Newcastle Race 4

Skyfall Standardbreds Pace

Prize Money: $11,832

BETTER ECLIPSE (9) is a multiple Group 1 winner who will be fitter for the resuming effort in a strong line-up at Menangle, his first outing since switching back from WA and joining Luke McCarthy. Fitter and enjoys a big class drop. Wins this if anywhere near his best. COOL NIGHT (6) has been competitive of late and kept the ball rolling last time when he came from wider for second, making it back-to-back placings at this venue. Go well again. CYA ART NZ (7) is capable of featuring after coming from this barrier for third at Menangle last time out. SURFERS DELIGHT NZ (8) was beaten less than 5m in the city last time and is better placed having won here two starts back.

Distance: 1609m
Class: No NR
Track: Good
Weather: Showers
Surface: All Weather

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King Tiger (Fr1) 8337900686
Trainer: Seaton Grima (Llandilo)
Driver: Seaton Grima (C)
Prize Money: $127,931
Win / Place: 17% / 35%

6 yo Brown Horse

Sire: TIGER TARA (NZ)

Dam: TRULY SUE

Rating

Stats

Career

70: 12-5-8

Distance

31: 4-2-2

Trk/Dst

4: 3-0-0

Track

6: 4-0-0

Season

26: 3-2-3

1st Up

7: 2-0-1

2nd Up

6: 2-0-0

3rd Up

6: 1-0-0

Metro

38: 3-3-4

Non-Metro

32: 9-2-4

Mobile

70: 12-5-8

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

70: 12-5-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:51.84

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

1: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 7-3-3

Comments

Didn't do much at the last run, 6th (Fr2) over 1730m at Bathurst, beaten 10 m by Cassius Deck (2:02.60) in No NR on May 20 at $13. Before that was well back in the run when 8th (Fr6) over 1609m at Menangle, at the bell was 8th-17.52 beaten 16 m by Cassius Deck (1:52.10) on May 14 at $21. Facing a tough assignment this time around.

Expected Settling Position: Pace

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	20/5/26	Bathurst	1730m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr2	Vaughan Duncan	2:02.60	1:54.0	10.8m	$13	6	No NR	$11,830	$232	1. Cassius Deck 2. Haveyoucheckedin 3. Baxter Red
8th of 9	14/5/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr6	Jack Callaghan	1:52.10	1:52.1	16.3m	$21	9	NR up to 90	$11,830	$232	1. Cassius Deck 2. I Bet You 3. Fire Fox NZ
6th of 10	5/5/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr2	Seaton Grima	1:53.80	1:53.8	4.4m	$26	7	7 5K/5 Starts	$10,000	$196	1. Dom Toretto NZ 2. Montalbano 3. Hes A Meister NZ
10th of 10	28/4/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr4	Joshua Gallagher	1:53.90	1:53.9	18.1m	$17	10	NR up to 75	$10,000	$196	1. Cash And Bling 2. Alfnalma 3. Lenneth
10th of 10	18/4/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr10	Joshua Gallagher	1:52.00	1:52.0	36.0m	$31	4	NR up to 80	$20,400	$400	1. Mike Ross NZ 2. Ultimate Bird NZ 3. Jilliby Fabio
9th of 10	14/4/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr10	Joshua Gallagher	1:51.90	1:51.9	14.0m	$21	18	NR 72 to 75	$10,000	$196	1. Baltusrol 2. Ultimate Bird NZ 3. Browniesatmidnight

No Notthebuttons (Fr2) x853887978
Trainer: Seaton Grima (Llandilo)
Driver: Vaughan Duncan (C)
Prize Money: $81,311
Win / Place: 26% / 50%

Driver In Form

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: ART MAJOR (USA)

Dam: PRINCESS FIONA (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

34: 9-2-6

Distance

7: 0-0-1

Trk/Dst

7: 0-0-1

Track

9: 0-0-1

Season

13: 1-1-2

1st Up

6: 1-0-1

2nd Up

6: 3-0-1

3rd Up

4: 3-0-1

Metro

20: 7-2-3

Non-Metro

14: 2-0-3

Mobile

34: 9-2-6

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

34: 9-2-6

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.90

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

0: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 5-16-2

Comments

Didn't do much last time out, 8th (Fr1) over 1609m at this track, beaten 60 m by Rocktagonal (1:52.00) on May 22 at $18. Before that was driven from back in the field when 7th (Fr3) over 1609m after racing wide at this track, at the bell was 10th-18.81 beaten 7 m by Ultimate Cruza (1:54.60) on May 8 at $31. Unlikely to threaten.

