Ballarat Race 6

Southern Sheetmetal

Prize Money: $1,530

URANO BALE (2) ran one of the quickest times of the card latest with an impressive 6 lengths win (25.96) at this track. Solid record here at the distance winning two races. Ran one of the fastest times on the program in his latest win. Can continue on his winning ways. BERN'S BANJO (3) has shown good improvement at her last two starts, the latest scoring at this track over 450m. Leading player again. THANK YOU TOMMY (1) is progressing well and looks close to another win after hitting the frame from Box 8 last run (25.88) at Shepparton. Has a very good strike-rate from this draw, with four wins from six starts. Overdue and expected to feature again. SNOWBALL ONE (7) generally performs well over this distance.

Distance: 450m
Class: Grade 5 T3
Track: Good
Weather: Fine
Surface: All Weather

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Thank You Tommy (1) 457x651623
Trainer: Sheila Donlon (Burnbank)
Prize Money: $19,405
Win / Place: 17% / 31%

Box Specialist

Nearing Another Win

3 yo BLU/BDL D

Sire: TOMMY SHELBY (AUS)

Dam: SNOOKY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

67: 12-6-3

Track

18: 3-1-1

Trk/Dst

14: 2-0-1

Distance

23: 4-0-2

Season

26: 4-4-1

Metro

7: 0-1-0

Country

60: 12-5-3

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	10	2	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	6	5	12	9	11	8	8	8
1st	4	2	1	2	2	1	0	0
2nd	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1
3rd	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1

Comments

Suited by inside box. Latest effort finished 3rd in a Grade 5 on July 10 over 450m at Shepparton behind Miss Jeckell beaten 2.5 lengths (25.88). Looks a strong winning 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
3rd of 8	10/7/25	Shepparton	450m	8	0:25.88	62.6 km/h	2.5L	$2.90	0:25.72	0:25.65	GR 5	$1,530	$160	8	1. Miss Jeckell 2. Destini Lorenzo 3. Thank You Tommy
2nd of 8	2/7/25	Bendigo	425m	6	0:24.55	62.3 km/h	1.6L	$5.50	0:24.44	0:24.13	GR 5	$1,530	$320	9	1. Perfect Liam 2. Thank You Tommy 3. Black Saint
6th of 7	23/6/25	Ballarat	450m	3	0:26.59	60.9 km/h	8.0L	$17	0:26.03	0:25.83	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Santorini Bale 2. Donita Bale 3. Urano Bale
1st of 7	16/6/25	Warrnambool	450m	1	0:25.98	62.4 km/h	1.2L	$3.80	0:25.98	0:25.61	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	5	1. Thank You Tommy 2. Barry Bale 3. Thermal Flicker
5th of 8	11/6/25	Bendigo	425m	5	0:24.74	61.8 km/h	4.7L	$8.00	0:24.41	0:24.17	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Bree Cabang 2. King Plum 3. Coconut Oakland
6th of 6	4/6/25	Bendigo	425m	1	0:25.08	61.0 km/h	8.3L	$3.70	0:24.53	0:24.28	GR 5	$1,530	-	140	1. Dernancourt 2. Craig Keeping 3. Demonic Spirit
140 Day Spell

Urano Bale (2) 4335231351
Trainer: Andrew Mooney (Amherst)
Prize Money: $14,860
Win / Place: 7.23% / 42%

3 yo DK BDL D

Sire: CHRISTO BALE (AUS)

Dam: DYNA ROMY (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

83: 6-11-18

Track

33: 3-6-12

Trk/Dst

29: 2-6-12

Distance

30: 2-6-12

Season

55: 4-8-15

Metro

7: 0-0-0

Country

76: 6-11-18

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	4	1	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	8	15	4	17	6	8	14	11
1st	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2nd	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1
3rd	0	6	0	4	1	0	5	2

Comments

Good effort to score just six days ago over 450m at this track by 6 lengths in a Grade 5. In-form and measures right up. Hard to beat.

