The Meadows Pa Race 6

1609M

Prize Money: $15,730

DARK SOUL (4) has been racing well, filling a top-five position at his last four starts including a second most recently at this track over 1609m. This should be an easier assignment so he is a major player again. A BIT OF SPIRITS (5) has been racing well of late. Finished fourth at his latest appearance over 1609m at this track, beaten 7 metres. This is a nice drop in grade so he is in the right race to find the winners' list. LOU'S ALBANO (6) last appeared when he got home by 0.6 metres over 1609m at this track nine months ago. Should be thereabouts. NICKELBACK (1) is heading the right way, improving last time out to finish second at Northfield Park over 1609m.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: W1NW4EXTPM

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Nickelback (Fr1) 5277265262
Trainer: Vernon Beachy ()
Driver: Aaron Merriman
Prize Money: $58,861
Win / Place: 5.71% / 34%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: ALWAYS B MIKI (USA)

Dam: NIGHT MUSIC

Rating

Stats

Career

35: 2-7-3

Distance

35: 2-7-3

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

10: 0-4-0

1st Up

2: 0-1-0

2nd Up

2: 1-1-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

35: 2-7-3

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

35: 2-7-3

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Improved last start with a good run when 2nd (Fr3) over 1609m at Northfield Park, beaten 2.25 m by Running Glory (1:57.40) in 22500CLNW4 on March 17 at $2.70. Strong prospects.

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	17/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Aaron Merriman	1:57.40	1:57.40	2.3m	$2.70	7	22500CLNW4	$14,326	$3,581	1. Running Glory 2. Nickelback 3. Moonfall
6th of 9	10/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Emanuel Miller	1:55.00	1:55.00	23.3m	$25	7	NW2PMCD	$14,326	-	1. Itwasaverygoodyear 2. Dancin Everywhere 3. Running Glory
2nd of 9	3/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Emanuel Miller	1:56.10	1:56.10	3.8m	$12	7	NW2PMCD	$14,326	$3,581	1. Ramblin Rockstar 2. Nickelback 3. Stinglikab Hanover
5th of 9	24/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Emanuel Miller	1:56.00	1:56.00	18.8m	$42	7	NW2PMCD	$14,326	$716	1. Corporate Business 2. Itwasaverygoodyear 3. Ramblin Rockstar
6th of 9	17/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Braiden Rhoades	1:56.20	1:56.20	23.3m	$29	7	NW2PMCD	$14,551	-	1. Corporate Business 2. Lil Future Q 3. Running Glory
2nd of 9	10/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Kurt Sugg	1:56.20	1:56.20	6.8m	$17	14	22500CLNW4	$14,551	$3,638	1. Oblivion Express 2. Nickelback 3. Ramblin Rockstar

I'm A Donkey (Fr2) 4553112415
Trainer: Brady Jenson ()
Driver: Kolton Hauser
Prize Money: $49,816
Win / Place: 18% / 45%

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: SPECIAL FORCES

Dam: AMERICAN DANCER

Rating

Stats

Career

22: 4-3-3

Distance

22: 4-3-3

Trk/Dst

13: 4-2-1

Track

13: 4-2-1

Season

9: 3-1-1

1st Up

3: 0-1-0

2nd Up

3: 0-0-1

3rd Up

3: 1-0-0

Metro

9: 0-1-2

Non-Metro

13: 4-2-1

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

22: 4-3-3

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 5th (Fr1) over 1609m at this track, beaten 35 m by Stingman (1:53.40) in W2NW3EXTPM on March 18 at $41.70. Two runs back won by 2.25 m (Fr3) at this track (1:53.10) beating Captain Again in CDCLMW1NW4 on March 6 at $4.10. Preferred in something easier.