Expected Settling Position: Off Pace

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 2	1/6/26	Penrith	2525m			-	Seaton Grima	2:06.70	-	0.2m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Classic Angelina 2. No Notthebuttons 3.
8th of 8	22/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr1	B J Elder	1:52.00	1:52.0	60.8m	$18	14	NR up to 80	$11,830	$232	1. Rocktagonal 2. Saint Crusader 3. Kanena Provlima
7th of 10	8/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr3	Declan Murphy	1:54.60	1:54.6	7.3m	$31	7	NR up to 70	$9,790	$192	1. Ultimate Cruza 2. Major Reason 3. Saint Crusader
9th of 10	1/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr8	B J Elder	1:56.00	1:56.0	11.3m	$81	14	NR up to 90	$11,830	$232	1. Laceys Lad NZ 2. Ravishing Sloy 3. Montalbano
7th of 10	17/4/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr1	B J Elder	1:53.90	1:53.9	9.7m	$5.00	7	NR up to 80	$11,830	$232	1. Double It Harry 2. Maurlen Boy 3. Metallica Man
8th of 9	10/4/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Sr1	B J Elder	1:52.90	1:52.9	7.8m	$6.50	8	NR up to 90	$11,830	$232	1. Metallica Man 2. Laceys Lad NZ 3. Grosso Naso

Captain Bart (Fr3) 7x56528231
Trainer: Seaton Grima (Llandilo)
Driver: Jorja Daskalovski (C)
Prize Money: $58,066
Win / Place: 13% / 41%

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (USA)

Dam: COLADA BELLE (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

46: 6-8-5

Distance

13: 1-2-0

Trk/Dst

5: 1-0-0

Track

5: 1-0-0

Season

19: 3-4-2

1st Up

5: 1-1-0

2nd Up

5: 0-0-1

3rd Up

5: 0-1-0

Metro

25: 2-5-2

Non-Metro

21: 4-3-3

Mobile

46: 6-8-5

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

46: 6-8-5

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.13

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

1: 1-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 8-4-4

Comments

Comes here in the right form. Won by 4.5 m as favourite (Fr5) at this track (1:54.90) beating Princess Mickayla in on June 5 at $3.30. Two runs back 3rd (Fr2) over 1730m after showing early pace at Bathurst, at the bell was leading 3.05 beaten 1.5 m by Grayson Red (2:05.00) on May 27 at $2.60. Prefer others on this occasion.

Expected Settling Position: Midfield

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 10	5/6/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr5	Jorja Daskalovski	1:54.90	1:54.9	4.5m	$3.30f	9	NR 55 to 58	$9,790	$5,184	1. Captain Bart 2. Princess Mickayla 3. Ultimate Diva
3rd of 10	27/5/26	Bathurst	1730m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr2	Seaton Grima	2:05.00	1:56.2	1.5m	$2.60f	13	NR up to 65	$9,790	$1,056	1. Grayson Red 2. Memphis Fury 3. Captain Bart
2nd of 10	14/5/26	Menangle	2300m	Mobile	All Weather	Sr1	Vaughan Duncan	2:47.00	1:56.8	5.6m	$11	6	NR up to 63	$9,790	$1,632	1. Happy Too Ya 2. Captain Bart 3. One For The Rodi
8th of 10	8/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Sr2	Seaton Grima	1:54.60	1:54.6	7.3m	$21	8	NR up to 70	$9,790	$192	1. Ultimate Cruza 2. Major Reason 3. Saint Crusader
2nd of 10	30/4/26	Penrith	1720m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr5	Seaton Grima	2:04.90	1:56.8	2.3m	$4.40	5	NR up to 65	$9,790	$1,632	1. Keayang Santiago 2. Captain Bart 3. Foxy Dada
5th of 10	25/4/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr2	Seaton Grima	1:50.90	1:50.9	11.1m	$126	15	0W/20K Stakes	$20,400	$800	1. Sweet On Lexy 2. Franco Novelist NZ 3. Major Art NZ