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
1st of 7	8/7/25	Ballarat	450m	1	0:25.96	62.4 km/h	6.6L	$1.60	0:25.96	0:25.78	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	8	1. Urano Bale 2. Lakeview Deceah 3. Shima Harley
5th of 8	30/6/25	Ballarat	450m	8	0:26.03	62.2 km/h	5.6L	$9.50	0:25.64	0:25.56	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Insane 2. Pretty Panama 3. Santorini Bale
3rd of 7	23/6/25	Ballarat	450m	8	0:26.25	61.7 km/h	3.1L	$10	0:26.03	0:25.83	GR 5	$1,530	$160	5	1. Santorini Bale 2. Donita Bale 3. Urano Bale
1st of 8	18/6/25	Bendigo	500m	2	0:28.80	62.5 km/h	1.5L	$4.60	0:28.80	0:28.42	GR 5	$1,740	$1,150	4	1. Urano Bale 2. Alfie Abalone 3. Argyle Axle
3rd of 8	14/6/25	Ballarat	450m	4	0:26.09	62.1 km/h	1.5L	$7.00	0:26.00	0:25.72	GR 4/5	$1,530	$160	5	1. Don't Tell Shell 2. Applicant 3. Urano Bale
2nd of 7	9/6/25	Ballarat	450m	3	0:25.96	62.4 km/h	2.3L	$6.50	0:25.81	0:25.73	GR 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. That's A Boodie 2. Urano Bale 3. Vinny Dewalt

Bern's Banjo (3) 1361517871
Trainer: S Cassar (Brookfield)
Prize Money: $16,570
Win / Place: 18% / 48%

3 yo White/Black B

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: EL RAPIDO (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

58: 11-9-8

Track

31: 9-5-3

Trk/Dst

20: 5-2-2

Distance

20: 5-2-2

Season

43: 8-6-5

Metro

3: 0-0-0

Country

55: 11-9-8

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
4	7	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	5	5	11	4	6	6	12	9
1st	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	3
2nd	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	1
3rd	0	1	0	0	4	1	2	0

Comments

Good effort to score just six days ago over 450m at this track by 2 lengths in a Grade 5. Has hit winning form and can measure up again.

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
1st of 8	8/7/25	Ballarat	450m	8	0:25.99	62.3 km/h	2.1L	$2.90	0:25.99	0:25.78	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	8	1. Bern's Banjo 2. Black Licorice 3. Scott Me
7th of 8	30/6/25	Ballarat	450m	3	0:26.23	61.8 km/h	8.4L	$19	0:25.64	0:25.56	GR 5	$1,530	-	5	1. Insane 2. Pretty Panama 3. Santorini Bale
8th of 8	25/6/25	Ballarat	450m	3	0:26.44	61.3 km/h	10.8L	$41	0:25.72	0:25.72	GR 5	$2,930	-	7	1. Black Statesman 2. Just Believe 3. Jazzy Hope
7th of 7	18/6/25	The Meadows	525m	8	0:31.04	60.9 km/h	11.5L	$31	0:30.27	0:29.97	GR 5	$3,340	-	23	1. Magic Snowdrop 2. Paw Louis 3. Aston Currency
1st of 6	26/5/25	Ballarat	450m	8	0:25.78	62.8 km/h	0.8L	$2.40	0:25.78	0:25.47	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	7	1. Bern's Banjo 2. Pretty Capri 3. Urano Bale
5th of 7	19/5/25	Ballarat	450m	6	0:25.85	62.7 km/h	1.8L	$6.00	0:25.74	0:25.21	SPEC H	$1,530	-	7	1. Big Boy Cooper 2. Cornhill Prince 3. Whatever He Said

Audition (4) 4632226344
Trainer: Peter Frost (Heathcote)
Prize Money: $6,775
Win / Place: 11% / 41%

2 yo FWN D

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: SENSORY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

34: 4-5-5

Track

7: 0-1-1

Trk/Dst

4: 0-1-0

Distance

15: 2-3-1

Season

34: 4-5-5

Country

34: 4-5-5

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	3	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	4	4	10	3	4	2	3	4
1st	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
2nd	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
3rd	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0

Comments

Has finished fourth at his last couple of starts, most recently at Healesville over 350m. Hard to have this time.

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
4th of 8	4/7/25	Healesville	350m	3	0:19.77	63.7 km/h	5.5L	$13	0:19.41	0:19.40	GR 5	$1,530	$50	4	1. All In Ollie 2. Myall Mannered 3. Cashed Out
4th of 7	30/6/25	Ballarat	390m	4	0:22.63	62.0 km/h	5.8L	$8.00	0:22.22	0:22.22	GR 5	$1,530	$50	5	1. Special Sian 2. Paw Enna 3. You Yang Yaala
3rd of 8	25/6/25	Bendigo	425m	3	0:24.73	61.9 km/h	2.8L	$11	0:24.56	0:24.09	GR 5	$1,530	$160	23	1. Jarmon 2. Our Last Hope 3. Audition
6th of 8	2/6/25	Shepparton	450m	1	0:26.09	62.1 km/h	10.8L	$8.00	0:25.37	0:25.37	GR 5	$2,930	-	5	1. Nothing Wrong 2. Press Start 3. Blue Tick Nelson
2nd of 8	28/5/25	Bendigo	425m	2	0:24.53	62.4 km/h	3.5L	$5.50	0:24.31	0:24.16	GR 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. Flyin' Ethics 2. Audition 3. Black Saint
2nd of 8	21/5/25	Bendigo	425m	3	0:24.69	62.0 km/h	4.7L	$5.00	0:24.36	0:24.23	GR 5	$1,530	$320	6	1. He's Got Swag 2. Audition 3. Coconut Oakland

