one Saddlecloth Jane.

Platinum Attack on top and what is a really interesting field.

Platinum Attack won this race 12 months ago, albeit carrying a little bit more weight than what he's going to have to lug around on Saturday.

But he's coming into this year's race in the right form.

He was a pretty decisive winner at Ellerslie last start.

He's the proven thousand metre horse in this race, having won three of his four starts over the distance.

And I think the race sets up really nicely for him because he is a back marker and there's a lot of speed in this.

It is another open race, but this time it's for the stays of the 2,590 metres.

And Jane, the first of your plays comes up in race number six, and you're with the fill of your bourbon time.

There's a three-year-old filly that's making her fresh up run for the campaign.

And she's had a couple of trials and she's gone quite nicely at the trials to sort of get a really good base fitness for her fresh up run.

What I like about her is what we saw from her last campaign.

She comes out of the Stephen Marsh stable.

The stable thought enough of her to try her at stakes level on debut as a two-year-old.

She didn't measure up at that point in time.

This is also a main event, Jane, but this is restricted to three-year-olds only, and it's over the 1,400 metres.

How do we make some money this weekend in New Zealand? We're at Brickerton and, of course, Ellerslie.

Yeah, well, Rickerton is the feature meeting in terms of black type.

There's a really nice sprint and there's the watercress stakes, which obviously is and are the leading for the three-year-olds into the stars in the 2000 guineas.

But I'm actually having all of my bets at Ellerslie.

I think it's an incredible meeting.

There's some really nice horses kicking off in race three.

which is a three-year-old over the 1,400 done with the eight-grocer girl.

What else have you got for us, Jane?

Jane we start in race number two now initially your on top selection at Adola number eight has been scratched so it's out but you've been able to rearrange the numbers for us ahead of this uh this second event a maiden race over the 1600 meters.

Yeah, a little bit disappointing.

Certainly be blackbooking it and watching for where it ends up next time it goes round to Arizola.

But the horse that I've subsequently put on top actually finished in front of Arizola last time they faced each other, and that's Paparazzi.

has had a couple of placings in its last couple of outings.

I thought last start, it did get every opportunity in the straight, but did race in a wide position.

But look, it meant that it could build into the race when it needed to.

And this is where your next best bet lies.

You take it away with your best bets then in New Zealand this weekend, Jane.

Well, we're kicking off pretty early in New Zealand, race one at Ellerslie, which is a Benchmark 65 over the 1,200.

I've got Convinced on top, runner number seven.

Wind's up fresh and has had a couple of trials.

The most recent was pretty good.

Run a really slick time.

Um, nice winner on debut and then stepped into stakes level and wasn't far off Bel Chevelle, which is pretty good form for this sort of race.

Mm.

Jane, we start right in the middle of the program with one of your best bets, and it comes up in race number five, and it is a maiden event over the mile.

Yeah, I really like a horse here called Passion and Pride.

She trialed up really smartly on a couple of occasions before she stepped out fresh up, where she was placed, uh, at Te Rapa.

I thought there was, um, plenty of merit in the run.

Um, she was aided by an inside gate, but, uh, she was challenged for the lead quite early on in the race and there was a bit of pressure up front.

Eventually she set- settled into the trial and, look, from there on, the race panned out really nicely for her and she got off heels and sort of challenged, um, in the home straight.

She was beaten less than a length and, uh, as you'd expect, um, she'll be a, a bit fitter coming into, um, her assignment today.

It's a benchmark 75 over the 1400 meters here, Jane.

It is a maiden event over the 1200 meters.

On top for me here is the five, Wave On By.

Um, this was actually one of my sort of value finds of the meeting.

Opened up at $6, but it's connectedly crunched today into $3.50.

So, uh, probably not the value I was hoping, but he's a galloper on debut that's trialed, uh, quite smartly leading into this.

Um, he's won his last two trials.

He shows pretty electric gate speed, and h- in both trials he's posted a pretty good time too.

It's a rating 75 race, and it's over the 2100 meters.

This time it's over the 1200 meters, Jane.

And with Judy's Smarty here, he's a colt by Sort Of State who is fresh up.

We did see him step out through the winter at Ellerslie on debut, where he finished less than three lengths away from a horse called She's No Saint, who then went on and won at group three level.

So the form around him looks pretty good, and I really like the way he's trialed up leading into his fresh up assignment.

I also like the value around the price with him as well as opposed to the favorite.

Um, they put the colt aside after that fresh up win, gave him time, and I just like the way he's come back.

So it's the way I've leaned.

It's the rating 64 event over the mile.

It is race number five at Hastings.

Yeah, I like horse number five here, Navy Dreams.

He finished second fresh up this preparation, and he came out of a new stable on that occasion.

He's now with the Stephen Marsh barn.

Uh, drew wide, sort of settled midfield, and produced the best closing sectionals of the race, and he was taking ground off the winner in the finish.

He's drawn to settle a lot closer on Saturday, and I think his overall record probably doesn't reflect his ability.

He's a galloper that's raced at pretty top level as a two and three-year-old, and throughout his 14-start career, he's actually only raced in maiden company four times, despite being eligible, and, uh, a lot of that was quite early in his career as well.

It is a benchmark 75 over the 1,200 meters.