Metallica Man (Fr4) 263x137477
Trainer: Tom Ison (Warral)
Driver: Tom Ison
Prize Money: $158,688
Win / Place: 17% / 40%

7 yo Chestnut Gelding

Sire: TINTIN IN AMERICA (NZ)

Dam: SOKYOU GO GIRL (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

82: 14-6-13

Distance

37: 5-4-11

Trk/Dst

31: 4-3-9

Track

38: 5-3-10

Season

15: 1-4-2

1st Up

5: 2-0-1

2nd Up

5: 1-0-1

3rd Up

5: 0-1-0

Metro

5: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

77: 14-6-13

Mobile

82: 14-6-13

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

82: 14-6-13

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.93

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

51: 7-5-10

Driver Last 50

50: 5-5-9

Comments

Last start 7th (Fr6) over 2030m at this track, beaten 20 m by Saint Crusader (2:23.60) on June 5 at $13. At his previous start 7th (Fr5) over 1609m after showing early speed at this track, at the bell was leading 0.43 beaten 13 m by Surfers Delight (1:53.00) on May 29 at $7. Place best.

Expected Settling Position: Pace

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
7th of 8	5/6/26	Newcastle	2030m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr6	Tom Ison	2:23.60	1:53.9	20.3m	$13	7	NR up to 90	$11,830	$232	1. Saint Crusader 2. Cool Night 3. The Metal Flyer
7th of 7	29/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr5	Tom Ison	1:53.00	1:53.0	13.0m	$7.00	14	NR up to 90	$11,830	$232	1. Surfers Delight NZ 2. Laceys Lad NZ 3. Cool Night
4th of 9	15/5/26	Newcastle	2030m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr4	Tom Ison	2:23.30	1:53.6	13.6m	$41	14	NR up to 90	$11,830	$696	1. Dance With Carmer 2. Kanena Provlima 3. Laceys Lad NZ
7th of 10	1/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Sr1	Tom Ison	1:56.00	1:56.0	5.6m	$23	14	NR up to 90	$11,830	$232	1. Laceys Lad NZ 2. Ravishing Sloy 3. Montalbano
3rd of 10	17/4/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr3	Tom Ison	1:53.90	1:53.9	2.0m	$4.40	7	NR up to 80	$11,830	$1,276	1. Double It Harry 2. Maurlen Boy 3. Metallica Man
1st of 9	10/4/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr7	Tom Ison	1:52.90	1:52.9	2.3m	$10	72	NR up to 90	$11,830	$6,264	1. Metallica Man 2. Laceys Lad NZ 3. Grosso Naso
72 Day Spell

Rocktagonal (Fr5) 3445433914
Trainer: Grace Panella (Pokolbin)
Driver: Grace Panella (C)
Prize Money: $231,737
Win / Place: 11% / 32%

9 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: WESTERN TERROR (USA)

Dam: MOSSDALE GABBY (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

209: 25-19-23

Distance

75: 4-6-7

Trk/Dst

58: 3-4-5

Track

101: 10-9-10

Season

28: 4-0-4

1st Up

5: 3-0-1

2nd Up

5: 2-0-0

3rd Up

4: 0-1-1

Metro

60: 6-3-9

Non-Metro

149: 19-16-14

Mobile

209: 25-19-23

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

209: 25-19-23

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.00

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

13: 3-1-3

Driver Last 50

50: 9-5-5

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr3) over 2030m at this track beaten 16 m by Saint Crusader (2:23.60) on June 5 at $10. Two runs back won by a head (Fr3) at this track (1:52.00) beating Saint Crusader in on May 22 at $21 at the bell was 4th-9.19. May be worth including.

