Hoosier Park Race 11

Race 11

Prize Money: $25,105

OPERATOR (7) finished third last start, beaten 6 metres at this track over 1609m. Will need a bit of luck negotiating a very wide starting position. Has the class to take this out. FINITE (5) produced a better effort last start when he scored by 0.6 metres over 1609m at this track. Recent effort is good enough to win a race of this calibre. NIKO MAN (6) didn't do a bad job when fourth over 1609m at this track last time out. FAMOUS FATHER (3) disappointed last time but is a chance based on a good win over 1609m at this track two runs back.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: Open2-3HDC

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Flagman (Fr1) 2652723871
Trainer: Rick Plano ()
Driver: Kevin Lambright
Prize Money: $973,119
Win / Place: 26% / 75%

Dominant Win Last Start

9 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: GUCCIO

Dam: MAGIC LINDY

100

Rating

Stats

Career

116: 31-32-24

Distance

116: 31-32-24

Trk/Dst

101: 29-26-23

Track

101: 29-26-23

Season

10: 1-3-1

1st Up

4: 0-3-1

2nd Up

4: 1-0-1

3rd Up

4: 1-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

116: 31-32-24

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

116: 31-32-24

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Nine-year-old gelding showed improvement last time. Posted a big 12 m win as favourite (Fr2) at this track (1:54.10) beating Scorecard Dan in NW5000L4CL on May 30 at $1.50. The run before was not as impressive when well beaten into seventh behind Famous Father at this track over 1609m in a NW10000L4 on May 23 at $9.90. This is likely to prove too tough.

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 7	30/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Kevin Lambright	1:54.10	1:54.10	12.0m	$1.50f	7	NW5000L4CL	$11,173	$5,587	1. Flagman 2. Scorecard Dan 3. Ponda Bugatti
7th of 9	23/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Rick Plano	1:53.30	1:53.30	17.3m	$9.90	14	NW10000L4	$16,760	-	1. Famous Father 2. Calculated Concept 3. Sensational
8th of 8	9/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Rick Plano	1:54.00	1:54.00	24.0m	$11	17	OPEN 2-3	$25,140	-	1. Niko Man 2. Southwind Mai Tai 3. Amazing Catch
3rd of 7	22/4/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Rick Plano	1:53.30	1:53.30	7.5m	$27	5	OPEN	$32,023	$3,202	1. Operator 2. Finite 3. Flagman, Ponda Jet
2nd of 7	17/4/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Rick Plano	1:54.30	1:54.30	2.3m	$1.90f	16	NW8250L4CL	$14,556	$3,639	1. Fifty To Win 2. Flagman 3. Toy's For You
7th of 10	1/4/26	Miami Valley Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr9	David Miller	1:54.20	1:54.20	3.8m	$2.10f	7	NW12501L4	$37,118	-	1. Niko Man 2. Country Dagger 3. Southwind Mai Tai

Generallyspeaking S (Fr2) 576711x136
Trainer: Jonas Czernyson ()
Driver: Kyle Wilfong
Prize Money: $79,680
Win / Place: 28% / 34%

Track / Distance Specialist

5 yo Brown Horse

Sire: READLY EXPRESS (SWE)

Dam: MAORI TIME

Rating

Stats

Career

32: 9-0-2

Distance

32: 9-0-2

Trk/Dst

18: 6-0-2

Track

18: 6-0-2

Season

3: 1-0-1

1st Up

4: 2-0-0

2nd Up

4: 0-0-2

3rd Up

3: 1-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

32: 9-0-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

32: 9-0-2

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:54.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 6th (Fr5) over 1609m at this track beaten 10 m by Famous Father (1:53.30) in NW10000L4 on May 23 at $5.40. Two runs back 3rd (Fr2) over 1609m at this track, beaten 7 m by Calculated Concept (1:53.20) in NW10000L4 on May 16 at $7.20. Will not find this easy. 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
6th of 9	23/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Trace Tetrick	1:53.30	1:53.30	10.5m	$5.40	7	NW10000L4	$16,760	-	1. Famous Father 2. Calculated Concept 3. Sensational
3rd of 8	16/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Trace Tetrick	1:53.20	1:53.20	7.5m	$7.20	7	NW10000L4	$16,760	$2,011	1. Calculated Concept 2. Niko Man 3. Generallyspeaking
1st of 8	9/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Trace Tetrick	1:55.20	1:55.20	3.0m	$31	168	OPEN 4	$19,553	$9,777	1. Generallyspeaking 2. Late Nite Hawk 3. Dash Of Luck
168 Day Spell
1st of 8	22/11/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	John De Long	1:56.40	1:56.40	3.0m	$2.30f	9	NW2PM	$19,084	$9,542	1. Generallyspeaking 2. Florida 3. Saint Stephens
1st of 8	13/11/25	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	John De Long	1:56.40	1:56.40	6.0m	$2.00f	14	NW20K2025	$18,321	$9,160	1. Generallyspeaking 2. Bluebird Yoshi 3. Swanderful Life
1st of 8	5/11/25	Hoosier Park	1609m			-	John De Long	1:55.10	1:55.10	5.25m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Generallyspeaking 2. Topmost 3. Forward Path

