Ballarat Race 8

Eureka Concrete

Prize Money: $3,875

BAREFOOT ZULU (5) has been settling off the speed lately, finishing sixth (30.56) last time in a Special conditions race at The Meadows. Form at the trip sound including seven wins. Form from his last run is proving strong. Can atone. URANA PARALLAX (3) was in the minor money with a useful 34.19, finishing second in a Grade 4/5 at Sandown last start. Harder here but expected to feature again. PAW PHELPS (4) jumped from a middle draw last time and could manage only fourth and beaten 4 lengths (34.96) at The Meadows. Returns to a course where he has performed well. Likely to play a prominent role. BLUER THAN BLUE (1) was well fancied last time on the strength of his recent form but could only manage second (28.57) at Bendigo. Ran one of the fastest times on the program last start despite finishing in the minors. Overdue and expected to feature again.

Distance: 545m
Class: Mixed 4/5
Track: Good
Weather: OCAST
Surface: All Weather

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Bluer Than Blue (1) 5712886122
Trainer: Catherine Roberts (Terang)
Prize Money: $11,470
Win / Place: 12% / 41%

3 yo BLU D

Sire: TOMMY SHELBY (AUS)

Dam: SHIM'S HEART (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

58: 7-11-6

Track

3: 0-1-0

Season

25: 3-6-0

Country

58: 7-11-6

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	4	1	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	7	10	8	4	5	4	9	11
1st	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2
2nd	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
3rd	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	1

Comments

Has finished in the placings at last two, the latest when second (28.57) over 500m at Bendigo. Drops down the inside box this time. Has ability and should run well.

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 5	18/2/26	Bendigo	500m	6	0:28.57	63.0 km/h	0.3L	$2.40	0:28.56	0:28.56	GR 5	$1,740	$360	9	1. Bun Quake 2. Bluer Than Blue 3. High Cotton
2nd of 7	9/2/26	Warrnambool	450m	5	0:25.90	62.5 km/h	0.1L	$4.80	0:25.89	0:25.89	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. Lemon Pepper 2. Bluer Than Blue 3. Elevate
1st of 8	2/2/26	Warrnambool	450m	6	0:25.79	62.8 km/h	1.0L	$5.00	0:25.79	0:25.21	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$1,000	4	1. Bluer Than Blue 2. Lemon Pepper 3. Bush Lass
6th of 8	29/1/26	Warrnambool	450m	8	0:25.76	62.9 km/h	4.4L	$31	0:25.45	0:25.17	GR 5	$2,930	-	19	1. Molly Mia 2. Noble Dash 3. Willow's Girl
8th of 8	10/1/26	Warrnambool	450m	3	0:26.19	61.9 km/h	7.5L	$51	0:25.69	0:25.10	GR 5	$2,930	-	7	1. Mepunga Express 2. Paw Monet 3. Big Boy Cooper
8th of 8	3/1/26	Warrnambool	450m	3	0:25.91	62.5 km/h	6.3L	$91	0:25.50	0:25.06	GR 5	$2,930	-	16	1. Lektra Solo 2. Paw Uma 3. Lektra Skip

Urana Parallax (3) 5146467332
Trainer: Thomas Dailly (Anakie)
Prize Money: $43,180
Win / Place: 16% / 51%

2 yo FWN D

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: GYPSY URANA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

37: 6-6-7

Track

3: 0-1-1

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Season

29: 5-4-6

Metro

31: 4-5-5

Country

6: 2-1-2

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	2	3	1	0

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

Comments

Racing well without winning, recording three minors on end, the latest hitting the ground running with a fast early sectional but finishing in the minors again when second (34.19) over 595m at Sandown. Recorded one of the quickest times on the card last time despite being beaten. Follow up.

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	19/2/26	Sandown	595m	3	0:34.19	62.6 km/h	1.3L	$6.00	0:34.11	0:34.11	GR 4/5	$10,380	$2,150	5	1. Ethanol Secret 2. Urana Parallax 3. Mepunga Breeze
3rd of 8	14/2/26	The Meadows	600m	3	0:34.56	62.5 km/h	3.8L	$3.40	0:34.29	0:34.29	R/A FIN	$10,380	$1,075	10	1. Charlestown 2. Moraine Dylan 3. Urana Parallax
3rd of 7	4/2/26	The Meadows	600m	4	0:35.14	61.5 km/h	2.0L	$3.30	0:35.01	0:34.67	RST WIN H	$3,940	$410	6	1. Hey Presto 2. King Ron 3. Urana Parallax
7th of 7	29/1/26	Sandown	595m	7	0:34.51	62.1 km/h	9.8L	$51	0:33.82	0:33.82	FFA	$10,380	-	4	1. He's Magic 2. Paw Petrov 3. Lamp Post
6th of 8	25/1/26	The Meadows	600m	4	0:35.02	61.7 km/h	7.0L	$4.20	0:34.55	0:34.55	GR 4/5	$10,380	-	15	1. Joni Black 2. Mepunga Lilly 3. Spicy Seduction
4th of 6	10/1/26	The Meadows	600m	1	0:35.12	61.5 km/h	8.8L	$3.70	0:34.54	0:34.11	GR 4/5	$10,380	$150	9	1. Paw Vortex 2. Greysynd Sammy 3. Zelda Covilha

