Northfield Park Race 3

1609M

Prize Money: $11,983

NO FREE LUNCH (2) produced another strong performance last start when he battled on bravely to just miss out over 1609m at Miami Valley Raceway, adding to an impressive run of top-three results. Will enjoy a nice run from this favourable starting position. Stepping up a level this time but on his best form he is good enough to take this out. CLUB SCENE (4) again drew a wide gate last start and was safely held, beaten 5 metres into fifth at this track over 1609m. Has the ability to take care of this field. JOHNNY SACK (8) was responsible for a better effort last time out when third over 1609m at this track. Should run a big race. BETTERDEALMEIN (5) could only finish sixth over 1609m at this track most recently. Open to improvement and is in the mix. Something for the Multiples: DON'TCALLMEFRANCIS (7)

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: OCAST
Surface: All Weather
Class: NW3500L4

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Sweet Alex (Fr1) 8635831776
Trainer: Jessica Millner ()
Driver: Kurt Sugg
Prize Money: $118,469
Win / Place: 12% / 43%

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: MCWICKED (USA)

Dam: SWEET ANA HANOVER

Rating

Stats

Career

66: 8-9-12

Distance

66: 8-9-12

Trk/Dst

48: 6-8-9

Track

48: 6-8-9

Season

5: 1-0-1

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-2

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

66: 8-9-12

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

66: 8-9-12

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:55.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 6th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 30 m by Not Today (1:54.00) in NW5000L4 on February 15 at $58.90. At the run before 7th (Fr8) over 1609m at this track beaten 40 m by Base Stealer (1:53.30) in NW5000L4 on February 9 at $99. Will give a good account.

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	15/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Tyler Angus	1:54.00	1:54.00	29.3m	$59	6	NW5000L4	$15,121	-	1. Not Today 2. Barbados 3. Base Stealer
7th of 9	9/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Tyler Angus	1:53.30	1:53.30	40.5m	$99	8	NW5000L4	$15,121	-	1. Base Stealer 2. Gumption Hanover 3. Always Andrew
7th of 8	1/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Justin Irvine	1:56.20	1:56.20	35.3m	$22	14	NW5000L4	$15,121	-	1. Bismarkduplessis 2. Fox Valley Monaco 3. Roc Vodka
1st of 9	18/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Dan Noble	1:56.40	1:56.40	33.0m	$1.90f	14	NW2500L4	$10,762	$5,381	1. Sweet Alex 2. Record Machine 3. Would You Believe
3rd of 9	4/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Sr1	Dan Noble	1:55.30	1:55.30	2.3m	$9.60	9	NW2500L4	$10,762	$1,291	1. White Hair Rocks 2. Rainbow Design 3. Sweet Alex
8th of 9	26/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	John Ciocca Jr.	2:02.30	2:02.30	34.5m	$9.50	9	NW2500L4	$11,026	-	1. Jk's Champ 2. Heart Of Rock 3. Greatest Ending

No Free Lunch (Fr2) 4311226212
Trainer: Stacey Van Huizen ()
Driver: Dan Noble
Prize Money: $124,925
Win / Place: 11% / 35%

8 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: SUNSHINE BEACH (USA)

Dam: SIMPLY MAVELOUS

100

Rating

Stats

Career

67: 8-9-7

Distance

67: 8-9-7

Trk/Dst

4: 3-0-1

Track

4: 3-0-1

Season

3: 1-2-0

1st Up

4: 0-0-0

2nd Up

4: 2-0-0

3rd Up

3: 0-0-1

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

67: 8-9-7

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

67: 8-9-7

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.20

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start solid effort when 2nd (Fr4) over 1609m at Miami Valley Raceway beaten 0.6 m by Gotta Go Gram (1:53.30) in SA8000CL on February 16 at $1.80. Two runs back posted a big 10 m win as favourite (Fr3) at this track (1:56.00) beating Onlythetuffsurvive in 8000CL on February 4 at $1.60. In fine form. Big chance.

