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Warren Block's Daily Report - Monday, 26 October 2026
- Trainer-Jockey Combinations - Last 4 weeks
- Matrix - day by day analysis for Monday and Tuesday racing
- Wizard Freebie - Wizard Essentials report
- Facebook Post - Wizard Formguide Facebook Post for Today (NEW)
- Wizard Ratings, Raceday, Matrix, and Selectives results and Weekly Summary
Trainer-Jockey Winning Combinations - Last 4 weeks
Each Monday I post a table showing the stables that have won at least 5 races over the previous 4 weeks and list the jockeys who rode at least one of those winners, as well as their total rides for the stable, during that period.
Identifying in-form and "outperforming" trainer-jockey combinations should be a key component of any form analysts race/horse assessment and this Wizard report can help you to identify these combinations.
Matrix - day by day analysis for Monday and Tuesday racing
The tables show the results for the past eight weeks for the day on which racing occurred. So, today being Monday, this Matrix DOW (Day of Week) report covers the past eight Monday and Tuesday 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 Essentials report
The Wizard publishes on this page one of its Wizard reports or special features, either completely or a part thereof. Today it is a Wizard Essentials Wrat 4 report. The full report and all other reports for all meetings for today are available now for subscribers.
The Wizard Essentials report is a very useful resource, for key data that race handicappers need is at their fingertips. Included are the Wizard's four ratings assessments, each focusing on different time-proven ways of rating runners, and other key (likely) performance indicators, some of which are unique to the Wizard. For example, the Filter and Negatives assessments, the in-running (pace) insights, and form pattern stats (RFS).
In addition to this Essentials WRat4 report there is also an Essentials Full-Field version available.
Click here for an explanation of the Wizard Essentials Report.
Facebook Post - Wizard Formguide Facebook Post for Today (NEW)
On the Wizard Facebook page (www.facebook.com/wizard formguide) there is a daily post drawing on the content one or more of the Wizard reports. For those Wizard subscribers who dont have a Facebook account it is re-posted here. Hopefully you find the summary useful.
WIZARD FORMGUIDE Be Better Informed
Trainer / Jockey Combinations
Monday 26 October 2026
This report shows those trainer/jockey combinations in Australia who, over the past month, have outperformed. The benchmark for inclusion here is that the stable must have won at least five races and a trainer/jockey combination must have won at least four races during the period.
Identifying in-form and "outperforming" trainer-jockey combinations should be a key component of any form analyst's race/horse assessment, and a Wizard research report (free on the website each Monday) can help you identify these combinations.
The purpose of this analysis is not to indicate possible selections, but simply to provide information not generally available that can be taken into account when making one's own final selection.
Period: 28 September 25 October 2026
Trainer Wins Jockey (Wins-Rides)
Adam Trinder 5 Erica Byrne Burke (4-6)
Andrew Bobbin 8 Jack Martin (4-7)
Annabel & Rob Archibald 14 Heavelon Van Der Hoven (4-11)
Ben & Will & JD Hayes 21 Ethan Brown (4-11), Nadia Daniels (4-7)
Bjorn Baker 10 Rachel King (4-12)
Brett Robb 8 Clayton Gallagher (5-12)
C J Waller 32 James McDonald (10-39), Siena Grima (4-21), Tommy Berry (4-18)
Ciaron Maher 28 Ethan Brown (6-22)
Corey & Kylie Geran 5 Gary Geran (5-18)
Garret Lynch 5 Connor Murtagh (4-10)
J O'Shea & T Charlton 10 Zac Lloyd (5-16)
Jack Bruce 16 Ben E Thompson (7-14)
Lachie Manzelmann 8 Adam Sewell (5-14)
Michael Grantham 5 Chris Parnham (4-13)
Mitchell Pateman 11 Holly Watson (5-18), Patrick Carbery (4-7)
P L Shailer 5 Danny Peisley (4-11)
P Messara & L Gavranich 6 Aaron Bullock (5-9)
T J Gollan 20 Angela Jones (4-18), Bella Youngberry (5-22)
Tiarnna Noske 5 Jarrad Noske (4-12)
Summary: 19 trainers and 24 trainer/jockey combinations qualified.
Statistics only, not betting advice. Please gamble responsibly.
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Wizard Ratings, Raceday, Matrix, and Selectives results and Weekly Summary
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 last week's results of alternative options with respect to possible Matrix Selectives combinations, as well as weekly summaries. These combinations, which draw directly on the contributions of the Raceday and Magic reports, are accessible via the Wizard MATRIX report which is posted to our website around 10:30am, and updated at 12 noon, 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.)
Some of the more notable double-figure winners last week that were top rated on WMod, WHcp, WExpk and/or top-rated (WRat-1) or rated second top (WRat-2):
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