Swindon Bags Race 1

Race 1

Prize Money: $606

ITWASWHATITWAS (1) is going well, filling a minor placing two back then was a 1.5 lengths winner of an A8 at this track over 476m (29.21). Goes up a grade but expected to to measure up again. METRIC BUSTER (4) flew the lids with a sensational early split hitting the frame with a 1.3 lengths second (29.64) over 476m at this track. Expected to feature again. RHYTHMIC TADPOLE (5) drew trap 5 last start and was game in defeat when a close third, 1.5 lengths from Barnfield Crest (29.67) at this track. Overdue and is among the main hopes. WESSEX MERLIN (2) solid chance again.

Distance: 476m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: A7

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Itwaswhatitwas (1) 3223121221
Trainer: P V Swadden (Swindon)
Prize Money: $11,978
Win / Place: 14% / 56%

Last Start Winner from Box

3 yo Black B

Sire: CONFIDENT RANKIN (IRE)

Dam: CADBURYS HERO (IRE)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

107: 15-26-19

Track

107: 15-26-19

Trk/Dst

107: 15-26-19

Distance

107: 15-26-19

Season

44: 6-13-9

Metro

107: 15-26-19

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	15	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4
STARTS	41	38	21	7
1st	6	5	4	0
2nd	10	9	5	2
3rd	9	7	3	0

Comments

Last start winner at this track and distance (29.21) on December 16. Looks the one to beat.

Expected Early Speed:Backmarker

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
1st of 6	16/12/25	Swindon	476m	1	0:29.21	58.7 km/h	1.5L	$4.50	0:29.21	0:28.31		$687	$182	7	1. Itwaswhatitwas 2. Unknown Jive 3. Ballycleary Bell
2nd of 5	9/12/25	Swindon	476m	2	0:29.82	57.5 km/h	3.0L	$3.50	0:29.58	0:28.88		$586	$101	7	1. Mohican Ruby 2. Itwaswhatitwas 3. Ashway Amber
2nd of 6	2/12/25	Swindon	476m	1	0:29.33	58.4 km/h	1.3L	$4.00	0:29.23	0:28.33		$687	$101	7	1. Ardera Jake 2. Itwaswhatitwas 3. Ballycleary Bell
1st of 6	25/11/25	Swindon	476m	2	0:29.65	57.8 km/h	0.1L	$3.30	0:29.65	0:28.31		$684	$181	8	1. Itwaswhatitwas 2. Vanessas Tiger 3. Rhythmic Tadpole
2nd of 6	17/11/25	Swindon	476m	2	0:29.53	58.0 km/h	0.8L	$3.50	0:29.47	0:28.53		$684	$101	9	1. Confey Blaze 2. Itwaswhatitwas 3. Mohican Banana
1st of 5	8/11/25	Swindon	476m	1	0:29.35	58.4 km/h	0.5L	$4.00	0:29.35	0:28.39		$584	$181	7	1. Itwaswhatitwas 2. Ballyclearyflash 3. Charolais

Wessex Merlin (2) 5456323442
Trainer: K J Crocker (Swindon)
Prize Money: $14,004
Win / Place: 16% / 60%

4 yo Black/WH D

Sire: LAUGHIL BLAKE (IRE)

Dam: ROCKNROLL BABY (IRE)

Rating

Stats

Career

123: 20-24-30

Track

51: 9-7-13

Trk/Dst

51: 9-7-13

Distance

51: 9-7-13

Season

39: 6-5-8

Metro

51: 9-7-13

Country

72: 11-17-17

1st Up

2: 1-1-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	20	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4
STARTS	42	57	22	2
1st	9	9	2	0
2nd	6	10	8	0
3rd	11	11	8	0