Famous Father (Fr3) 4615343516
Trainer: Rick Plano ()
Driver: Trace Tetrick
Prize Money: $680,323
Win / Place: 18% / 56%

7 yo Bay Horse

Sire: FATHER PATRICK (USA)

Dam: HOLLYWOOD HILL (USA)

Rating

Stats

Career

137: 26-23-28

Distance

137: 26-23-28

Trk/Dst

109: 23-20-19

Track

109: 23-20-19

Season

12: 3-0-3

1st Up

3: 2-0-0

2nd Up

3: 1-1-1

3rd Up

3: 0-0-1

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

137: 26-23-28

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

137: 26-23-28

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.20

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Failed to impress last start; 6th (Fr1) over 1609m at this track, beaten 18 m by On To Norway (1:51.40) in OPEN on May 30 at $9.60. Showed ability the race before when he won by 4.5 m as favourite (Fr8) at this track (1:53.30) beating Calculated Concept in NW10000L4 on May 23 at $3.20. Cannot be left out of calculations.

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	30/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Trace Tetrick	1:51.40	1:51.40	18.8m	$9.60	7	OPEN	$30,726	-	1. On To Norway 2. Ponda Jet 3. Operator
1st of 9	23/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Jordan Ross	1:53.30	1:53.30	4.5m	$3.20f	7	NW10000L4	$16,760	$8,380	1. Famous Father 2. Calculated Concept 3. Sensational
5th of 6	16/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Jordan Ross	1:53.00	1:53.00	12.8m	$30	7	OPEN	$30,726	$1,536	1. On To Norway 2. Operator 3. Drink Up Drink Up
3rd of 6	9/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Rick Plano	1:53.10	1:53.10	6.0m	$22	7	OPEN	$30,726	$3,687	1. Drink Up Drink Up 2. Ponda Jet 3. Famous Father
4th of 6	2/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Luke Plano	1:53.20	1:53.20	9.0m	$17	17	OPEN	$30,726	$2,458	1. On To Norway 2. Operator 3. Ponda Jet
3rd of 5	15/4/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Luke Plano	1:53.20	1:53.20	5.3m	$9.40	7	OPEN	$32,023	$3,843	1. Ponda Jet 2. Operator 3. Famous Father

Cs Flying Co-Pilot (Fr4) 690x111645
Trainer: Walter Haynes (Jnr) (Junee)
Driver: Jordan Ross
Prize Money: $441,530
Win / Place: 23% / 49%

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: PILOT DISCRETION

Dam: DC JEWEL

Rating

Stats

Career

77: 18-12-8

Distance

77: 18-12-8

Trk/Dst

70: 18-12-7

Track

70: 18-12-7

Season

9: 3-0-0

1st Up

4: 2-0-0

2nd Up

4: 1-1-1

3rd Up

4: 2-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

77: 18-12-8

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

77: 18-12-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 5th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 18 m by On To Norway (1:51.40) in OPEN on May 30 at $29.30. Two runs back 4th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 4.5 m by Drink Up Drink Up (1:52.40) in OPEN on May 23 at $35. 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
5th of 8	30/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jordan Ross	1:51.40	1:51.40	18.0m	$29	7	OPEN	$30,726	$1,536	1. On To Norway 2. Ponda Jet 3. Operator
4th of 6	23/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jordan Ross	1:52.40	1:52.40	4.5m	$35	14	OPEN	$30,726	$2,458	1. Drink Up Drink Up 2. Ponda Jet 3. Niko Man
6th of 6	9/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Marcus Miller	1:53.10	1:53.10	17.3m	$6.80	15	OPEN	$30,726	-	1. Drink Up Drink Up 2. Ponda Jet 3. Famous Father
1st of 8	24/4/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Trace Tetrick	1:52.40	1:52.40	17.3m	$1.30f	7	OPEN 3	$23,290	$11,645	1. Cs Flying Co Pilot 2. General Grant 3. Watch Miss Tucky
1st of 8	17/4/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Anthony Miller	1:55.20	1:55.20	10.5m	$1.80f	7	NW5500L4CL	$11,645	$5,822	1. Cs Flying Co Pilot 2. Dans Credit 3. Dash Of Luck
1st of 10	10/4/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Anthony Miller	1:55.30	1:55.30	9.8m	$1.50f	78	NW1000L4CL	$8,734	$4,367	1. Cs Flying Co Pilot 2. Smoken Gal 3. Brookview Bolt
78 Day Spell

