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Warren Block's Daily Report - Thursday, 2 July 2026
- Jockey-Trainer metro stats - Spotlight on Lachlan King
- Matrix day-by-day results for Thursday and Friday racing
- Wizard Freebie - Wizard Magic Report
- Wizard Ratings, Raceday, Matrix, and Selectives Results
Jockey-Trainer metro stats - Spotlight on Lachlan King
Today, jockeys drawn from the six states with the stats covering the past two years. Note, these stats cover the rider's results in all races, irrespective of location.
The Jockey/Trainer combinations that are included here are based on the following criteria: The Jockey/Trainer combination is listed when a jockey's record shows at least 2 wins when riding the Wizard top-rater, or at least 3 wins when riding the race favourite, or 4 wins if the runner is in the $2.00 to $5.90 odds range, for that stable. Also included are the overall percentage stats for the jockey when riding a Wizard top rater or race favourite, for any stable. Note, that these stats cover the rider's results in all races, irrespective of location.
To add to this weekly report, here is a Spotlight Profile of Lachlan King which makes for some interesting reading.
Lachlan (Lachie) King hails from a famous racing family and rides predominantly in Victoria, and has enjoyed success with stables large and small.
Background and Family Connections
Lachlan is the son of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Steven King. This meant he had an early exposure to the sport. Lachlan came through the Victorian apprentice ranks, successfully continuing the family tradition in the saddle. In his formative years, he spent time riding trackwork at the Euroa property of the powerful Hayes stable. breednet.com
Main Riding Locations
Lachlan's career so far has been based primarily in Victoria, where he has ridden the bulk of his winners. He currently sits in the top 20 riders on the Victorian provincial/country premiership table.
Trainers and Professional Associations
Lachlan King commenced his riding career with Victorian trainer Gerald Egan. He rode his first winner late in 2016 one month after his first race ride. To date he has ridden more than 400 winners. The stables with which Lachlan has enjoyed very considerable success are those of Ben Brisbourne and Jason Warren. However, it is noted that his willingness to travel and his consistency have helped him build a wide network of stable supporters rather than relying on a single stable. Racing.com
More Important Wins
In terms of black-type wins, the standout result to date was the Group 1 Victoria Derby win on Johnny Get Angry for trainer Denis Pagan, who stuck with Lachlan, resisting pressure to replace him with a more prominent rider. Beyond his historic Derby triumph, Lachlan has recorded several key city victories, including winning feature handicap races aboard King Magnus, Kansino, Barthelona, and Doroza. Sky Racing World
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Matrix day-by-day results for Thursday and Friday racing
The tables show the results for the past eight weeks for the day on which racing occurred. So, today being Thursday, this Matrix DOW (Day of Week) report covers the past eight Thursday and Friday results. The day-after results are included so that they are available on race-eve, rather than only on race morning.
(The daily Matrix report aims to assist subscribers contain the number of bets to manageable proportions and improve the strike rate. The report is posted to our website between 10:30am and 10:45am each day with an update at 12 noon.)
Wizard Freebie - Wizard Magic Report
The Wizard publishes on this page one of its Wizard reports or special features, either completely or a part thereof. Today, a Wizard Magic (abridged) Report. The full report and all other reports for all meetings for today are available now for subscribers
The Magic report is an important component of the Wizard's uniquely successful race-morning MATRIX report whose Selectives consistently outperform traditional rating methodologies.
Click here for an explanation of the Wizard Magic report.
Wizard Ratings, Raceday, Matrix, and Selectives results
We publish these full results daily so that subscribers can see the results of the Wizard's ratings options, and Report-content, and thereby formulate a selecting and betting strategy that suits them individually. The Wizard ratings should not be seen as "tips", rather as objective assessments that can be used to inform one's own judgement as to the relative chances of the runners in a race.
The full day-by-day results for Wizard (Wrat) top 4 rated runners, the Raceday Qualifier, and the Matrix (MaxR) 100 pointer, the MaxR top-two, the What-IF top-two Filtered, together with the Matrix W1+MaxR100 Selective qualifier, and the Matrix W1+*EO+MaxR100 Selective qualifier. Also included are the overall results for last week and the last four weeks. The 2024-2025 column shows the WRat results for the full racing season.
This results summary is colour coded so that it is easier for readers to track the relative performance of the Top Rated (blue) and Top-Two Rated (green) ratings options on a daily, and longer term, basis. The best overall qualifier (yellow) is highlighted. Also, the single runner options are grouped separately, as are the two-horse and multi-horse options results, again to make comparisons easier.
The following table shows this week's results of alternative options with respect to possible Matrix Selectives combinations, as well as weekly summaries. These combinations are accessible via the Wizard MATRIX report which is posted to our website between 10:30am and 10:45am each day.
(Key: The first of the two columns for each Selective combination shows number of qualifying races and the second column shows the strike rate. Headings: RWM is Raceday,Watch,Magic, RWM 2/3 means two or three qualifying, Rday is Raceday report qualifier , Magic is Magic report qualifier, R/M is Raceday and Magic, WR1 is Wrat 100, MR1 is MaxR 100.)
The following table shows where the winner of each race run yesterday was rated by WRat, WMod, WHcp, and WExpk and was the qualifier in the Wizard Raceday Report. (Note: The Wrat [W] winner results report on both the top rated and top-two rated winners.) The Raceday Report winners under the Top Rated column are from those races where there was only one Raceday qualifier, and under the Top 2 Rated on the rare occasions where there were two qualifiers in a race.
Header: WMHER = WRat (W), WMod (M), WHcp (H), WExpk (E), Raceday (R).
For a full explanation of the table click: How to read the Wizard Ratings Results