Ballarat (G) Race 6

Eureka Concrete (300+ Rank)

Prize Money: $1,530

PAW CASSIAN (4) latest effort finished 6th over 450m at this track beaten 1.5 lengths (26.58) behind Sweet Tonight in a Grade 5 on September 15. Looks a leading chance and expected to go close. DAZZLER (2) showed little early speed at his last couple, the latest finishing sixth (26.13) in a Grade 5 at Shepparton. Can measure up this time. NITRO BALE (1) has been beaten for early speed lately, last time finishing sixth (23.58) in a Grade 5 at Geelong. Solid record at the distance winning 15 races. Can do much better this time. AKELA YOUNG (7) can run a bold race on best form.

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

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Nitro Bale (1) 7455746676
Trainer: Suzanne Mannion (Gordon)
Prize Money: $84,795
Win / Place: 16% / 35%

5 yo Black D

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: DYNA HARPA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

155: 25-19-11

Track

47: 3-5-3

Trk/Dst

21: 2-2-3

Distance

30: 6-2-4

Season

4: 0-0-0

Metro

59: 9-8-4

Country

96: 16-11-7

1st Up

3: 0-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	14	10	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	27	14	19	17	18	18	22	20
1st	6	5	4	4	3	1	1	1
2nd	5	0	1	2	2	4	3	2
3rd	3	0	0	1	1	1	4	1

Comments

Didn't make the placings last time at Geelong (23.58) in a Grade 5, finishing a 10 length sixth. Has six successes and eight minors from 27 starts from box 1. Looks a leading chance.

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
6th of 8	9/9/25	Geelong	400m	4	0:23.58	61.1 km/h	10.0L	$23	0:22.91	0:22.55	GR 5	$1,530	-	15	1. Little Whip 2. Sweet Tonight 3. Gunai Jedi
7th of 8	25/8/25	Ballarat	390m	4	0:23.17	60.6 km/h	10.5L	$11	0:22.47	0:22.07	GR 5	$1,530	-	6	1. Jackpot Cash 2. Paw Janelle, Like A Blaze 3.
6th of 8	19/8/25	Geelong	400m	3	0:23.53	61.2 km/h	7.6L	$10	0:22.99	0:22.62	GR 5	$1,530	-	14	1. Mira Bale 2. Shima Sunset 3. Squiggly King
6th of 6	5/8/25	Geelong	400m	1	0:23.42	61.5 km/h	4.3L	$9.50	0:23.14	0:22.31	GR 5	$1,530	-	8	1. Nolan Bale 2. Fergus Bale 3. Alpha Girl
4th of 8	28/7/25	Ballarat	390m	5	0:23.03	61.0 km/h	4.0L	$35	0:22.78	0:22.43	GR 5	$1,530	$50	14	1. Pyrenees Prince 2. Ryder's Magic 3. Sheila's Wait
7th of 8	14/7/25	Ballarat	450m	8	0:26.38	61.4 km/h	8.5L	$67	0:25.81	0:25.77	GR 5	$1,530	-	6	1. Aminah 2. Pretty Panama 3. Nala's Ghost

Dazzler (2) 6564437766
Trainer: Michael Ryan (BORONIA)
Prize Money: $22,115
Win / Place: 15% / 36%

4 yo Black D

Sire: MOREIRA (AUS)

Dam: SHE'S PERFECT (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

58: 9-4-8

Distance

5: 1-1-1

Season

2: 0-0-0

Metro

8: 1-0-1

Country

50: 8-4-7

1st Up

5: 0-2-0

2nd Up

5: 1-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	8	1	0	0

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

Comments

Latest effort finished 6th in a Grade 5 on September 11 over 450m at Shepparton behind As You Were beaten 5 lengths (26.13). Below best last time but looks well placed here. Deserves another chance.