Paw Phelps (4) x131376284
Trainer: Mark Delbridge (Balliang)
Prize Money: $70,690
Win / Place: 25% / 47%

3 yo Black D

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: DYNA HARPA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

55: 14-7-5

Track

6: 2-0-1

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Season

10: 2-1-2

Metro

37: 10-3-4

Country

18: 4-4-1

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	4	9	1	0

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

Comments

Latest effort finished 4th on February 18 over 600m at The Meadows behind Zipping Andora beaten 4 lengths (34.96) in a Grade 4/5. Leading chance who should prove 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
4th of 6	18/2/26	The Meadows	600m	5	0:34.96	61.8 km/h	4.0L	$3.20	0:34.70	0:34.70	GR 4/5	$4,450	$75	5	1. Zipping Andora 2. Brindle Surprise 3. Moraine Dylan
8th of 8	13/2/26	Geelong	460m	8	0:26.40	62.7 km/h	10.1L	$2.70	0:25.69	0:25.48	GR 4/5	$3,360	-	7	1. Par Excellence 2. Represent 3. Paw Yochelle
2nd of 5	6/2/26	Geelong	460m	8	0:25.86	64.0 km/h	1.2L	$9.00	0:25.78	0:25.78	GR 4/5	$3,360	$690	6	1. Paw Qwan 2. Paw Phelps 3. Weblec Joel
6th of 6	31/1/26	The Meadows	525m	7	0:30.30	62.4 km/h	9.0L	$13	0:29.70	0:29.70	FFA	$9,060	-	6	1. Mepunga Reward 2. Amron Dancer 3. Hot Nanu
7th of 7	25/1/26	The Meadows	525m	1	0:30.89	61.2 km/h	14.8L	$2.50	0:29.91	0:29.91	FFA	$9,060	-	8	1. Manager 2. Neo Devere 3. Hot Nanu
3rd of 6	17/1/26	The Meadows	525m	2	0:30.06	62.9 km/h	6.3L	$7.50	0:29.65	0:29.65	FFA	$9,060	$935	3	1. Deadly Avenger 2. Weblec Billy 3. Paw Phelps

Barefoot Zulu (5) 211112x156
Trainer: David Geall (Lara)
Prize Money: $81,014
Win / Place: 42% / 69%

3 yo White/Black D

Sire: SENNACHIE (AUS)

Dam: KOORINGA MAIZIE (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

33: 14-5-4

Season

14: 7-2-1

Metro

16: 5-3-0

Country

17: 9-2-4

1st Up

4: 1-0-1

2nd Up

4: 1-0-2

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

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

Comments

Last start finished 6th over 525m at The Meadows beaten 9 lengths (30.56) behind Nigel Devere in a Special conditions race on February 14. Comes out of a hot form race. Worth following up.

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	14/2/26	The Meadows	525m	1	0:30.56	61.8 km/h	9.5L	$1.90	0:29.89	0:29.57	SPEC	$9,060	-	7	1. Nigel Devere 2. Paw Gordy 3. Whispered
5th of 8	7/2/26	The Meadows	525m	8	0:30.10	62.8 km/h	3.4L	$3.90	0:29.86	0:29.86	FFA	$9,060	-	8	1. Sharapova Star 2. Hot Nanu 3. Paw Oswald
1st of 7	30/1/26	Geelong	460m	8	0:25.88	64.0 km/h	0.3L	$2.00	0:25.88	0:25.69	GR 4/5	$3,360	$2,250	77	1. Barefoot Zulu 2. Whodat Jewel 3. Midnight Thunder
77 Day Spell
2nd of 4	14/11/25	Sandown	515m	5	0:29.64	62.6 km/h	6.8L	$1.90f	0:29.20	0:29.10	SPEC G3	$40,000	$5,000	15	1. Colac Kid 2. Barefoot Zulu 3. Canya Tornado
1st of 7	30/10/25	Sandown	515m	2	0:28.94	64.1 km/h	3.0L	$1.90f	0:28.94	0:28.94	SPEC	$9,060	$6,100	7	1. Barefoot Zulu 2. Zelda Covilha 3. Urana Xavier
1st of 8	23/10/25	Sandown	515m	8	0:29.55	62.7 km/h	2.2L	$1.60f	0:29.55	0:29.16	GR 5	$8,790	$5,900	5	1. Barefoot Zulu 2. Paw Lou Lou 3. Lochinvar Hummer

