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Gladstone Racing Tips Sep 19 — Can Anyone Stop Borneo?
Gladstone Racing Tips Sep 19 — Can Anyone Stop Borneo?
Overview
Borneo has won twice and placed in all three of its visits to Gladstone, and the eight-year-old gets another crack at the sand circuit in the Open Plate with the same trainer and rider who have carried it there before. That’s the standout thread through today’s five-race card, and it’s the kind of angle these Gladstone racing tips are built around: a horse with a genuine record at the track, backed by connections who know how to use it. Five races run from 13:10 to 16:00, all on the sand track, and the card leans toward experienced gallopers rather than juveniles finding their feet. Course-specific data is thin for plenty of this field, so the read below leans on recent form, weight and the jockeys and trainers who keep turning up in the right positions.
Reading the Gladstone card
Course form only tells part of the story today. Just twelve runners across the five races carry any recorded history at Gladstone, and only four of those have started here three times or more — everyone else is a one or two-run sample, which is a data point, not a trend. The four with real course form on the board stack up like this:
| Horse | Runs | Wins | Places | Win% | Place% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borneo | 3 | 2 | 3 | 66.67% | 100% |
| Power Maiden | 3 | 1 | 3 | 33.33% | 100% |
| Magic Valour | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 75% |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 25% |
The jockeys’ book is more useful. Nine riders at the meeting have a recorded Gladstone history, and six clear the five-ride threshold that makes a percentage mean something:
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | Places | Win% | Place% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amie Meissner | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42.86% | 71.43% |
| MS Melissa Taylor | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28.57% | 71.43% |
| Adam Spinks | 10 | 1 | 4 | 10.00% | 40.00% |
| MS N Summers | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7.69% | 38.46% |
| Raul Silvera Olivera | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12.50% | 37.50% |
| Jacallen Dooley | 14 | 2 | 4 | 14.29% | 28.57% |
Amie Meissner rides three today — Sparkling Lines, Borneo and Madam Excels — and her numbers explain why she’s worth following regardless of what she’s on. The trainers’ ranks are just as deep, with six past the three-runner minimum:
| Trainer | Runs | Wins | Places | Win% | Place% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G J Clem | 6 | 3 | 6 | 50.00% | 100% |
| Belinda Mair | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14.29% | 71.43% |
| L C Kiernan | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33.33% | 66.67% |
| R B Williams | 6 | 2 | 3 | 33.33% | 50.00% |
| Bevan Johnson | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14.29% | 42.86% |
| Alan Joseph Jones | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16.67% | 33.33% |
G J Clem’s 50% win rate is the best of anyone with volume at this track, and it lines up against L C Kiernan’s Borneo later in the card. Belinda Mair, meanwhile, has three runners on today’s program with the same rider attached — more on that below.
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Race by race
Race 1: Mdn Plate — 13:10, 930m
Does anyone in this maiden field have the form to be backed with real confidence? Not really. It’s a mix of debutants and horses who’ve been well held so far, run over a sharp 930m that will suit whoever finds the front and holds it. Xtravagant Time and Sparkling Lines line up without a run on the board, and the rest — Powered Right Up, Military Girl, Queens Lines, Storm Surge, Seizing Destiny — have combined for one placing between them this campaign. Storm Surge is 0-from-2 at Gladstone itself, which doesn’t help.
If forced to pick one, Seizing Destiny gets the nod purely on connections: trainer Belinda Mair and jockey MS Melissa Taylor are two of the more reliable names at this circuit, and they’ve paired this filly for a reason even though her only start to date brought an eighth. Sparkling Lines, with Amie Meissner up, is the other one to note if she was ever going to find her feet on debut. Neither case is strong enough to bet with confidence — this is a watch race, small stakes only if you’re playing at all.
Race 2: Hcp (50) — 13:55, 1306m
Power Maiden has been the model of consistency without quite getting the job done, and that’s exactly the profile worth backing when it’s been going on this long. She’s placed in all three trips to Gladstone and all three runs nationally across the past three months, without missing the top two once — an average finishing position of 1.67 both at home and away. The one thing missing is a win, and stepping out to 1306m with Belinda Mair and MS Melissa Taylor combining again — both sit above 70% for places at this track — looks the spot for it to click.
Magic Valour is the biggest threat, with a similar three-from-four Gladstone record and the meeting’s busiest and best rider on board. Trainer L C Kiernan sends plenty here and gets results, and this gelding has strung together placings before going quiet on his most recent trip. He’s the each-way risk if Power Maiden’s price doesn’t appeal — odds were TBC at the time of writing, so check the market closer to the jump. Win bet on Power Maiden, small saver on Magic Valour for the exacta.
