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Warren Block's Daily Report - Wednesday, 1 April 2026

  • The "winningest" trainers report - SPOTLIGHT and SNAPSHOT on Nathan Doyle
  • Wizard Freebie - Wizard Watch report
  • Matrix - day by day analysis of Wednesday & Thursday racing
  • Wizard Ratings, Raceday, Matrix, and Selectives Results

 

Australia's "winningest" trainers last week - SPOTLIGHT and SNAPSHOT on Nathan Doyle

Here is the list of trainers who trained at least a double at any of the Tab meetings last week, along with the jockeys for who rode the winners. This table is colour coded to highlight the outperformers and it is worth noting these stables and the combinations.

A key factor to be considered in selection-making is the stable, and the trainer-jockey combination. The Wizard weekly "winningest" trainer report is a valuable guide as to which stable/trainer and jockey-trainer combination is currently in form.

To add to this weekly insight, we SPOTLIGHT a particular stable and post an in-depth coverage of its record with different riders, over an extended period. Also, there is the SNAPHOT PROFILE of a stable (via ChatGPT et al), which makes for some interesting reading.

Nathan Doyle is based in Newcastle. Born and raised in Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, Nathan showed an early interest in horses, however there were no direct family racing ties - though a close friend of his father was a trainer. His professional path has been self-forged. bluebloodthoroughbreds+2

Early Career

Nathan first apprenticed as a boilermaker to please his parents before pivoting to racing. He set up his own stable in 2012 and in 2019 he launched Doyle Racing with partner Melina Gissing, who brings expertise from stints with Gai Waterhouse and Bart Cummings. Nathan personally honed skills over five years in Sydney with Paul and Peter Snowden as well as a stint as stable manager for Mark Newnham, absorbing top-tier knowledge. doyleracing+2

Stable Location

The stable started small in Scone before relocating to allow for an expansion to 30-40 horses in training. The Newcastle base supports scaling operations, with plans for more boxes to boost capacity. The location aids access to beaches for training and local racing, contributing to a 15-16% career win rate from over 2,000 starts and over 300 victories. doyleracing+3

Key Jockeys

Currently jockey Ashley Morgan shines brightest with the stable. Ashley partnered unbeaten star Private Harry to glory, including the $3m The Sunlight (Magic Millions, Sunshine Coast, 2025) and G1 The Galaxy (Rosehill, 2025) - five straight wins elevating both careers. instagram+5

Major Wins

The stable highlight has been Private Harry (Harry Angel), whose G1 Galaxy win marked the first Group 1 for Nathan, a life-changing moment. Rush Attack delivered Midway success at Rosehill, with three wins and three seconds from six post-stable starts. Career milestones include 300 winners by mid-2025, strong provincial hauls, and high strike rates. johntapp+6

Preparation Insights

Nathan emphasizes confidence in placements: "When we take a horse to the races, you know they have done everything to get the win." He judiciously targets suitable racese.g., keeping Rush Attack initially for Kempsey benchmarks - ensuring peak fitness via trials, freshens, and rhythm focus. Beach proximity aids conditioning; he scrutinizes conformations for power without breakdown risks. His stable often targets provincial and midweek metropolitan races where horses can build confidence and fitness before stepping into stronger company. This placement strategy, combined with careful conditioning, has allowed many of his horses to progress steadily through the grades. This approach results in consistent performances, win-lose-or-draw, and prioritizes horse welfare and optimal positioning over volume. johntapp+1 youtube bluebloodthoroughbreds+1

(If you would like to see a particular trainer profiled in SPOTLIGHT let me know via Everyrace Support contact.)

 

Wizard Freebie - Wizard Watch report

The aim of the Wizard Watch report is to highlight on race-morning which horses have been the most significant firmers overnight and earlier on race-morning. This Wizard freebie is an extract of this report featuring some of the venues being covered today. The full report is available with the other Wizard "market sensitive" reports at 10:30am each day.

Wizard monitors race morning market trends over the first 3 hours of race day betting to determine which horses are anticipated to run above earlier pre-post expectations and which horses have had their higher probabilities confirmed.

Given the significance of this early/informed market action, the odds about the Wizard Watch Morning Movers naturally skew towards the shorter odds, but this is compensated by the strike rate. Double figure odds about successful Market Movers are rare, but each-way odds winners are backable.

 Click here for an explanation of Wizard Watch.

 

Matrix - day by day analysis of Wednesday & Thursday racing

The tables show the results for the past eight weeks for the day on which racing occurred. So, today being Wednesday, this Matrix DOW (Day of Week) report covers the past eight Wednesday and Thursday 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 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, Watch is a Watch report qualifier.)

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

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