Looks to be 5 or 6 horses who normally like to race on the pace in race 8, so would expect speed should be OK.

Rancher Vann tends to get back worse than midfield, although is 1st up after spell today, so could race with a bit more early zest. 1st up record is reasonable & did win a 1000m trial recently.

Northam’s straight is almost 500m long, so you would expect every horse has a chance to win, however I tend to think it is a specialist track, as it seems some horses do excel there and some don’t.

I think an open race, and apart from Rancher Vann, other main chances would include nos. 5, 14, 6, 9, 1 & 2.

I would be looking for 10/1 or better for Rancher Vann.


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[ This Message was edited by: Sandgroper on 2002-07-25 06:39 ]