Racenet provides punters with free detailed form on the last eight starts at TAB Meetings across Australia but the Racenet horse stats also allow punters to view a horse's entire career and there is a good example of how the stats can be used to advantage at Wagga on Monday.
Let's use the Chamberlain's SBR Benchmark 55 Handicap (1600m) and specifically look at the Peter J Morgan-trained Zarlu.
Zarlu hasn't fired a shot in three runs this time in being defeated a combined total of more than 20 lengths so on recent form it is hard to recommend Zarlu as a definite winning chance but if we look further back into his career stats we notice his best form is clearly on heavy ground.
Here's a link to Zarlu's page on Racenet and his last 10 starts from the stats page are reproduced here with his heavy track runs highlighted in blue.
Season 2015-2016
15/5/16 7 of 8 9.8 Parkes 1600m Parkes Serv. Club Parkes Cup Brad Clark 25/1
1st - Itchyzariz, 2nd - Yes Zariz, 3rd - Heysen, 4th - Private Taber Soft(7) 1:38.56
22/4/16 7 of 9 7.9 Canberra 1600m Affinity Constr. Aust. (Bm64) Brad Clark 20/1
1st - Itchyzariz, 2nd - Arigold, 3rd - Law Of The Land, 4th - Lolly Shoppe Soft(5) 1:38.00
09/4/16 10 of 12 3.4 Holbrook 1400m Holbrook Cup Brad Clark 11/1
1st - Imperious, 2nd - Never Pegasus, 3rd - Bringenbrong, 4th - Black Fusion Good(3) 1:21.89
05/12/15 6 of 7 7.7 Benalla 1606m Ryan & McNulty Sawmillers-Bm64 C A Robertson 12/1
1st - Devout Diamond, 2nd - Racing Tycoon, 3rd - Barely A Grin, 4th - Pepperjack Good(4) 1:39.55
19/11/15 8 of 10 8.9 Wagga 1400m Telstra Store Wagga (Bm65) Nick Heywood 7/1
1st - Chief In Command, 2nd - Darts Away, 3rd - Greipel, 4th - Cod Rock Good(3) 1:23.82
11/9/15 3 of 7 4.0 Canberra 2000m Sharpe Fullgrabe (Bm65) Brad Clark 7/2
1st - Scene Of The Crime, 2nd - More Beautiful, 4th - Bracko Mick Soft(5) 2:07.76
01/9/15 1 of 9 0.1 Wagga 1600m Riverina Day Surgery (Bm55) Brad Clark 3/1
2nd - Sir Ottavio, 3rd - Tothecoastandback, 4th - Chasing Liberty Heavy(10) 1:41.15
21/8/15 2 of 13 0.8 Wagga 1400m Viatek Hcp (C3) Brad Clark 7/4
1st - Cheeky Devil, 3rd - Aribaa, 4th - Hennessy Red Heavy(8) 1:26.29
11/8/15 1 of 10 3.8 Wagga 1600m William Farrer Hotel Hcp (C2) Brad Clark 5/2
2nd - Bianexpress, 3rd - Solidus, 4th - Pay The Ones Heavy(10) 1:41.22Season 2014-2015
Season 2014-2015
19/7/15 1 of 12 0.8 Wagga 1200m D & S Meccano Wagga (Bm50) Brad Clark 3/1
2nd - Anotherwayout, 3rd - Dane Sweeper, 4th - Rossa May Heavy(10) 1:15.51
The stats page clearly shows Zarlu can be expected to improve sharply on the heavy (10) track posted for Wagga on Monday.
The last four times Zarlu has raced on a heavy track he recorded three wins and a second and two of those victories were over the Wagga 1600m.
Certainly looking beyond the last eight starts reveals that Zarlu is a better chance than his recent form would indicate.
It is still up to punters to decide whether Zarlu is totally out of form or worth a wager on Monday but Racenet certainly give punters all the tools they need to make the right decision.
Greg uses sectional times provided by Vince Accardi and the team from dailysectionals.com.au
Hear Greg Polson's full assessment of Wagga on RSN when he previews the meeting at approximately 10.40am.