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 10	16/2/26	Miami Valley Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Brett Miller	1:53.30	1:53.30	0.6m	$1.80f	12	SA8000CL	$9,986	$2,496	1. Gotta Go Gram 2. No Free Lunch 3. Midnight Day
1st of 8	4/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Dan Noble	1:56.00	1:56.00	10.5m	$1.60f	16	8000CL	$9,700	$4,850	1. No Free Lunch 2. Onlythetuffsurvive 3. Pirates Alley
2nd of 10	19/1/26	Miami Valley Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Brett Miller	1:54.00	1:54.00	3.8m	$5.60	31	SA8000CL	$10,463	$2,616	1. Medoland Bosa 2. No Free Lunch 3. Lets Go Jude
31 Day Freshen-Up
6th of 9	19/12/25	Dayton Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Brett Miller	1:52.20	1:52.20	20.3m	$14	14	SA8000CL	$10,720	-	1. Hecandancencruise 2. Murrays Watching 3. Alwaysonetwomany
2nd of 10	5/12/25	Dayton Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Sr1	Brett Miller	1:52.40	1:52.40	1.5m	$2.60f	7	SA8000CL	$10,720	$2,680	1. Ben Racin 2. No Free Lunch 3. Ys Cheddar Wheel
2nd of 9	28/11/25	Dayton Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Brett Miller	1:54.00	1:54.00	1.5m	$4.60	11	SA8000CL	$10,687	$2,672	1. Peppermint Man 2. No Free Lunch 3. Murrays Watching

Music Is Art (Fr3) 8641967642
Trainer: Mark Headworth ()
Driver: Logan Ebersole
Prize Money: $222,779
Win / Place: 11% / 41%

12 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: ART MAJOR (USA)

Dam: MUSIC ROW

Rating

Stats

Career

134: 15-23-17

Distance

134: 15-23-17

Trk/Dst

86: 5-19-10

Track

86: 5-19-10

Season

4: 0-1-0

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

3rd Up

2: 1-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

134: 15-23-17

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

134: 15-23-17

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.30

Driver Stats

Comments

12-year-old gelding showed improvement last time. 2nd (Fr2) over 1609m at this track, beaten 4.5 m by Lovin On The Beach (1:54.20) in NW2500L4 on February 15 at $11.10. The race before was not as impressive when beaten by 8 m finishing fourth behind Sriracha Heat at this track over 1609m in a NW2500L4 on February 9 at $20.90. Form reads okay, but out of his depth.

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 9	15/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Logan Ebersole	1:54.20	1:54.20	4.5m	$11	6	NW2500L4	$9,700	$2,425	1. Lovin On The Beach 2. Music Is Art 3. Fernetti
4th of 9	9/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Mark Headworth	1:57.40	1:57.40	8.3m	$21	8	NW2500L4	$9,700	$776	1. Sriracha Heat 2. Two Birds Onestone 3. Captain T Hanover
6th of 10	1/2/26	Miami Valley Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Trevor Smith	1:53.10	1:53.10	24.0m	$51	19	NW4501L4	$22,111	-	1. Ardens Ace 2. Rockmelikeyameanit 3. The Fear Is Real
7th of 8	13/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Justin Irvine	1:53.30	1:53.30	49.5m	$28	14	NW1250PSLC	$16,442	-	1. Base Stealer 2. Heart Of Rock 3. Unfiltered
6th of 8	30/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Justin Irvine	1:54.00	1:54.00	28.5m	$46	9	NW1250PSLC	$16,845	-	1. Be A Lucky Star 2. Laneside Sportstar 3. Nine One Oh Six
9th of 9	21/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Mark Headworth	1:50.10	1:50.10	88.5m	$73	14	NW5000L4	$17,152	-	1. Celtic Spirit 2. Brookview Bullet 3. Louie The Horse

Club Scene (Fr4) 1836323985
Trainer: Sam Schillaci ()
Driver: Justin Irvine
Prize Money: $229,955
Win / Place: 19% / 51%

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: AMERICAN IDEAL (USA)

Dam: ON THE CATWALK

Rating

Stats

Career

68: 13-13-9

Distance

68: 13-13-9

Trk/Dst

58: 13-9-7

Track

58: 13-9-7

Season

4: 0-0-1

1st Up

4: 0-0-0

2nd Up

4: 1-0-0

3rd Up

4: 1-1-0

Metro

1: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

67: 13-13-9

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

68: 13-13-9

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Recent efforts haven't been up to his best. Last start 5th (Fr6) over 1609m at this track beaten 5 m by My Friend Mel (1:54.40) in NW6500L4 on February 9 at $32.70. At the previous start 8th (Fr7) over 1609m at this track beaten 15 m by Ayr Balmoral (1:56.20) in NW8000L4 on January 18 at $15.80. Nicely placed to find a bit of form.