Expected Settling Position: Off Pace

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	5/6/26	Newcastle	2030m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr3	Robert Morris	2:23.60	1:53.9	16.8m	$10	14	NR up to 90	$11,830	$696	1. Saint Crusader 2. Cool Night 3. The Metal Flyer
1st of 8	22/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr3	Grace Panella	1:52.00	1:52.0	0.2m	$21	7	NR up to 80	$11,830	$6,264	1. Rocktagonal 2. Saint Crusader 3. Kanena Provlima
9th of 9	15/5/26	Newcastle	2030m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr6	Grace Panella	2:23.30	1:53.6	22.6m	$34	7	NR up to 90	$11,830	$232	1. Dance With Carmer 2. Kanena Provlima 3. Laceys Lad NZ
3rd of 9	8/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr5	Grace Panella	1:52.80	1:52.8	1.6m	$23	7	No NR	$11,830	$1,276	1. Force Full 2. Master Catch 3. Rocktagonal
3rd of 10	1/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr3	Grace Panella	1:54.90	1:54.9	1.4m	$14	14	NR up to 69	$11,830	$1,276	1. Mr Teddy NZ 2. Pet Kitty 3. Rocktagonal
4th of 10	17/4/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr8	Grace Panella	1:53.90	1:53.9	2.7m	$61	7	NR up to 80	$11,830	$696	1. Double It Harry 2. Maurlen Boy 3. Metallica Man

Cool Night (Fr6) 1476188432
Trainer: Clayton Harmey (Whittingham)
Driver: Declan Murphy (C,3)
Prize Money: $141,600
Win / Place: 15% / 41%

Driver In Form

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: ART MAJOR (USA)

Dam: BLISSFULL NIGHT (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

86: 13-10-13

Distance

18: 4-1-3

Trk/Dst

14: 3-1-2

Track

25: 6-3-2

Season

28: 6-2-3

1st Up

5: 1-1-1

2nd Up

5: 1-2-0

3rd Up

5: 2-0-0

Metro

44: 4-4-6

Non-Metro

42: 9-6-7

Mobile

86: 13-10-13

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

86: 13-10-13

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:51.00

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

2: 1-1-0

Driver Last 50

50: 8-7-11

Comments

Good run when beaten by 5.5 m finishing third after showing early speed, behind Surfers Delight at this track over 1609m on May 29 at $2.25. Then a handy effort when beaten by 8 m finishing second after being driven well back, behind Saint Crusader at this track over 2030m on June 5 at $4.20. Chance to go one better.

Expected Settling Position: Leader

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	5/6/26	Newcastle	2030m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr8	Jye Coney	2:23.60	1:53.9	8.8m	$4.20	7	NR up to 90	$11,830	$1,972	1. Saint Crusader 2. Cool Night 3. The Metal Flyer
3rd of 7	29/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr4	Jye Coney	1:53.00	1:53.0	5.4m	$2.25f	13	NR up to 90	$11,830	$1,276	1. Surfers Delight NZ 2. Laceys Lad NZ 3. Cool Night
4th of 8	16/5/26	Albion Park	2138m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr2	Nathan Dawson	2:32.70	1:54.9	4.5m	$19	7	No NR	$18,100	$960	1. Ozzie Punta 2. Whos Delight NZ 3. Birkirkara
8th of 10	9/5/26	Albion Park	1660m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr4	Greg Bennett	1:54.60	1:51.1	7.5m	$151	7	No NR	$17,500	$300	1. Exclusive Hustler 2. Ozzie Punta 3. Ellis Street
8th of 8	2/5/26	Albion Park	2138m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr2	Greg Bennett	2:31.10	1:53.8	14.4m	$34	7	No NR	$18,100	$300	1. Manila Playboy 2. Ozzie Punta 3. Ellis Street
1st of 7	25/4/26	Albion Park	1660m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr3	Nathan Dawson	1:56.60	1:53.0	3.0m	$2.40f	7	B 4 NR 60 or better	$14,500	$8,379	1. Cool Night 2. Miracle Moose NZ 3. Our Sunset Delight

