Te Aroha

BERTIE WOOSTER (2) cost himself a winning chance by racing greenly down the final straight at Te Rapa 2 weeks ago, and may be better off racing in a clockwise direction for now. He has the motor but not the smarts at the moment, but once he puts it all together, he will win some races. HORRIE (1) has been in the money in half of his 12 starts to date, and has been runner-up in his last couple of runs. He is good enough to go one better this time. SURPRISE INSIDE (12) got back too far from a wide gate here nearly 4 weeks ago, and only ran on when the race was all over. She has a superior gate this time, and with the step up to a mile, an improved performance is expected. Each way value. WAIMEA BAY (13) had been showing promise at the trials prior to producing an encouraging effort for third on debut at Ellerslie just over 3 weeks ago. She will naturally improve with the run and should go close to taking this out. RUFUS (9) will be peaking third up, and he is worth including in combos.