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
6th of 8	11/9/25	Shepparton	450m	5	0:26.13	62.0 km/h	5.1L	$31	0:25.77	0:25.64	GR 5	$1,530	-	14	1. As You Were 2. My Cool Jack 3. Can't Park There
6th of 7	28/8/25	Warragul	460m	6	0:27.18	60.9 km/h	10.8L	$20	0:26.43	0:26.43	GR 5	$1,530	-	28	1. Western Empire 2. Ultimate Jewel 3. Jobs On
7th of 8	31/7/25	Warragul	460m	7	0:26.82	61.7 km/h	10.0L	$27	0:26.16	0:26.16	GR 5	$1,530	-	14	1. Super Speed 2. Star Sixty Six 3. Forbes Lightning
7th of 7	17/7/25	Warragul	460m	6	0:27.30	60.7 km/h	10.3L	$4.40	0:26.63	0:25.95	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Aston Monitor 2. Honey Bunny 3. Ranger's Girl
3rd of 7	10/7/25	Warragul	460m	8	0:26.94	61.5 km/h	6.5L	$11	0:26.51	0:26.29	GR 5	$1,530	$160	21	1. Need You Now 2. Excavator Ticket 3. Dazzler
4th of 8	19/6/25	Warragul	460m	6	0:26.49	62.5 km/h	5.7L	$16	0:26.09	0:26.09	GR 5	$1,530	$50	14	1. Both Sides 2. More Wine Please 3. Jumping Oreo

Paw Cassian (4) 5634615566
Trainer: Gary Mannion (Gordon)
Prize Money: $5,415
Win / Place: 8.33% / 22%

3 yo RED/FWN D

Sire: ALLEN DEED (AUS)

Dam: FANTA BALE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

36: 3-4-1

Track

24: 2-3-1

Trk/Dst

16: 0-2-1

Distance

16: 0-2-1

Season

7: 1-0-0

Metro

2: 0-1-0

Country

34: 3-3-1

1st Up

3: 1-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	1	0	0	0

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

Comments

Last start finished 6th on September 15 over 450m at this track behind Sweet Tonight beaten 1.5 lengths (26.58) in a Grade 5. Tipped to improve sharply. Rates highly 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
6th of 8	15/9/25	Ballarat	450m	6	0:26.58	60.9 km/h	1.6L	$9.00	0:26.47	0:25.62	GR 5	$1,530	-	8	1. Sweet Tonight 2. Aston Monitor 3. Vista Vanadium
6th of 8	7/9/25	Ballarat	545m	3	0:32.04	61.2 km/h	7.0L	$67	0:31.55	0:31.55	GR 5	$1,740	-	6	1. Time To Prophet 2. My Boy Parker 3. Barry Bale
5th of 8	1/9/25	Ballarat	450m	7	0:26.32	61.6 km/h	7.1L	$15	0:25.82	0:25.70	T3 RSTW	$1,530	-	9	1. Doongalla Gem 2. Atomic Diva 3. Bandit Ronnie
5th of 8	23/8/25	Ballarat	450m	5	0:26.12	62.0 km/h	3.9L	$27	0:25.85	0:25.22	GR 5	$1,530	-	4	1. Pretty Panama 2. Taden Bale 3. Urano Bale
1st of 6	19/8/25	Geelong	400m	1	0:23.17	62.1 km/h	3.5L	$7.50	0:23.17	0:22.62	MX 6/7	$1,530	$1,000	10	1. Paw Cassian 2. Comeback Charlie 3. Paw Kiplin
6th of 7	9/8/25	Geelong	400m	1	0:23.56	61.1 km/h	6.6L	$12	0:23.10	0:22.74	GR 6	$1,530	-	5	1. Dragon Black 2. Yaku Bale 3. She's Our Art

Black Thumb (5) 548x8888x5
Trainer: Jye Formosa (Heathcote)
Prize Money: $17,975
Win / Place: 19% / 38%

3 yo Black B

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: MANILA ROSE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

26: 5-1-4

Track

1: 0-1-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Season

1: 0-0-0

Metro

19: 2-0-3

Country

7: 3-1-1

1st Up

3: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-1

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

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

Comments

Modest effort last time out when fifth over 525m at The Meadows. This will test.