Ned The Knight (5) 5634444155
Trainer: Kylie Norton (Craigieburn)
Prize Money: $17,970
Win / Place: 6.45% / 33%

4 yo Black D

Sire: GENERAL DESTINI (AUS)

Dam: ALARMING BETTY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

93: 6-7-18

Track

5: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

4: 0-0-0

Distance

11: 0-2-1

Season

40: 3-2-6

Country

93: 6-7-18

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
4	2	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	11	9	12	13	13	8	14	13
1st	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0
2nd	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
3rd	1	1	3	2	2	1	3	5

Comments

Unplaced in five tries here. Last start 5th over 450m at this track. Others better.

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
5th of 6	1/7/25	Ballarat	450m	1	0:26.05	62.2 km/h	5.7L	$23	0:25.65	0:25.65	GR 5	$1,530	-	6	1. Delicious 2. Smokin' Arrow 3. Dad's Jam Donut
5th of 8	25/6/25	Bendigo	425m	4	0:24.63	62.1 km/h	5.5L	$14	0:24.27	0:24.09	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Goosebumps Rico 2. Collinda Pops 3. Coconut Oakland
1st of 7	18/6/25	Bendigo	425m	4	0:24.80	61.7 km/h	0.8L	$3.70	0:24.80	0:24.14	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	4	1. Ned The Knight 2. Zapatron 3. Spirit Of Panama
4th of 8	14/6/25	Ballarat	450m	3	0:26.18	61.9 km/h	6.3L	$14	0:25.77	0:25.72	GR 5	$1,530	$50	6	1. Black Statesman 2. Zipping Crusader 3. Goosebumps Rico
4th of 8	8/6/25	Healesville	350m	6	0:19.97	63.1 km/h	5.3L	$91	0:19.64	0:19.34	GR 5	$2,930	$75	6	1. Caped Crusader 2. Is He Happy 3. Wandana Lad
4th of 7	2/6/25	Shepparton	450m	1	0:25.76	62.9 km/h	5.5L	$9.00	0:25.40	0:25.37	GR 5	$2,930	$75	14	1. Bag Of Snags 2. Applicant 3. Paw Hull

Cool Sparky (6) 1353571261
Trainer: Targ Pipczak (Melton South)
Prize Money: $4,790
Win / Place: 26% / 46%

3 yo Black D

Sire: FERAL FRANKY (AUS)

Dam: COOL LIMIT (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

15: 4-1-2

Track

3: 2-0-0

Season

11: 3-1-2

Country

15: 4-1-2

1st Up

3: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-1

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

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

Comments

Scored (22.55) last time out at this track in a Grade 5 and will break from box 6 for the first time. Tough line-up and places prospects appear best.

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
1st of 8	14/6/25	Ballarat	390m	4	0:22.55	62.3 km/h	1.8L	$5.00	0:22.55	0:22.50	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	4	1. Cool Sparky 2. Go Back 3. Serenity Girl
6th of 7	10/6/25	Geelong	400m	3	0:23.47	61.4 km/h	10.8L	$5.50	0:22.71	0:22.70	GR 5	$1,530	-	14	1. Go Me Go 2. Aston Bamford 3. Leonardo Zeal
2nd of 7	27/5/25	Geelong	400m	5	0:23.07	62.4 km/h	1.3L	$4.20	0:22.98	0:22.66	MX 6/7	$1,530	$320	3	1. Thermal Spark 2. Cool Sparky 3. Missouri Magic
1st of 6	24/5/25	Geelong	400m	7	0:22.77	63.2 km/h	5.5L	$8.50	0:22.77	0:22.54	GR 6	$1,530	$1,000	7	1. Cool Sparky 2. Forbes Lightning 3. Bronze
7th of 8	17/5/25	Bendigo	425m	5	0:25.09	61.0 km/h	4.0L	$8.50	0:24.83	0:24.29	GR 6	$1,530	-	5	1. Gumtree Hill 2. Pine Bluff 3. Cornhill Storm
5th of 8	12/5/25	Ballarat	390m	4	0:22.81	61.6 km/h	6.6L	$4.20	0:22.35	0:22.28	T3 GR 6	$1,530	-	5	1. Pyrenees Pizazz 2. Lisburn 3. Riverdale Clyde