Niko Man (Fr6) 4616671234
Trainer: Ken Rucker ()
Driver: Atlee Bender
Prize Money: $598,939
Win / Place: 28% / 54%

6 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: CASSIS

Dam: ANDOVER THE PRIZE

Rating

Stats

Career

81: 23-16-5

Distance

81: 23-16-5

Trk/Dst

51: 10-10-3

Track

51: 10-10-3

Season

16: 4-1-2

1st Up

4: 0-1-0

2nd Up

4: 1-1-0

3rd Up

4: 3-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

81: 23-16-5

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

81: 23-16-5

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr2) over 1609m at this track beaten 18 m by On To Norway (1:51.40) in OPEN on May 30 at $40.50. Before that, a solid effort when 3rd (Fr2) over 1609m at this track beaten 4.5 m by Drink Up Drink Up (1:52.40) in OPEN on May 23 at $21.60. Solid top-three claims.

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 8	30/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Atlee Bender	1:51.40	1:51.40	18.0m	$41	7	OPEN	$30,726	$2,458	1. On To Norway 2. Ponda Jet 3. Operator
3rd of 6	23/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Atlee Bender	1:52.40	1:52.40	4.5m	$22	7	OPEN	$30,726	$3,687	1. Drink Up Drink Up 2. Ponda Jet 3. Niko Man
2nd of 8	16/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Atlee Bender	1:53.20	1:53.20	1.5m	$1.50f	7	NW10000L4	$16,760	$4,190	1. Calculated Concept 2. Niko Man 3. Generallyspeaking
1st of 8	9/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Atlee Bender	1:54.00	1:54.00	0.8m	$20	10	OPEN 2-3	$25,140	$12,570	1. Niko Man 2. Southwind Mai Tai 3. Amazing Catch
7th of 8	29/4/26	Miami Valley Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Trevor Smith	1:54.30	1:54.30	35.3m	$8.60	7	OPEN II HC	$44,693	-	1. First Class Rule 2. Yanks Dugout 3. Reggianito
6th of 7	22/4/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Atlee Bender	1:53.30	1:53.30	19.5m	$38	14	OPEN	$32,023	-	1. Operator 2. Finite 3. Flagman, Ponda Jet

Operator (Fr7) 07x2212263
Trainer: Jay Hochstetler ()
Driver: Marcus Miller
Prize Money: $517,582
Win / Place: 27% / 69%

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: YOU KNOW YOU DO

Dam: CRAZYASCLASSIC

Rating

Stats

Career

33: 9-11-3

Distance

33: 9-11-3

Trk/Dst

33: 9-11-3

Track

33: 9-11-3

Season

7: 1-4-1

1st Up

3: 1-1-0

2nd Up

3: 0-1-0

3rd Up

3: 1-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

33: 9-11-3

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

33: 9-11-3

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.20

Driver Stats

Comments

Fair run when beaten by 5 m finishing sixth behind Drink Up Drink Up at this track over 1609m in a OPEN on May 23 at $2.60. Then a handy effort when beaten by 6 m finishing third behind On To Norway at this track over 1609m in a OPEN on May 30 at $4.90. Well placed to go a couple better.

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	30/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Marcus Miller	1:51.40	1:51.40	6.8m	$4.90	7	OPEN	$30,726	$3,687	1. On To Norway 2. Ponda Jet 3. Operator
6th of 6	23/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Marcus Miller	1:52.40	1:52.40	5.3m	$2.60	7	OPEN	$30,726	-	1. Drink Up Drink Up 2. Ponda Jet 3. Niko Man
2nd of 6	16/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Kyle Wilfong	1:53.00	1:53.00	4.5m	$6.50	14	OPEN	$30,726	$7,682	1. On To Norway 2. Operator 3. Drink Up Drink Up
2nd of 6	2/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Marcus Miller	1:53.20	1:53.20	3.0m	$3.70	10	OPEN	$30,726	$7,682	1. On To Norway 2. Operator 3. Ponda Jet
1st of 7	22/4/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Marcus Miller	1:53.30	1:53.30	6.8m	$2.50	7	OPEN	$32,023	$16,012	1. Operator 2. Finite 3. Flagman, Ponda Jet
2nd of 5	15/4/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Marcus Miller	1:53.20	1:53.20	3.0m	$4.10	7	OPEN	$32,023	$8,006	1. Ponda Jet 2. Operator 3. Famous Father

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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