Bun Quake (6) 6115732551
Trainer: Stephen Brincat (Albanvale)
Prize Money: $40,330
Win / Place: 7.96% / 41%

3 yo BDL D

Sire: DROOPYS SYDNEY (AUS)

Dam: GYPSY BUN (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

113: 9-11-27

Track

15: 0-3-3

Trk/Dst

8: 0-1-2

Distance

8: 0-1-2

Season

30: 4-2-10

Metro

79: 8-7-21

Country

34: 1-4-6

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	0	6	3	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	12	17	15	16	7	17	17	12
1st	2	4	0	1	0	1	1	0
2nd	2	3	2	0	2	2	0	0
3rd	1	2	4	5	0	7	3	5

Comments

Backs up after winning by a neck at Bendigo (28.56) beating Bluer Than Blue in a Grade 5 on February 18 five days ago. This is much harder assignment and he needs to find another gear.

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 5	18/2/26	Bendigo	500m	2	0:28.56	63.0 km/h	0.3L	$4.50	0:28.56	0:28.56	GR 5	$1,740	$1,150	7	1. Bun Quake 2. Bluer Than Blue 3. High Cotton
5th of 6	11/2/26	The Meadows	525m	7	0:30.92	61.1 km/h	3.4L	$10	0:30.68	0:30.07	GR 5	$3,340	-	7	1. Smaller Acts 2. Rowdy's Beast 3. Prince Pierre
5th of 6	4/2/26	The Meadows	600m	8	0:35.44	60.9 km/h	11.5L	$61	0:34.67	0:34.67	GR 5	$3,940	-	7	1. Aston Gozo 2. All Mucked Up 3. Paw Toronto
2nd of 6	28/1/26	The Meadows	525m	1	0:30.54	61.9 km/h	2.8L	$4.20	0:30.37	0:30.11	GR 5	$3,340	$690	7	1. White Crest 2. Bun Quake 3. Fast Reply
3rd of 5	21/1/26	The Meadows	600m	8	0:35.36	61.1 km/h	2.6L	$5.50	0:35.18	0:34.46	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,990	$205	7	1. Lilly Loud Mouth 2. Voltage Strike 3. Bun Quake
7th of 7	14/1/26	The Meadows	525m	3	0:31.21	60.6 km/h	20.8L	$46	0:29.83	0:29.83	GR 5	$3,340	-	8	1. Aston Russell 2. Lochinvar Nugget 3. Paw Pharah

Soft Beauty (7) 1554537511
Trainer: Paul Cusack (Mount Cottrell)
Prize Money: $17,270
Win / Place: 26% / 42%

Going for the Hat-Trick

2 yo BLU/BDL B

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: SURPRISING (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

19: 5-2-1

Season

13: 4-0-1

Metro

12: 4-2-0

Country

7: 1-0-1

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Good effort to win last start by 5.5 lengths over 515m at Sandown in a handy (29.52), beating Weblec Pepper. Can measure up again 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
1st of 6	16/2/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:29.52	62.8 km/h	5.3L	$2.50	0:29.52	0:29.05	GR 5	$3,340	$2,230	10	1. Soft Beauty 2. Weblec Pepper 3. Wise Abalone
1st of 8	6/2/26	Bendigo	500m	5	0:27.98	64.3 km/h	7.5L	$9.50	0:27.98	0:27.98	GR 5	$3,340	$2,230	40	1. Soft Beauty 2. Les Norton 3. Utah Icon
40 Day Freshen-Up
99th of 1	2/2/26	Ballarat	390m	3	N/A	-	-	$0.00			Trial	$0	-	-	1. 99-Soft Beauty 2. 3.
5th of 8	28/12/25	Sale	640m	3	0:37.33	61.7 km/h	13.3L	$21	0:36.44	0:36.25	SPEC H	$10,150	-	14	1. Fade To Black 2. Pass Mark 3. Galactic Spartan
7th of 8	14/12/25	Sale	640m	8	0:37.24	61.9 km/h	9.3L	$21	0:36.63	0:36.63	SE	$4,450	-	7	1. Tim Zoo 2. Paw Ike 3. Engelke Road
3rd of 6	7/12/25	Sale	640m	2	0:37.05	62.2 km/h	12.8L	$15	0:36.21	0:36.21	SPEC H	$4,450	$460	5	1. Tim Zoo 2. Paw Ike 3. Soft Beauty