Cya Art Nz (Fr7) 0235747973
Trainer: Kerryann Morris (Menangle Park)
Driver: Robert Morris
Prize Money: $450,499
Win / Place: 6.72% / 37%

8 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: ART MAJOR (USA)

Dam: CYATHEA (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

119: 8-17-20

Distance

29: 2-2-4

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

5: 0-1-1

Season

26: 1-1-2

1st Up

8: 0-0-1

2nd Up

7: 1-0-2

3rd Up

7: 2-1-0

Metro

73: 4-8-11

Non-Metro

46: 4-9-9

Mobile

103: 6-14-17

Standing

16: 2-3-3

All-Weather

117: 8-17-20

Slushy

2: 1-0-1

Grass

2: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:47.50

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

8: 0-0-2

Driver Last 50

50: 5-5-4

Comments

Two back was beaten by 9 m finishing seventh after being driven well back, behind Ravishing Sloy at Menangle over 1609m on May 23 at $61. Then a handy effort when beaten by 2.25 m finishing third behind Classic Mission at Menangle over 1609m on June 2 at $11. Progressing well. Likely to be thereabouts.

Expected Settling Position: Leader

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	2/6/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr7	Robert Morris	1:51.20	1:51.2	2.2m	$11	10	7 5K/5 Starts	$10,000	$1,078	1. Classic Mission NZ 2. Wamboyneinamerica 3. Cya Art NZ
7th of 10	23/5/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr10	Kerryann Morris	1:52.30	1:52.3	9.6m	$61	4	NR up to 95	$20,400	$400	1. Ravishing Sloy 2. Vite Monet 3. Dom Toretto NZ
9th of 10	19/5/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr9	Robert Morris	1:52.40	1:52.4	7.5m	$12	7	7 5K/5 Starts	$10,000	$196	1. Dessie Gee 2. Ravishing Sloy 3. Perfect Stride NZ
7th of 9	12/5/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr9	Kerryann Morris	1:51.00	1:51.0	21.7m	$7.00	7	7 5K/5 Starts	$10,000	$196	1. Force Full 2. Montalbano 3. Spirit Of Arion NZ
4th of 10	5/5/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr10	Joshua Gallagher	1:53.80	1:53.8	3.7m	$4.80	10	7 5K/5 Starts	$10,000	$588	1. Dom Toretto NZ 2. Montalbano 3. Hes A Meister NZ
7th of 10	25/4/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr1	Joshua Gallagher	1:49.80	1:49.8	13.3m	$51	7	No NR	$20,400	$400	1. Nerano NZ 2. Ripp 3. Jilliby Nitro

Surfers Delight Nz (Fr8) 0x19957516
Trainer: Katie Xuereb (Riverstone)
Driver: Will Rixon
Prize Money: $229,426
Win / Place: 15% / 46%

8 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: BETTOR'S DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: SURFIN SWIFT (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

109: 17-17-17

Distance

69: 8-8-10

Trk/Dst

21: 5-3-4

Track

29: 8-5-4

Season

15: 2-0-1

1st Up

9: 2-3-1

2nd Up

9: 0-3-1

3rd Up

9: 2-1-1

Metro

64: 4-7-11

Non-Metro

45: 13-10-6

Mobile

109: 17-17-17

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

109: 17-17-17

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.10

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

1: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 6-6-9

Gear Changes

[Hopples - Length 59 ON, Reins - Conventional ON, Conventional ON]

Comments

Failed to impress last start; 6th (Fr3) over 1609m at Menangle was 5th-8.71 at the bell, beaten 5 m by Glitter Aint Gold (1:52.70) on June 6 at $34. Showed ability the race before when he won by 4 m when driven back in the field, (Fr6) held up early, at this track (1:53.00) beating Laceys Lad in on May 29 at $3.40 at the bell was 6th-9.97. Forward performance expected.