Comments

Unplaced two runs back then made impressive progress last time to be beaten just 1.3 lengths into second over 476m at this track. The recent effort suggests he is a genuine hope.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
2nd of 6	13/12/25	Swindon	476m	1	0:29.75	57.6 km/h	1.3L	$3.80	0:29.64	0:28.42		$707	$101	12	1. Swift Olympia 2. Wessex Merlin 3. Outback Fancy
4th of 6	1/12/25	Swindon	476m	1	0:30.23	56.7 km/h	1.8L	$3.50	0:30.08	0:28.70		$707	$101	7	1. Ballyclearyflash 2. Riverside Chilli 3. Outback Fancy
4th of 5	24/11/25	Swindon	476m	2	0:30.40	56.4 km/h	8.3L	$3.80	0:29.74	0:29.03		$604	$101	9	1. Mohican Ben 2. Riverside Chilli 3. Melodys Glow
3rd of 6	15/11/25	Swindon	476m	2	0:29.47	58.1 km/h	1.0L	$8.00	0:29.39	0:28.74		$714	$101	11	1. Smokestack Pixie 2. Mohican Heidi 3. Wessex Merlin
2nd of 5	4/11/25	Swindon	476m	3	0:29.67	57.8 km/h	3.8L	$5.00	0:29.36	0:27.95		$614	$101	8	1. Chasing Mags 2. Wessex Merlin 3. Burgess Bold
3rd of 5	27/10/25	Swindon	476m	1	0:29.34	58.4 km/h	6.3L	$4.50	0:28.84	0:28.53		$622	$102	6	1. League Ofhis Own 2. Sawpit Smokey 3. Wessex Merlin

Mohican Honey (3) 4
Trainer: D T Smith (Swindon)
Prize Money: $101
Win / Place: 0% / 0%

1 yo BDL/WH B

Sire: BALLYHIMIKIN JET (IRE)

Dam: SPORTING VIVI (IRE)

Rating

Stats

Career

1: 0-0-0

Track

1: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Season

1: 0-0-0

Metro

1: 0-0-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	0	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2nd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3rd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Comments

Solid debut when jumped well and on speed early before fading to finish fourth (29.68) at this track over 476m. Likely to be much improved on the experience. This will test.

Expected Early Speed:Front Runner

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
4th of 6	16/12/25	Swindon	476m	2	0:29.68	57.7 km/h	1.7L	$5.00	0:29.54	0:28.31		$707	$101	-	1. Barnfield Crest 2. Metric Buster 3. Rhythmic Tadpole
2nd of 2	4/11/25	Tralee	480m	5	N/A	-	10L	$0.00	0:29.55		Trial	$0	-	-	1. Ashtons Ernie 2. Mohican Honey 3.

Place

Date

Track

Distance

Box

Ran

Avg. Speed

Margin

Win Time

BON

Class

Prize

Prize Won

Days

Result

4th of 6

16/12/25

Swindon

476m

0:29.68

57.7 km/h

1.7L

$5.00

0:29.54

0:28.31

$707

$101

1. Barnfield Crest

2. Metric Buster

3. Rhythmic Tadpole

2nd of 2

4/11/25

Tralee

480m

N/A

10L

$0.00

0:29.55

Trial

1. Ashtons Ernie

2. Mohican Honey

Metric Buster (4) 6356514552
Trainer: G C Wright (Swindon)
Prize Money: $656
Win / Place: 10% / 30%

2 yo WH/BDL D

Sire: CUSHIE JET (IRE)

Dam: METRIC ROMA (IRE)

Rating

Stats

Career

10: 1-1-1

Track

5: 1-1-0

Trk/Dst

5: 1-1-0

Distance

5: 1-1-0

Season

10: 1-1-1

Metro

5: 1-1-0

Country

5: 0-0-1

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	1	0	0	0

Box History	2	3	4
STARTS	3	5	2
1st	0	1	0
2nd	0	1	0
3rd	0	1	0

Comments

Hit the ground running with a sizzling early sectional and gave a sight but found one better when runner up at this track clocking 29.64. Boxed on well at the latest run to hit the frame. Leading player.