Race 3: Hcp (C2) — 14:40, 1094m
Six go around here and the speed map is congested — Future Soldier, August Joe and My Pepperjack have all shown they want to be handy, which sets up for whoever can get outside that battle rather than sit in it. Elronte fits that profile better than most. Trainer R B Williams sits third among anyone with real volume at this track, winning with a third of his runners and placing half of them, and Elronte gets to sit off a hot pace from a soft gate.
August Joe is the each-way risk — he’s picked up a win and been placed in two of his past five runs on the card’s read, though his rider hasn’t found much luck at Gladstone across a heavy book of rides. This is a race with no standout, so treat it as a small each-way play on Elronte rather than anything bigger.
Race 4: Open Plate — 15:20, 1094m
Two trainers have effectively owned this track’s winner’s circle this season, and they clash again in the Open Plate. L C Kiernan’s Borneo has won twice and placed in all three of its Gladstone starts, and its most recent trip anywhere produced a win from just two runs in the past three months — the profile of a horse peaking at exactly the right time. Add Amie Meissner, who wins on better than four in ten of her Gladstone rides and places on more than seven in ten, the best figures of anyone at the meeting, and this is as close to a sure thing as a thin data set allows. At 120.1kg she also carries less weight than every other runner in this field.
G J Clem’s Corkscrew is the danger and no small one — his trainer wins with half of his runners at this course and hasn’t failed to place a single one of them across six tries, the best return of anyone with real volume here, edging out Kiernan’s own numbers. Corkscrew has strung together good form through the middle of his campaign, cooling slightly at his most recent outing, and a repeat of his better runs would make this closer than the market probably prices it. Soopat and Resurrected make up the field without threatening either principal on recent evidence.
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Back Borneo to win. If you want to cover the danger, a Borneo-Corkscrew exacta captures the two horses actually backed by course-proven connections.
Race 5: (Bm55) — 16:00, 1659m
The market’s likely to make Full Strength close to the one to beat on name alone, but the numbers say otherwise — one placing from his last three runs, an average finish outside sixth, and topweight at 141.1kg over the mile-plus trip. Respect the class, don’t back it blind.
With no horse in this field carrying real course form, the lean goes to Madam Excels and her rider — Amie Meissner’s third booking of the day, on a filly whose trainer Bevan Johnson places more than four in ten of his Gladstone runners. The barrier and even weight of 126.7kg both suit a horse that just needs things to fall its way. Little Freddy is the each-way alternative, having placed in one of his two runs at the track, but this is a race to play for the frame rather than throw real money at for the win.
The plays
Borneo is the number one play of these Gladstone racing tips — not because the sample is huge, but because every piece of it points the same way: a course record of two wins and three places from three runs, a recent win in its last national start, and the meeting’s best jockey on board. Power Maiden is the value angle from Race 2, a filly who’s placed in six straight runs between Gladstone and the rest of her campaign without a single defeat outside the top two — that consistency should be priced generously given she still hasn’t broken through. For multis, Power Maiden also doubles as the safest single line on the card given that unbroken placing record. Little Freddy offers the best place credentials among the each-way types, with a Gladstone start already banked.
The repeatable angle for future meetings here is Belinda Mair and MS Melissa Taylor, who’ve teamed up on three runners today — Seizing Destiny, Power Maiden and Energia — and sit above a 70% placing rate together at this circuit. If Mair keeps sending them here at that clip, that combination is worth following every time it turns up on a Gladstone card.
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Frequently asked questions
What time does racing start at Gladstone today?
The first race, the Maiden Plate over 930m, jumps at 13:10. Five races run through the afternoon, finishing with the Bm55 over 1659m at 16:00.
Who are the top trainers and jockeys at Gladstone today?
Amie Meissner leads the jockeys’ room with 6 wins and 10 places from 14 Gladstone rides — a 42.86% win rate and 71.43% place rate, the best figures at the meeting, and she rides three today. G J Clem tops the trainers on percentage with 3 wins and 6 places from 6 runners (50% win, 100% place), while L C Kiernan has the bigger volume at 12 runners for 4 wins and 8 places.
What are the best bets at Gladstone today?
Borneo in the Race 4 Open Plate is the standout, with two wins and three placings from three career starts at the track and Amie Meissner in the saddle. Power Maiden in Race 2 is the value play, unbeaten outside the top two in her past three runs both at Gladstone and nationally.
Where can I find the best odds for Gladstone races today?
Bookmaker markets for this meeting weren’t fully priced at the time of writing, so treat any odds mentioned above as indicative only and check prices closer to the first jump. The bookmakers listed below are a starting point for comparing what’s on offer.
