Hoosier Park Race 6

Race 6

Prize Money: $33,639

FAMOUS FATHER (2) took full advantage of the inside draw when a dominant winner at this course and distance last time out. Has the benefit of another good draw. Must raise the bar but he has the ability to test this field. NIKO MAN (4) finished sixth last start over 1609m at this track, beaten 11 metres, after scoring at the previous appearance over 1609m at this track. Tackles a similar assignment and he can give this a mighty shake. HELPFIRSTEDITION (3) has been thereabouts of late and is a great chance to break through. Good effort last time out when he finished third at this track over 1609m. PONDA JET (5) showed pleasing improvement last time out when runner-up over 1609m at this track.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: Open

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Big Christian (Fr1) 1618131556
Trainer: Erv Miller ()
Driver: Atlee Bender
Prize Money: $234,704
Win / Place: 30% / 60%

6 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: SWAN FOR ALL (USA)

Dam: SPIRIT OF CASEY

Rating

Stats

Career

43: 13-9-4

Distance

43: 13-9-4

Trk/Dst

32: 7-7-4

Track

32: 7-7-4

Season

13: 4-2-1

1st Up

3: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-1-0

3rd Up

2: 0-2-0

Metro

4: 2-1-0

Non-Metro

39: 11-8-4

All-Weather

43: 13-9-4

Best Mile

1:52.40

Comments

Last start 6th (Fr6) over 1609m at this track, beaten 13 m by Famous Father (1:53.10) in NW10000L4 on July 12 at $3.10. Two runs back 5th (Fr4) over 1609m at this track beaten 4.5 m by Niko Man (1:53.00) in OPEN 1 on June 28 at $14.40.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
6th of 8	12/7/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Michael Oosting	1:53.10	1:53.10	13.5m	$3.10f	14	NW10000L4	$24,465	-	1. Famous Father 2. Danger 3. Dashing Danny
5th of 6	28/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Atlee Bender	1:53.00	1:53.00	4.5m	$14	7	OPEN 1	$34,215	$1,711	1. Niko Man 2. Flagman 3. Dover In Motion
5th of 5	21/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Atlee Bender	1:52.10	1:52.10	33.0m	$13	7	OPEN 1-2	$34,215	$1,711	1. Ponda Jet 2. Niko Man 3. Drink Up Drink Up
1st of 6	14/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Atlee Bender	1:52.40	1:52.40	1.5m	$3.00	7	OPEN	$34,215	$17,107	1. Big Christian 2. Flagman, Drink Up Drink Up 3.
3rd of 5	7/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Atlee Bender	1:51.00	1:51.00	6.8m	$21	7	OPEN 1-2	$34,215	$4,106	1. Ponda Jet 2. Niko Man 3. Big Christian
1st of 8	31/5/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Atlee Bender	1:52.40	1:52.40	4.5m	$11	11	NW15000L4	$25,000	$12,500	1. Big Christian 2. Flagman 3. Dashing Danny

Famous Father (Fr2) 4635122361
Trainer: Rick Plano ()
Driver: Kevin Lambright
Prize Money: $511,089
Win / Place: 19% / 55%

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: FATHER PATRICK (USA)

Dam: HOLLYWOOD HILL (USA)

Rating

Stats

Career

104: 20-16-22

Distance

104: 20-16-22

Trk/Dst

82: 19-14-13

Track

82: 19-14-13

Season

18: 4-3-5

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-1-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-1

Non-Metro

104: 20-16-22

All-Weather

104: 20-16-22

Best Mile

1:52.20

Comments

Last start won by 12 m (Fr1) at this track (1:53.10) beating Danger in NW10000L4 on July 12 at $5.50.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 8	12/7/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Kevin Lambright	1:53.10	1:53.10	12.0m	$5.50	7	NW10000L4	$24,465	$12,232	1. Famous Father 2. Danger 3. Dashing Danny
6th of 9	5/7/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Kevin Lambright	1:52.40	1:52.40	24.0m	$17	7	OPEN 3	$24,465	-	1. Southwind Cherry 2. Cs Flying Co Pilot 3. Toy's For You
3rd of 9	28/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Marvin Luna	1:52.30	1:52.30	12.0m	$3.80	7	OPEN 3	$24,883	$2,986	1. Helpfirstedition 2. Chapheart 3. Famous Father
2nd of 8	21/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	John De Long	1:52.30	1:52.30	1.5m	$3.20f	7	NW10000L4	$20,218	$5,054	1. Jet Hill 2. Famous Father 3. Chapheart
2nd of 9	14/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Rick Plano	1:54.00	1:54.00	0.9m	$2.70f	8	NW7500L4	$15,552	$3,888	1. Flirtnwiththepilot 2. Famous Father 3. Lindy's Coyotito
1st of 10	6/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Rick Plano	1:52.40	1:52.40	8.3m	$1.40f	6	NW3750L4	$11,664	$5,832	1. Famous Father 2. Dudley 3. Bridge To Jesse's