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	18/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Kolton Hauser	1:53.40	1:53.40	33.8m	$42	12	W2NW3EXTPM	$15,730	$787	1. Stingman 2. Believeincaptain 3. Hot Cam
1st of 9	6/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Brady Jenson	1:53.10	1:53.10	2.3m	$4.10	14	CDCLMW1NW4	$9,831	$4,916	1. I'm A Donkey 2. Captain Again 3. Cumulus Bb
4th of 9	20/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Kolton Hauser	1:55.20	1:55.20	15.0m	$3.40	7	CDCLMW1NW4	$9,986	$799	1. Senior Partner 2. Swimwiththecurrent 3. Cumulus Bb
2nd of 9	13/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Kolton Hauser	1:54.20	1:54.20	12.8m	$16	9	CDCLMW1NW4	$9,986	$2,496	1. The Toddfather 2. I'm A Donkey 3. Senior Partner
1st of 5	4/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Brady Jenson	1:56.30	1:56.30	1.5m	$1.30f	5	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$7,133	1. I'm A Donkey 2. Fear The Panda 3. You Said I Could
1st of 7	30/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Brady Jenson	1:56.20	1:56.20	17.3m	$1.80f	6	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$7,133	1. I'm A Donkey 2. Wicked Value 3. The Real Thing

Extra Rare (Fr3) 3445454146
Trainer: Jason Bresnahan ()
Driver: Justin Walters
Prize Money: $71,012
Win / Place: 3.33% / 23%

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: HESTON BLUE CHIP (USA)

Dam: RARE FILLY

Rating

Stats

Career

60: 2-4-8

Distance

60: 2-4-8

Trk/Dst

60: 2-4-8

Track

60: 2-4-8

Season

10: 1-0-1

1st Up

4: 0-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

60: 2-4-8

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

60: 2-4-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:55.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Well-beaten 8 days ago at this track over 1609m, and two back 4th (Fr4) over 1609m at this track beaten 13 m by Believeincaptain (1:53.30) in W2NW3EXTPM on March 11 at $37.80. Likely to struggle again.

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	18/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr9	Justin Walters	1:53.40	1:53.40	39.8m	$85	7	W2NW3EXTPM	$15,730	-	1. Stingman 2. Believeincaptain 3. Hot Cam
4th of 9	11/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Justin Walters	1:53.30	1:53.30	13.5m	$38	7	W2NW3EXTPM	$15,730	$1,258	1. Believeincaptain 2. Hot Cam 3. Turn N Dance
1st of 6	4/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Justin Walters	1:55.00	1:55.00	9.8m	$5.20	7	NW2EXTPM	$14,045	$7,022	1. Extra Rare 2. D A Captain Marvel 3. Dry Ridge Erie
4th of 7	25/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Justin Walters	1:54.30	1:54.30	24.8m	$64	7	NW2EXTPM	$14,045	$1,124	1. Stingman 2. Hurricane Express 3. Wicked Value
5th of 6	18/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Justin Walters	1:53.10	1:53.10	29.3m	$26	7	W1NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$713	1. Fear The Panda 2. Like A Doctor 3. Brother Buddy
4th of 8	11/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Justin Walters	1:56.10	1:56.10	15.0m	$124	12	W1NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$1,141	1. Chip's Power 2. Like A Doctor 3. Dark Soul

Dark Soul (Fr4) 1121363232
Trainer: Ron Burke ()
Driver: Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)
Prize Money: $81,000
Win / Place: 13% / 56%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: TALL DARK STRANGER (USA)

Dam: STONEBRIDGE SOUL

100

Rating

Stats

Career

23: 3-5-5

Distance

23: 3-5-5

Trk/Dst

16: 3-5-4

Track

16: 3-5-4

Season

11: 3-4-3

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

23: 3-5-5

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

23: 3-5-5

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:55.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Fair run when beaten by 5 m finishing third behind Gannon's Veloucity at this track over 1609m in a EC-CGNW2 on March 13 at $6.50. Then a handy effort when beaten by 2.25 m finishing second behind Gannon's Veloucity at this track over 1609m in a EC-FINAL on March 20 at $6.70. Capable of a strong showing.