Zipping Cardi (8) 6226x65262
Trainer: Marcus Lloyd (Anakie)
Prize Money: $24,110
Win / Place: 9.26% / 44%

4 yo Black B

Sire: AUSSIE INFRARED (AUS)

Dam: ZIPPING MEG (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

54: 5-12-7

Track

14: 2-5-0

Trk/Dst

11: 0-5-0

Distance

11: 0-5-0

Season

7: 0-3-0

Metro

17: 2-3-4

Country

37: 3-9-3

1st Up

2: 0-0-1

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	3	2	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	6	7	8
STARTS	9	10	2	9	6	12	6
1st	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
2nd	3	2	0	3	2	1	1
3rd	1	3	1	1	0	1	0

Comments

Good effort at double-figure odds last time when second (26.07) over 460m at Geelong. Wide draw here. Looks to have the job ahead.

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	10/2/26	Geelong	460m	4	0:26.07	63.5 km/h	2.8L	$27	0:25.90	0:25.90	GR 4/5	$1,530	$320	11	1. Paw Winkworth 2. Zipping Cardi 3. Doongalla Flash
6th of 8	30/1/26	Geelong	460m	2	0:26.62	62.2 km/h	10.8L	$19	0:25.90	0:25.69	GR 5	$2,930	-	10	1. Go Go Evie 2. Reiko Jetson 3. Super Tone
2nd of 8	20/1/26	Geelong	460m	1	0:26.27	63.0 km/h	7.0L	$9.50	0:25.78	0:25.78	GR 5	$1,530	$320	18	1. Zipping Kirk 2. Zipping Cardi 3. Dad's Surprise
5th of 8	2/1/26	Geelong	460m	6	0:26.39	62.8 km/h	6.0L	$26	0:26.00	0:25.52	GR 5	$2,930	-	14	1. Lassard 2. Baffert 3. Spring Coin
6th of 8	19/12/25	Geelong	460m	7	0:26.49	62.5 km/h	2.3L	$16	0:26.34	0:25.56	GR 5	$2,930	-	128	1. Paw Vada 2. Bronze 3. Reiko Jetson
128 Day Spell
6th of 7	13/8/25	Ballarat	545m	7	0:31.54	62.2 km/h	8.0L	$7.50	0:31.01	0:30.86	SPEC	$3,880	-	7	1. Key Philosophy 2. Fallon Bale 3. Aston Michigan

Voltage Strike (2) 546f522826
Trainer: Tracey Deglaitis (Moolap)
Prize Money: $18,355
Win / Place: 12% / 38%

3 yo FWN D

Sire: ASTON RUPEE (AUS)

Dam: VOLTAGE SPIKE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

62: 8-7-9

Track

9: 0-1-4

Trk/Dst

2: 0-1-1

Distance

2: 0-1-1

Season

18: 0-4-2

Metro

4: 1-1-0

Country

58: 7-6-9

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	8	8	10	7	5	9	6	9
1st	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	2
2nd	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
3rd	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0

Comments

In the money at all his runs at this track and trip. Last start finished sixth in a Grade 5 on February 13 over 460m at Geelong behind Barooga Jim, beaten 12 lengths (26.38). Needs to find a bit more.

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
6th of 8	13/2/26	Geelong	460m	4	0:26.38	62.8 km/h	12.9L	$35	0:25.48	0:25.48	GR 5	$2,930	-	7	1. Barooga Jim 2. Paw Xaria 3. Paw Mantra
2nd of 7	6/2/26	Geelong	460m	8	0:26.16	63.3 km/h	1.8L	$8.00	0:26.03	0:25.78	GR 5	$2,930	$600	6	1. Whatever He Said 2. Voltage Strike 3. Paw Uella
8th of 8	31/1/26	The Meadows	525m	7	0:30.89	61.2 km/h	8.0L	$23	0:30.35	0:29.70	GR 5	$8,790	-	10	1. Baby Girl Pearl 2. Ivory Mihara 3. Kiwi George
2nd of 5	21/1/26	The Meadows	600m	1	0:35.18	61.4 km/h	0.1L	$1.90	0:35.18	0:34.46	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,990	$410	8	1. Lilly Loud Mouth 2. Voltage Strike 3. Bun Quake
2nd of 6	13/1/26	Ballarat	545m	1	0:31.28	62.7 km/h	1.0L	$2.50	0:31.22	0:31.22	GR 5	$1,740	$360	7	1. Aston Allure 2. Voltage Strike 3. Opal Whisper
5th of 8	6/1/26	Geelong	460m	3	0:26.42	62.7 km/h	10.0L	$23	0:25.76	0:25.76	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,530	-	28	1. Sudoku Carmello 2. Doongalla Flash 3. Summer Spritz

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