Expected Settling Position: Midfield

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 10	6/6/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr3	Bailey Mcdonough	1:52.70	1:52.7	4.8m	$34	8	NR up to 95	$20,400	$400	1. Glitter Aint Gold 2. Dance With Carmer 3. South Seas Rock NZ
1st of 7	29/5/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr6	Bailey Mcdonough	1:53.00	1:53.0	3.8m	$3.40	6	NR up to 90	$11,830	$6,264	1. Surfers Delight NZ 2. Laceys Lad NZ 3. Cool Night
5th of 10	23/5/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr4	Luke McCarthy	1:52.30	1:52.3	7.3m	$23	7	NR up to 95	$20,400	$800	1. Ravishing Sloy 2. Vite Monet 3. Dom Toretto NZ
7th of 10	16/5/26	Menangle	2300m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr5	Luke McCarthy	2:41.90	1:53.3	8.1m	$51	11	NR up to 95	$20,400	$400	1. Double Fear 2. Soho Gunslinger 3. Dom Toretto NZ
5th of 10	5/5/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr9	Michael Stanley	1:53.80	1:53.8	3.9m	$19	17	7 5K/5 Starts	$10,000	$392	1. Dom Toretto NZ 2. Montalbano 3. Hes A Meister NZ
9th of 10	18/4/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr9	Luke McCarthy	1:52.00	1:52.0	19.1m	$41	7	NR up to 95	$20,400	$400	1. Piccadilly Pete NZ 2. Double Fear 3. Glitter Aint Gold

Better Eclipse (Sr1) 22234274x8
Trainer: Luke McCarthy (Cobbitty)
Driver: Jack Callaghan
Prize Money: $1,400,002
Win / Place: 24% / 56%

8 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: BETTERTHANCHEDDAR (USA)

Dam: POWER OF ECLIPSE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

102: 25-20-13

Distance

12: 3-0-2

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

16: 1-6-1

1st Up

10: 4-1-2

2nd Up

8: 1-2-1

3rd Up

8: 0-2-2

Metro

74: 16-15-9

Non-Metro

28: 9-5-4

Mobile

96: 24-20-12

Standing

6: 1-0-1

All-Weather

101: 24-20-13

Slushy

1: 0-0-1

Grass

1: 1-0-0

Best Mile

1:47.60

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

1: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 6-6-4

Comments

Didn't impress first-up beaten 21 m eighth behind Captains Mistress at Menangle in a LR on June 6. Accomplished pacer who will strip fitter and is very well placed.

Expected Settling Position: Leader

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
8th of 8	6/6/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr8	Jack Callaghan	1:50.10	1:50.1	21.5m	$101	82	No NR	$30,600	$600	1. Captains Mistress NZ 2. Hi Manameisjeff NZ 3. Ripp
82 Day Spell
2nd of 6	27/5/26	Menangle	1609m			-	Luke McCarthy	1:53.90	-	2.4m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Double Lou 2. Better Eclipse 3. Sinaloa
4th of 9	16/3/26	Pinjarra	1684m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr1	Gary Hall Jnr	1:57.90	1:52.7	10.7m	$10	14	No NR	$50,000	$2,351	1. Magnificent Storm NZ 2. Franco Encore NZ 3. Waverider
7th of 12	2/3/26	Pinjarra	2692m	Mobile	All Weather	Sr1	Gary Hall Jnr	3:12.90	1:55.3	18.5m	$14	10	No NR	$50,000	$495	1. Magnificent Storm NZ 2. Minstrel NZ 3. Otis
2nd of 12	20/2/26	Gloucester Park	2130m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr4	Stuart McDonald	2:32.60	1:55.3	4.9m	$6.00	7	No NR	$50,000	$8,910	1. Rolling Fire 2. Better Eclipse 3. Sorridere
4th of 12	13/2/26	Gloucester Park	1730m	Mobile	All Weather	Sr1	Gary Hall Jnr	2:01.50	1:53.0	8.8m	$13	7	No NR	$50,000	$2,351	1. Magnificent Storm NZ 2. Hotly Pursued 3. Otis

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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