Helpfirstedition (Fr3) 423x631123
Trainer: Melissa Essig ()
Driver: John De Long
Prize Money: $880,821
Win / Place: 32% / 65%

Track / Distance Specialist

Nearing Another Win

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: HELPISONTHEWAY (USA)

Dam: SHE KNOWS SWAGGER

Rating

Stats

Career

46: 15-9-6

Distance

45: 15-9-6

Trk/Dst

39: 15-9-5

Track

39: 15-9-5

Season

6: 2-1-2

1st Up

3: 1-0-0

2nd Up

3: 1-0-1

3rd Up

3: 3-0-0

Metro

3: 0-0-1

Non-Metro

43: 15-9-5

All-Weather

46: 15-9-6

Best Mile

1:51.30

Comments

Fair run when beaten by 5 m finishing second behind Flagman at this track over 1609m in a OPEN 1 on July 5 at $7.80. Then a handy effort when beaten by 7 m finishing third behind Flagman at this track over 1609m in a OPEN on July 12 at $8.80.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 6	12/7/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	John De Long	1:51.30	1:51.30	7.5m	$8.80	7	OPEN	$33,639	$4,037	1. Flagman 2. Ponda Jet 3. Helpfirstedition
2nd of 5	5/7/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	John De Long	1:50.40	1:50.40	5.3m	$7.80	7	OPEN 1	$33,639	$8,410	1. Flagman 2. Helpfirstedition 3. Ponda Jet
1st of 9	28/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	John De Long	1:52.30	1:52.30	2.3m	$3.60	14	OPEN 3	$24,883	$12,442	1. Helpfirstedition 2. Chapheart 3. Famous Father
1st of 7	14/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	John De Long	1:53.10	1:53.10	0.3m	$1.90f	7	OPEN III	$24,883	$12,442	1. Helpfirstedition 2. Yo Beth D 3. Seven Sins
3rd of 9	7/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	John De Long	1:52.40	1:52.40	2.3m	$8.70	7	NW10000L4	$20,218	$2,426	1. Flagman 2. Starlitfranknstein 3. Helpfirstedition
6th of 6	31/5/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	John De Long	1:51.20	1:51.20	15.8m	$17	182	OPEN 1	$34,375	-	1. Ponda Jet 2. Niko Man 3. Yo Beth D
182 Day Spell

Niko Man (Fr4) 6421224216
Trainer: Ken Rucker ()
Driver: Michael Oosting
Prize Money: $439,895
Win / Place: 32% / 59%

5 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: CASSIS

Dam: ANDOVER THE PRIZE

Rating

Stats

Career

52: 17-12-2

Distance

52: 17-12-2

Trk/Dst

37: 9-7-2

Track

37: 9-7-2

Season

11: 2-4-0

1st Up

4: 0-1-0

2nd Up

4: 1-1-0

3rd Up

4: 3-0-0

Non-Metro

52: 17-12-2

All-Weather

52: 17-12-2

Best Mile

1:52.40

Comments

Failed to impress last start; 6th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 11 m by Flagman (1:51.30) in OPEN on July 12 at $30.40. Showed ability the outing before when he won by a 0.9 m (Fr5) at this track (1:53.00) beating Flagman in OPEN 1 on June 28 at $3.20.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
6th of 6	12/7/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Michael Oosting	1:51.30	1:51.30	11.3m	$30	14	OPEN	$33,639	-	1. Flagman 2. Ponda Jet 3. Helpfirstedition
1st of 6	28/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Michael Oosting	1:53.00	1:53.00	0.9m	$3.20	7	OPEN 1	$34,215	$17,107	1. Niko Man 2. Flagman 3. Dover In Motion
2nd of 5	21/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Michael Oosting	1:52.10	1:52.10	6.0m	$10	7	OPEN 1-2	$34,215	$8,554	1. Ponda Jet 2. Niko Man 3. Drink Up Drink Up
4th of 6	14/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Michael Oosting	1:52.40	1:52.40	2.3m	$2.50f	7	OPEN	$34,215	$2,737	1. Big Christian 2. Flagman, Drink Up Drink Up 3.
2nd of 5	7/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Michael Oosting	1:51.00	1:51.00	3.0m	$5.50	7	OPEN 1-2	$34,215	$8,554	1. Ponda Jet 2. Niko Man 3. Big Christian
2nd of 6	31/5/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Michael Oosting	1:51.20	1:51.20	3.0m	$5.80	7	OPEN 1	$34,375	$8,594	1. Ponda Jet 2. Niko Man 3. Yo Beth D