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
5th of 9	9/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Justin Irvine	1:54.40	1:54.40	5.3m	$33	22	NW6500L4	$19,116	$956	1. My Friend Mel 2. Janelle Granny 3. Lil Plugs
8th of 8	18/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Justin Irvine	1:56.20	1:56.20	15.0m	$16	7	NW8000L4	$22,422	-	1. Ayr Balmoral 2. Sure Thing Captain 3. Mr Mclaren
9th of 9	11/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Justin Irvine	1:54.00	1:54.00	14.3m	$21	7	NW2000PSLC	$37,369	-	1. Moneyman Mikki 2. All Bets On Tex 3. Our Benson
3rd of 9	4/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Justin Irvine	1:53.00	1:53.00	5.3m	$15	7	NW2000PSLC	$22,422	$2,691	1. Moneyman Mikki 2. Our Benson 3. Club Scene
2nd of 9	28/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Justin Irvine	1:54.00	1:54.00	1.5m	$4.00	7	NW2000PSLC	$22,971	$5,743	1. All Bets On Tex 2. Club Scene 3. Hp Lis Shadow
3rd of 8	21/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Justin Irvine	1:52.00	1:52.00	21.8m	$5.20	7	NW2000PSLC	$22,971	$2,757	1. Moneyman Mikki 2. Boundtobefearless 3. Club Scene

Betterdealmein (Fr5) 5191216486
Trainer: Clair Umholtz ()
Driver: Braiden Rhoades
Prize Money: $102,903
Win / Place: 15% / 52%

4 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: BETTOR'S DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: EMPRESS DEO

Rating

Stats

Career

40: 6-6-9

Distance

40: 6-6-9

Trk/Dst

8: 2-1-0

Track

8: 2-1-0

Season

5: 1-0-0

1st Up

2: 0-1-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-1

3rd Up

2: 0-0-1

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

40: 6-6-9

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

40: 6-6-9

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 6th (Fr5) over 1609m at this track beaten 12 m by Sure Thing Captain (1:54.00) in NW6500L4 on February 15 at $34.50. At the start before 8th (Fr4) over 1609m at this track, beaten 9 m by My Friend Mel (1:54.40) in NW6500L4 on February 9 at $25. Top-three finish is well within his grasp.

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 9	15/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	James Day	1:54.00	1:54.00	12.0m	$35	6	NW6500L4	$18,260	-	1. Sure Thing Captain 2. Mufferaw Joe 3. Always Andrew
8th of 9	9/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Chris Lems	1:54.40	1:54.40	9.8m	$25	8	NW6500L4	$19,116	-	1. My Friend Mel 2. Janelle Granny 3. Lil Plugs
4th of 9	1/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Braiden Rhoades	1:57.00	1:57.00	3.8m	$25	14	NW6500L4	$18,260	$1,461	1. Night Shadow 2. My Friend Mel 3. Belechick
6th of 8	18/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Braiden Rhoades	1:56.20	1:56.20	9.0m	$32	12	NW8000L4	$22,422	-	1. Ayr Balmoral 2. Sure Thing Captain 3. Mr Mclaren
1st of 9	6/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Braiden Rhoades	1:57.40	1:57.40	6.8m	$2.40f	11	NW4PMCD	$17,937	$8,969	1. Betterdealmein 2. American Warrior 3. Over Hill N Delle
2nd of 6	26/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Braiden Rhoades	1:58.10	1:58.10	6.8m	$9.30	10	30000CLNW7	$18,377	$4,594	1. Blue Ventura 2. Betterdealmein 3. Whywoodidothat

Studio Hanover (Fr6) 8255862983
Trainer: John G Wengerd ()
Driver: Chris Lems
Prize Money: $150,242
Win / Place: 7.92% / 38%

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (USA)

Dam: SOCIAL SCENE

Rating

Stats

Career

101: 8-13-18

Distance

101: 8-13-18

Trk/Dst

17: 2-2-2

Track

17: 2-2-2

Season

4: 0-1-1

1st Up

3: 0-0-1

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

101: 8-13-18

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

101: 8-13-18

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 3rd (Fr5) over 1609m at this track, beaten 16 m by Terminator (1:55.00) in NW3500L4 on February 11 at $67.20. Two runs back 8th (Fr5) over 1609m at this track beaten 25 m by Beachchip Hanover (1:58.40) in NW3500L4 on February 4 at $40.90. Likely to struggle.