Snowball One (7) 3147134557
Trainer: Billy McRae (Smythes Creek)
Prize Money: $15,720
Win / Place: 30% / 52%

2 yo Black/WH B

Sire: BEAST UNLEASHED (AUS)

Dam: SPUN OUT (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

23: 7-1-4

Track

8: 2-0-1

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Distance

3: 1-0-1

Season

23: 7-1-4

Country

23: 7-1-4

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	5	0	0	0

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

Comments

At the last outing finished 7th over 390m at Warrnambool beaten 10 lengths (22.64) behind Better Banjo in a Mix 3/4 on July 3. Leading chance on best form.

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
7th of 8	3/7/25	Warrnambool	390m	1	0:22.64	62.0 km/h	10.8L	$9.50	0:21.93	0:21.88	MX 3/4	$3,360	-	6	1. Better Banjo 2. Tommy Tequila 3. Mischief Mate
5th of 8	27/6/25	Geelong	400m	1	0:23.24	62.0 km/h	11.1L	$7.50	0:22.46	0:22.30	GR 5	$2,930	-	16	1. No Good 2. Paw Xabia 3. Enzola
5th of 6	11/6/25	Ballarat	390m	4	0:22.85	61.4 km/h	9.3L	$2.60	0:22.23	0:21.87	GR 5	$2,930	-	6	1. More Beer Please 2. Jumbuk Johnny 3. Blackpool Slade
4th of 6	5/6/25	Ballarat	390m	5	0:22.75	61.7 km/h	3.9L	$3.20	0:22.47	0:21.70	SPEC H	$3,360	$75	11	1. Nosey Parker 2. Touch Of Sin 3. Highly Connected
3rd of 8	25/5/25	Ballarat	390m	1	0:22.42	62.6 km/h	7.5L	$5.00	0:21.92	0:21.92	GR 4/5	$3,360	$345	7	1. Flying Hellcat 2. Uncle Dave 3. Snowball One
1st of 8	18/5/25	Sale	435m	6	0:24.55	63.8 km/h	1.8L	$3.00	0:24.55	0:24.18	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	16	1. Snowball One 2. Matilda Rose 3. Holly Rose

Press Start (8) 1627462426
Trainer: Peter Frost (Heathcote)
Prize Money: $25,240
Win / Place: 17% / 47%

3 yo Black B

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: BLACK OPIUM (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

67: 12-7-13

Track

6: 1-0-1

Trk/Dst

2: 0-0-0

Distance

21: 1-3-6

Season

31: 6-4-3

Country

67: 12-7-13

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
8	4	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	11	5	6	6	11	7	12	9
1st	1	1	0	3	3	2	0	2
2nd	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	2
3rd	5	1	0	0	2	1	3	1

Comments

Could only manage sixth last time but the start prior hit the frame when second (26.23) over 450m at Shepparton. Drawn out wide but in the mix on her best form.

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
6th of 8	10/7/25	Shepparton	450m	1	0:26.10	62.1 km/h	6.8L	$4.80	0:25.65	0:25.65	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Thermal Flame 2. Break In 3. Liveable
2nd of 8	3/7/25	Shepparton	450m	8	0:26.23	61.8 km/h	1.0L	$3.50	0:26.16	0:25.27	GR 5	$2,930	$600	27	1. Blue Tick Nelson 2. Press Start 3. Destini Rebel
4th of 6	6/6/25	Bendigo	425m	4	0:24.80	61.7 km/h	6.0L	$5.00	0:24.40	0:23.73	GR 5 H NP	$2,930	$75	4	1. Bundy Paradise 2. Rev Querida 3. Rostron
2nd of 8	2/6/25	Shepparton	450m	7	0:25.79	62.8 km/h	6.5L	$4.20	0:25.37	0:25.37	GR 5	$2,930	$600	8	1. Nothing Wrong 2. Press Start 3. Blue Tick Nelson
6th of 7	25/5/25	Healesville	350m	3	0:19.92	63.3 km/h	4.3L	$20	0:19.62	0:19.08	GR 5	$2,930	-	10	1. Sailaway Gin 2. Finders Keepers 3. Shock And Awe
4th of 8	15/5/25	Shepparton	450m	3	0:25.77	62.9 km/h	2.8L	$3.60	0:25.59	0:25.46	GR 5	$1,530	$50	3	1. Kraken Missiles 2. Jazzy Belle 3. Destini Rebel

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