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 5	20/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Aaron Merriman	1:51.00	1:51.00	2.3m	$6.70	7	EC-FINAL	$25,843	$6,461	1. Gannon's Veloucity 2. Dark Soul 3. Hurricane Express
3rd of 5	13/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Aaron Merriman	1:54.10	1:54.10	5.3m	$6.50	7	EC-CGNW2	$14,045	$1,685	1. Gannon's Veloucity 2. Hurricane Express 3. Dark Soul
2nd of 8	6/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Brady Jenson	1:53.10	1:53.10	2.3m	$19	9	EC-CGNW2	$14,045	$3,511	1. Gannon's Veloucity 2. Dark Soul 3. A Bit Of Spirits
3rd of 7	25/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Brady Jenson	1:53.10	1:53.10	3.8m	$9.80	7	W2NW3EXTPM	$14,747	$1,770	1. He's Hot And Ready 2. Drinkinmybabygdby 3. Dark Soul
6th of 7	18/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Brady Jenson	1:55.10	1:55.10	16.5m	$2.00	7	W1NW2EXTPM	$14,265	-	1. Happy Hour Blues 2. Center Story 3. Stealing Apples
3rd of 8	11/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Brady Jenson	1:56.10	1:56.10	13.5m	$4.00	5	W1NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$1,712	1. Chip's Power 2. Like A Doctor 3. Dark Soul

A Bit Of Spirits (Fr5) 34161x134
Trainer: Dirk Simpson ()
Driver: Brady Brown
Prize Money: $30,259
Win / Place: 37% / 62%

3 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: CAPTAIN CRUNCH (USA)

Dam: ALL SPIRIT

Rating

Stats

Career

8: 3-0-2

Distance

8: 3-0-2

Trk/Dst

7: 3-0-2

Track

7: 3-0-2

Season

3: 1-0-1

1st Up

2: 1-0-1

2nd Up

2: 0-0-1

3rd Up

2: 1-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

8: 3-0-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

8: 3-0-2

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr1) over 1609m at this track, beaten 7 m by Gannon's Veloucity (1:51.00) in EC-FINAL on March 20 at $7.80. Before that, a solid effort when 3rd (Fr5) over 1609m at this track, beaten 3 m by Gannon's Veloucity (1:53.10) in EC-CGNW2 on March 6 at $2.30. Has the right credentials to take this out.

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
4th of 5	20/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Brady Brown	1:51.00	1:51.00	7.5m	$7.80	14	EC-FINAL	$25,843	$2,067	1. Gannon's Veloucity 2. Dark Soul 3. Hurricane Express
3rd of 8	6/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Brady Brown	1:53.10	1:53.10	3.0m	$2.30	9	EC-CGNW2	$14,045	$1,685	1. Gannon's Veloucity 2. Dark Soul 3. A Bit Of Spirits
1st of 7	25/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Brady Brown	1:54.10	1:54.10	37.5m	$1.10f	182	NW2EXTPM	$14,045	$7,022	1. A Bit Of Spirits 2. Dry Ridge Erie 3. The Real Thing
182 Day Spell
2nd of 7	18/2/26	The Meadows	1609m			-	Brady Brown	1:56.30	1:56.30	1.5m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Rose 2. A Bit Of Spirits 3. Mckira
1st of 7	27/8/25	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Dave Palone	1:53.40	1:53.40	15.8m	$1.50f	6	NW1EXTPM	$13,333	$6,667	1. A Bit Of Spirits 2. Baby Jack Hanover 3. Sum Kind Of Fire
6th of 7	21/8/25	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Brady Brown	1:52.40	1:52.40	16.5m	$25	12	TSS-2YOCG	$31,008	-	1. Southwind Spencer 2. Heartfelt Hanover 3. Ice Cold Miki

Lou's Albano (Fr6) x24132521x
Trainer: Carl Cocciolone ()
Driver: Justin Irvine
Prize Money: $100,266
Win / Place: 25% / 75%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: SWEET LOU (USA)

Dam: CAMILLE

Rating

Stats

Career

16: 4-6-2

Distance

16: 4-6-2

Trk/Dst

11: 2-5-1

Track

11: 2-5-1

Season

0: 0-0-0

1st Up

2: 1-1-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

3rd Up

2: 1-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

16: 4-6-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

16: 4-6-2

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.30

Driver Stats

Comments

First up. At the last run he won by a 0.6 m as favourite (Fr1) at this track (1:51.30) beating Skepticism in W2NW3EXTPM on July 11 at $1.80. Finds a nice race to launch the campaign.