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 8	11/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Chris Lems	1:55.00	1:55.00	16.5m	$67	7	NW3500L4	$11,983	$1,438	1. Terminator 2. Don'tcallmefrancis 3. Studio Hanover
8th of 8	4/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kurt Sugg	1:58.40	1:58.40	26.3m	$41	7	NW3500L4	$11,983	-	1. Beachchip Hanover 2. Terminator 3. Hardt Hero
9th of 9	28/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Emanuel Miller	1:57.10	1:57.10	54.0m	$112	22	NW3500L4	$12,553	-	1. Terminator 2. Lil Plugs 3. Tap Tap Tap
2nd of 8	6/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kurt Sugg	1:55.30	1:55.30	25.5m	$44	7	NW1250PSLC	$16,442	$4,111	1. R Maddy Blue Chip 2. Studio Hanover 3. Ponda Beach
6th of 8	30/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Braiden Rhoades	1:55.10	1:55.10	24.0m	$15	8	NW1250PSLC	$16,845	-	1. R Maddy Blue Chip 2. Winmebak 3. Ponda Beach
8th of 10	22/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Sr1	John Ciocca Jr.	1:55.00	1:55.00	26.3m	$40	23	NW1250PSLC	$16,845	-	1. Purple Poet 2. Moved Bythe Spirit 3. Unfiltered

Don'tcallmefrancis (Fr7) 4378494252
Trainer: Jason Seymour ()
Driver: John Ciocca Jr.
Prize Money: $193,469
Win / Place: 17% / 40%

13 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: ROCKNROLL HANOVER (USA)

Dam: NANNY WITHAFANNY

Rating

Stats

Career

112: 20-11-14

Distance

112: 20-11-14

Trk/Dst

62: 7-8-9

Track

62: 7-8-9

Season

4: 0-2-0

1st Up

3: 0-0-0

2nd Up

3: 2-0-0

3rd Up

3: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

112: 20-11-14

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

112: 20-11-14

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:54.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 2nd (Fr1) over 1609m at this track beaten 7 m by Terminator (1:55.00) in NW3500L4 on February 11 at $11.40. Two runs back 5th (Fr4) over 1609m at this track, beaten 9 m by Beachchip Hanover (1:58.40) in NW3500L4 on February 4 at $14.10. Not keen.

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 8	11/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Justin Irvine	1:55.00	1:55.00	7.5m	$11	7	NW3500L4	$11,983	$2,996	1. Terminator 2. Don'tcallmefrancis 3. Studio Hanover
5th of 8	4/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Justin Irvine	1:58.40	1:58.40	9.8m	$14	8	NW3500L4	$11,983	$599	1. Beachchip Hanover 2. Terminator 3. Hardt Hero
2nd of 8	27/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Justin Irvine	1:58.40	1:58.40	5.3m	$57	9	NW2500L4	$10,271	$2,568	1. Back In My Day 2. Don'tcallmefrancis 3. Beachchip Hanover
4th of 9	18/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Braiden Rhoades	1:56.40	1:56.40	37.5m	$61	32	NW2500L4	$10,762	$861	1. Sweet Alex 2. Record Machine 3. Would You Believe
32 Day Freshen-Up
9th of 9	17/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Chris Lems	1:57.40	1:57.40	41.3m	$56	21	NW2500L4	$11,026	-	1. Unfiltered 2. So So De Vie 3. Dandy's World
4th of 9	26/11/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Sr1	Greg Grismore	1:58.00	1:58.00	11.3m	$14	8	NW2500L4	$10,992	$879	1. Catch Me Conrad 2. Bobs Redemption, Bet N Shout 3.

Race Review Abbreviations

Brk: Broke, Blkd: Blocked or held up, 1 x 1: One-out, one-back, Prkd: Parked, 3bk otr: 3 back on the outer, 3bk inr: Same as above, but on the inside, trld: Trailed, Gt spd: Showed gate speed, 3wd: 3-wide postd: Caught wide without cover, Held up: Held up, no gaps or few gaps: If they don't see any clear air in the straight, Inr-mid-wd -position: On the inside, mid = 1-off, wd = 3-wide or wider, flew hm wd: Flew home wide, dashd inr: Sprinted well on the inside, Chkd: Checked, Slow: Slow away at the start, Wltd: Wilted or got tired, Fdd: Faded late, Urgd: If the driver is getting stuck in

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