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
5th of 8	10/9/25	The Meadows	525m	5	0:30.86	61.2 km/h	4.5L	$8.50	0:30.55	0:29.95	GR 5	$3,340	-	100	1. Prince Pierre 2. Lyon Bale 3. Bun Quake
100 Day Spell
8th of 8	2/6/25	Shepparton	450m	3	0:27.08	59.8 km/h	25.5L	$7.00	0:25.37	0:25.37	GR 5	$2,930	-	21	1. Nothing Wrong 2. Press Start 3. Blue Tick Nelson
8th of 8	12/5/25	Sandown	595m	7	0:35.33	60.6 km/h	6.3L	$46	0:34.92	0:33.96	RST WIN H	$3,940	-	12	1. Smooth Dynamite 2. Paw Alexis 3. Big Duke
8th of 8	30/4/25	The Meadows	600m	7	0:35.42	61.0 km/h	11.8L	$91	0:34.64	0:34.48	RST WIN H	$3,940	-	7	1. Paw Erina 2. Scotch Time 3. Shima Blush
8th of 8	23/4/25	The Meadows	525m	7	0:31.01	60.9 km/h	10.5L	$51	0:30.31	0:30.05	GR 5	$3,340	-	70	1. Secret Emgrand 2. Come Find Me 3. Reuben Hill
70 Day Spell
8th of 8	12/2/25	The Meadows	600m	5	0:35.99	60.0 km/h	24.3L	$41	0:34.38	0:34.38	R/A FIN	$4,450	-	7	1. Upset Sunset 2. Sunset Wisp 3. Reiko Dusty

Audition (6) 4475814556
Trainer: Katharine Gorman (Tanjil South)
Prize Money: $7,825
Win / Place: 11% / 35%

3 yo FWN D

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: SENSORY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

42: 5-5-5

Track

10: 0-1-1

Trk/Dst

5: 0-1-0

Distance

16: 2-3-1

Season

5: 1-0-0

Country

42: 5-5-5

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	5	4	14	5	4	3	3	4
1st	2	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

At the last outing finished 6th on September 11 over 460m at Warragul behind Paw Helion beaten 5.5 lengths (26.78) in a Grade 5. Well placed and among the chances here.

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
6th of 8	11/9/25	Warragul	460m	3	0:26.78	61.8 km/h	5.5L	$19	0:26.42	0:26.30	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Paw Helion 2. Velox Bale 3. Senses Fail
5th of 8	4/9/25	Warragul	400m	3	0:23.74	60.7 km/h	2.8L	$4.60	0:23.56	0:23.02	GR 5	$1,530	-	17	1. Somerton June 2. Rumour Not Fact 3. Midnight Shimmer
5th of 8	18/8/25	Ballarat	390m	3	0:23.22	60.5 km/h	5.8L	$3.10	0:22.84	0:22.29	GR 5	$1,530	-	5	1. Sheila's Wait 2. Nala's Ghost 3. Borough Man
4th of 8	13/8/25	Bendigo	425m	3	0:24.63	62.1 km/h	1.8L	$7.00	0:24.52	0:23.97	GR 5	$1,530	$50	7	1. Militant Storm 2. Coconut Oakland 3. Collinda Pearl
1st of 7	6/8/25	Bendigo	425m	1	0:24.66	62.0 km/h	1.8L	$1.40	0:24.66	0:24.28	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	7	1. Audition 2. Zipping Swazi 3. Slinger
8th of 8	30/7/25	Bendigo	425m	4	0:24.79	61.7 km/h	10.3L	$15	0:24.11	0:24.01	GR 5	$1,530	-	9	1. Collinda Law 2. Press Start 3. Kurraca Jinnie

Akela Young (7) 2777645675
Trainer: Julie Faulknall (Elphinstone)
Prize Money: $20,065
Win / Place: 5.97% / 35%

4 yo Black D

Sire: BARCIA BALE (AUS)

Dam: AKELA CLASS (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

67: 4-12-8

Track

4: 1-2-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-1-0

Distance

5: 0-1-0

Season

6: 0-0-0

Metro

42: 1-8-7

Country

25: 3-4-1

1st Up

3: 1-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-1-0

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

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

Comments

Was out of placings last time (26.04) at Shepparton in a Grade 5, finishing fifth and beaten 4 lengths. Still a maiden from the draw but has placed six times. Can hit the frame with the right run.