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	17/3/26	The Meadows	1609m			-	Bradley Burke	1:56.40	1:56.40	12.75m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Captivated 2. Lou's Albano 3. Bonitas Best Bet
1st of 6	11/7/25	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:51.30	1:51.30	0.6m	$1.80f	21	W2NW3EXTPM	$16,820	$8,410	1. Lou's Albano 2. Skepticism 3. Captain Incredible
2nd of 9	20/6/25	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:50.30	1:50.30	5.3m	$2.60	7	W2NW3EXTPM	$17,107	$4,277	1. Wild Bill Wyatt 2. Lou's Albano 3. Captain Incredible
2nd of 14	20/6/25	Meadowlands	1609m			-	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:50.30	1:50.30	5.25m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Wild Bill Wyatt 2. Nuance 3. Lou's Albano
5th of 9	13/6/25	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Justin Walters	1:51.20	1:51.20	8.3m	$4.30	8	W2NW3EXTPM	$17,107	$855	1. Cruzin America 2. Damn The Torpedoes 3. Five
2nd of 5	5/6/25	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:52.20	1:52.20	0.9m	$1.30f	11	W2NW3EXTPM	$17,107	$4,277	1. Cruzin America 2. Lou's Albano 3. Five

Hot Cam (Fr7) 4212253123
Trainer: Brady Jenson ()
Driver: Brady Jenson
Prize Money: $30,824
Win / Place: 20% / 80%

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: MILLIONAIRE CAM

Dam: HOTCHEDDARBRAT

Rating

Stats

Career

10: 2-4-2

Distance

10: 2-4-2

Trk/Dst

10: 2-4-2

Track

10: 2-4-2

Season

8: 2-3-2

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

3rd Up

1: 1-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

10: 2-4-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

10: 2-4-2

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:54.30

Driver Stats

Comments

Racing consistently with minor placings at his last two starts at this course. Placed last start 3rd (Fr5) over 1609m at this track beaten 21 m by Stingman (1:53.40) in W2NW3EXTPM on March 18 at $10.70. Before that 2nd (Fr5) over 1609m at this track, beaten 1.5 m by Believeincaptain (1:53.30) in W2NW3EXTPM on March 11 at $1.90. Hard to envisage a win.

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 9	18/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Brady Jenson	1:53.40	1:53.40	21.0m	$11	7	W2NW3EXTPM	$15,730	$1,888	1. Stingman 2. Believeincaptain 3. Hot Cam
2nd of 9	11/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Brady Jenson	1:53.30	1:53.30	1.5m	$1.90f	7	W2NW3EXTPM	$15,730	$3,933	1. Believeincaptain 2. Hot Cam 3. Turn N Dance
1st of 6	4/3/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Brady Jenson	1:54.30	1:54.30	9.0m	$1.40f	21	NW2EXTPM	$14,045	$7,022	1. Hot Cam 2. Center Story 3. The Real Thing
3rd of 8	11/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Brady Jenson	1:55.30	1:55.30	5.3m	$2.60	11	W1NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$1,712	1. Groovin Will 2. Fear The Panda 3. Hot Cam
5th of 8	31/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Brady Jenson	1:56.40	1:56.40	7.5m	$6.40	7	POPUPFINAL	$21,398	$1,070	1. Don't B Blue 2. Atta Boy Abe 3. Johnny Law
2nd of 6	24/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Brady Jenson	1:56.10	1:56.10	6.0m	$6.50	7	POPUPCGNW3	$11,958	$1,435	1. Totally Toxic 2. Hot Cam 3. Captain Again

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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