Ponda Jet (Fr5) 1112211132
Trainer: Jay Hochstetler ()
Driver: Kyle Wilfong
Prize Money: $985,530
Win / Place: 39% / 80%

Track / Distance Specialist

Nearing Another Win

5 yo Black Gelding

Sire: DOVER DAN (USA)

Dam: PONDA'S LUCKY LADY

Rating

Stats

Career

61: 24-17-8

Distance

61: 24-17-8

Trk/Dst

59: 24-16-7

Track

59: 24-16-7

Season

13: 7-4-2

1st Up

4: 1-2-1

2nd Up

4: 2-1-0

3rd Up

4: 3-0-0

Metro

2: 0-1-1

Non-Metro

59: 24-16-7

All-Weather

61: 24-17-8

Best Mile

1:50.00

Comments

Two back was beaten by 6 m finishing third behind Flagman at this track over 1609m in a OPEN 1 on July 5 at $1.50. Then a handy effort when beaten by 6 m finishing second behind Flagman at this track over 1609m in a OPEN on July 12 at $1.30.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 6	12/7/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kyle Wilfong	1:51.30	1:51.30	6.0m	$1.30f	7	OPEN	$33,639	$8,410	1. Flagman 2. Ponda Jet 3. Helpfirstedition
3rd of 5	5/7/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kyle Wilfong	1:50.40	1:50.40	6.8m	$1.50f	14	OPEN 1	$33,639	$4,037	1. Flagman 2. Helpfirstedition 3. Ponda Jet
1st of 5	21/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kyle Wilfong	1:52.10	1:52.10	6.0m	$1.40f	14	OPEN 1-2	$34,215	$17,107	1. Ponda Jet 2. Niko Man 3. Drink Up Drink Up
1st of 5	7/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kyle Wilfong	1:51.00	1:51.00	3.0m	$1.20f	7	OPEN 1-2	$34,215	$17,107	1. Ponda Jet 2. Niko Man 3. Big Christian
1st of 6	31/5/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Kyle Wilfong	1:51.20	1:51.20	3.0m	$1.50f	7	OPEN 1	$34,375	$17,188	1. Ponda Jet 2. Niko Man 3. Yo Beth D
2nd of 6	24/5/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Kyle Wilfong	1:51.20	1:51.20	1.5m	$1.20f	7	OPEN 1-2	$34,375	$8,594	1. Swan In Motion 2. Ponda Jet 3. Flagman

Flagman (Fr6) 2533212211
Trainer: Rick Plano ()
Driver: Rick Plano
Prize Money: $773,431
Win / Place: 31% / 76%

Going for the Hat-Trick

8 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: GUCCIO

Dam: MAGIC LINDY

100

Rating

Stats

Career

90: 28-20-21

Distance

90: 28-20-21

Trk/Dst

80: 26-17-20

Track

80: 26-17-20

Season

19: 5-5-5

1st Up

3: 0-2-1

2nd Up

3: 1-0-1

3rd Up

3: 1-1-0

Non-Metro

90: 28-20-21

All-Weather

90: 28-20-21

Best Mile

1:50.40

Comments

Chasing a hat-trick. Last start posted a big 6 m win (Fr4) at this track (1:51.30) beating Ponda Jet in OPEN on July 12 at $4.50.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 6	12/7/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Kevin Lambright	1:51.30	1:51.30	6.0m	$4.50	7	OPEN	$33,639	$16,820	1. Flagman 2. Ponda Jet 3. Helpfirstedition
1st of 5	5/7/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Kevin Lambright	1:50.40	1:50.40	5.3m	$4.70	7	OPEN 1	$33,639	$16,820	1. Flagman 2. Helpfirstedition 3. Ponda Jet
2nd of 6	28/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Kevin Lambright	1:53.00	1:53.00	0.9m	$13	14	OPEN 1	$34,215	$8,554	1. Niko Man 2. Flagman 3. Dover In Motion
2nd of 6	14/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Rick Plano	1:52.40	1:52.40	1.5m	$6.30	7	OPEN	$34,215	$6,330	1. Big Christian 2. Flagman, Drink Up Drink Up 3.
1st of 9	7/6/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Rick Plano	1:52.40	1:52.40	0.8m	$1.60f	7	NW10000L4	$20,218	$10,109	1. Flagman 2. Starlitfranknstein 3. Helpfirstedition
2nd of 8	31/5/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Rick Plano	1:52.40	1:52.40	4.5m	$1.80f	7	NW15000L4	$25,000	$6,250	1. Big Christian 2. Flagman 3. Dashing Danny

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