Expected Early Speed:Front Runner

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
2nd of 6	16/12/25	Swindon	476m	3	0:29.64	57.8 km/h	1.3L	$2.90	0:29.54	0:28.31		$707	$101	7	1. Barnfield Crest 2. Metric Buster 3. Rhythmic Tadpole
5th of 5	9/12/25	Swindon	476m	3	0:29.81	57.5 km/h	2.4L	$4.30	0:29.60	0:28.88		$616	$101	10	1. Unknown Tulip 2. Mohican Ben 3. Tori Black
5th of 6	29/11/25	Swindon	476m	4	0:30.07	57.0 km/h	6.6L	$3.50	0:29.54	0:28.93		$714	$101	8	1. Bambis Miss 2. Killenaule Spud 3. Confey Story
4th of 5	21/11/25	Swindon	476m	4	0:29.73	57.6 km/h	6.0L	$6.00	0:29.24	0:28.67		$614	$101	11	1. Curly Sean 2. Dernville Lady 3. Confey Story
1st of 5	10/11/25	Swindon	476m	3	0:29.83	57.4 km/h	1.8L	$4.50	0:29.83	0:29.24		$584	$181	28	1. Metric Buster 2. Unknown Jive 3. Distant Survivor
1st of 3	4/11/25	Swindon	476m	4	0:29.73	57.6 km/h	1L	$0.00	0:29.73		Trial	$0	-	-	1. Metric Buster 2. Darraghs Dream 3. Mums Jill

Rhythmic Tadpole (5) 4614223123
Trainer: G E Hepden (Swindon)
Prize Money: $9,094
Win / Place: 17% / 46%

3 yo Black B

Sire: GRANGEVIEW TEN (IRE)

Dam: WESTMEAD CHANEL (GB)

Rating

Stats

Career

82: 14-11-13

Track

47: 10-9-8

Trk/Dst

47: 10-9-8

Distance

47: 10-9-8

Season

46: 10-9-8

Metro

82: 14-11-13

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	12	0	0	0

Box History	5	6
STARTS	38	44
1st	9	5
2nd	4	7
3rd	6	7

Comments

Racing consistently, including a win three back at this track, before placings at last two runs, the latest when third (29.67) over 476m at this track. Top-three hope with the right run.

Expected Early Speed:Backmarker

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
3rd of 6	16/12/25	Swindon	476m	5	0:29.67	57.8 km/h	1.6L	$5.00	0:29.54	0:28.31		$707	$101	7	1. Barnfield Crest 2. Metric Buster 3. Rhythmic Tadpole
2nd of 6	9/12/25	Swindon	476m	6	0:29.85	57.4 km/h	4.0L	$4.50	0:29.52	0:28.88		$707	$101	8	1. Ballyclearyflash 2. Rhythmic Tadpole 3. Holeinmybucket
1st of 6	1/12/25	Swindon	476m	5	0:29.80	57.5 km/h	2.0L	$2.90	0:29.80	0:28.70		$687	$182	6	1. Rhythmic Tadpole 2. Swift Hunt 3. Ashway Amber
3rd of 6	25/11/25	Swindon	476m	5	0:29.71	57.7 km/h	0.6L	$4.30	0:29.65	0:28.31		$684	$101	4	1. Itwaswhatitwas 2. Vanessas Tiger 3. Rhythmic Tadpole
2nd of 5	21/11/25	Swindon	476m	5	0:29.54	58.0 km/h	7.0L	$4.00	0:28.98	0:28.67		$584	$101	4	1. Ballymac Nats 2. Rhythmic Tadpole 3. Unknown Jive
2nd of 6	17/11/25	Swindon	476m	5	0:29.46	58.2 km/h	3.8L	$6.00	0:29.16	0:28.53		$684	$101	10	1. Ballyclearyflash 2. Rhythmic Tadpole 3. Charolais

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