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 8	11/9/25	Shepparton	450m	3	0:26.04	62.2 km/h	3.9L	$46	0:25.77	0:25.64	GR 5	$1,530	-	5	1. As You Were 2. My Cool Jack 3. Can't Park There
7th of 8	6/9/25	Shepparton	450m	8	0:26.40	61.4 km/h	11.5L	$20	0:25.65	0:25.41	GR 5	$1,530	-	10	1. Chain Drive 2. Mira Bale 3. Can't Park There
6th of 7	27/8/25	Bendigo	500m	2	0:29.05	62.0 km/h	3.9L	$6.50	0:28.78	0:28.49	GR 5	$1,740	-	11	1. Elsa Jay 2. McIvor Alfy 3. Leave Me In
5th of 8	16/8/25	Bendigo	500m	7	0:29.13	61.8 km/h	3.5L	$35	0:28.90	0:28.51	GR 5	$1,740	-	5	1. My Boy Parker 2. McIvor Morgan 3. Aston Zoom
4th of 7	11/8/25	Warrnambool	450m	8	0:26.04	62.2 km/h	7.0L	$51	0:25.57	0:25.53	GR 5	$1,530	$50	5	1. Maximum Reed 2. Bit Of Romance 3. Condah Express
6th of 7	6/8/25	Bendigo	500m	3	0:29.38	61.3 km/h	10.5L	$21	0:28.68	0:28.68	GR 5	$1,740	-	20	1. Lakeview Deceah 2. Secret Emgrand 3. McIvor Alfy

Tinker Mike (8) 154x865655
Trainer: Jennifer Burns (Balliang)
Prize Money: $23,265
Win / Place: 8.47% / 35%

5 yo Black D

Sire: MAGIC SPRITE (AUS)

Dam: SLEW LEFT (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

118: 10-13-19

Track

24: 3-2-3

Trk/Dst

16: 1-1-2

Distance

22: 2-1-5

Season

6: 0-0-0

Metro

16: 1-3-2

Country

102: 9-10-17

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	7	1	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	14	20	6	12	16	25	7	18
1st	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	2
2nd	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	1
3rd	4	4	1	2	1	3	1	3

Comments

Has finished fifth at his last couple of starts, most recently at Geelong over 400m. Must be included.

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
5th of 8	13/9/25	Geelong	400m	7	0:23.46	61.4 km/h	11.6L	$21	0:22.65	0:22.62	GR 5	$1,530	-	8	1. Tinker Conall 2. Neena Bale 3. Gunai Jedi
5th of 6	5/9/25	Horsham	410m	8	0:24.06	61.3 km/h	7.6L	$51	0:23.52	0:23.11	GR 5	$1,530	-	3	1. Green Flash 2. Bella Supreme 3. Moraine Grace
6th of 7	2/9/25	Horsham	410m	2	0:24.23	60.9 km/h	7.9L	$91	0:23.67	0:23.15	GR 5	$2,930	-	8	1. Juicy Gossip 2. Tinker Mav 3. Lektra Unhinged
5th of 6	25/8/25	Warrnambool	390m	3	0:23.05	60.9 km/h	6.0L	$51	0:22.65	0:22.13	GR 5	$1,530	-	10	1. Inga Amy, Baijiu 2. 3. Rooster Legs
6th of 8	15/8/25	Bendigo	425m	6	0:24.85	61.6 km/h	10.5L	$101	0:24.15	0:23.71	GR 5	$2,930	-	3	1. Solar Habit 2. Mrs. Smith 3. Mavis Tolmie
8th of 8	12/8/25	Horsham	410m	5	0:24.51	60.2 km/h	12.8L	$101	0:23.61	0:23.01	GR 5	$2,930	-	71	1. Paw Glory 2. All Gold 3. Husky Sara Lee
71 Day Spell

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