Sandown Park Race 9

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Prize Money: $10,095

MEPUNGA SHADOW (6) turned in a solid run last start over 515m at this track finishing 5th and beaten only 2.75 lengths (30.04). Yet to win at the journey but has run some good races. Looks the one to beat on his best form. MOTOR CITY ROSSI (2) has a strong record this journey with two wins and a minor from six starts. Hit the frame latest (34.81) when third at this track in a Grade 5. Looks one of the chances. FAST KNOCKDOWN (4) last start finished 4th in a Grade 5 on May 8 over 680m at Geelong behind In Bloom beaten 7 lengths (39.59). Can feature in the finish. STUNNER (1) can sneak into the finish.

Distance: 595m
Class: Grade 5
Track: Good
Weather: Clear
Surface: All Weather

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Stunner (1) 1234743343
Trainer: Greg Doyle (Mulgrave)
Prize Money: $24,870
Win / Place: 12% / 54%

2 yo Black B

Sire: ZACK MONELLI (AUS)

Dam: SHISHKIN (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

31: 4-6-7

Track

15: 2-2-5

Trk/Dst

6: 1-1-2

Distance

6: 1-1-2

Season

31: 4-6-7

Metro

27: 4-5-6

Country

4: 0-1-1

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Sent out long odds last time but rocketed out of the boxes with a fast early sectional and gave a sight before being swallowed up late, finishing a 6 length third (35.34) over 600m at The Meadows. Comes out of a hot form race. Worth following 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
3rd of 8	13/6/26	The Meadows	600m	7	0:35.34	61.1 km/h	5.8L	$13	0:34.94	0:34.49	R/A FIN	$10,380	$1,075	10	1. Viking Ruler 2. Urana Taurus 3. Stunner
4th of 8	3/6/26	The Meadows	600m	8	0:35.20	61.4 km/h	4.5L	$6.50	0:34.90	0:34.70	RST WIN H	$4,060	$75	6	1. Viking Ruler 2. Victory Yacht 3. Victory Albert
3rd of 7	28/5/26	Sandown	595m	6	0:35.00	61.2 km/h	6.3L	$26	0:34.58	0:34.13	R/A FIN	$10,380	$1,075	10	1. Melvin Bale 2. Elite One 3. Stunner
3rd of 5	18/5/26	Sandown	595m	7	0:35.01	61.2 km/h	7.0L	$9.50	0:34.52	0:34.27	RST WIN H	$4,000	$410	7	1. Elite One 2. Melvin Bale 3. Stunner
4th of 5	11/5/26	Sandown	595m	8	0:34.76	61.6 km/h	6.0L	$15	0:34.35	0:34.35	GR 4/5	$4,510	$75	11	1. Warm Cockles 2. Nigel Devere 3. Tiger Rocks
7th of 8	30/4/26	Sandown	515m	3	0:30.31	61.2 km/h	17.0L	$21	0:29.12	0:29.12	GR 5	$8,790	-	7	1. Deadly Cool 2. Flying Rogue 3. Dr. Leviate

Motor City Rossi (2) 4213135743
Trainer: Gerard O'keeffe (Neerim Junction)
Prize Money: $62,711
Win / Place: 15% / 56%

3 yo Black D

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: MOTOR CITY MOSSY (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

73: 11-15-15

Track

26: 2-3-9

Trk/Dst

4: 0-0-2

Distance

4: 0-0-2

Season

42: 5-6-11

Metro

63: 8-13-14

Country

10: 3-2-1

1st Up

2: 0-2-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	7	4	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	6	12	9	13	9	9	2	13
1st	1	2	2	3	1	0	1	1
2nd	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	3
3rd	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	4

Comments

Looks close to another win after his success on May 28 at this track over 595m. Last start was third over 595m in 34.81, behind Radar O'reilly. Thereabouts of late and rates highly this line-up. Expected to be in the finish.

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
3rd of 6	22/6/26	Sandown	595m	5	0:34.81	61.5 km/h	9.1L	$13	0:34.18	0:34.18	GR 5	$4,000	$410	7	1. Radar O'reilly 2. Gorringe 3. Motor City Rossi
4th of 5	15/6/26	Sandown	595m	4	0:34.99	61.2 km/h	7.5L	$7.50	0:34.47	0:34.41	GR 4/5	$4,480	$75	4	1. Barooga Jim 2. Melvin Bale 3. Engelke Road
7th of 8	11/6/26	Sandown	595m	8	0:35.52	60.3 km/h	18.8L	$13	0:34.22	0:34.09	GR 5	$10,100	-	5	1. Mepunga Rule 2. Lamia Nonna Mim 3. Handsome Ratio
5th of 6	6/6/26	The Meadows	600m	4	0:35.38	61.1 km/h	8.8L	$17	0:34.79	0:34.63	GR 4/5	$10,380	-	9	1. Overland Boy 2. Barefoot Zulu 3. Brindle Surprise
3rd of 7	28/5/26	Sandown	595m	2	0:34.46	62.2 km/h	0.5L	$15	0:34.43	0:34.13	GR 5	$10,100	$1,050	6	1. Paw Quinby 2. Lindenow Buster 3. Motor City Rossi
1st of 6	22/5/26	Traralgon	570m	7	0:32.73	62.7 km/h	0.8L	$3.50	0:32.73	0:32.73	GR 4/5	$3,880	$2,600	4	1. Motor City Rossi 2. Engelke Road 3. Princess Lass

Mepunga Shadow (6) 6236372275
Trainer: Jeffrey Britton (Anakie)
Prize Money: $25,280
Win / Place: 14% / 48%

2 yo BLU D

Sire: HOOKED ON SCOTCH (AUS)

Dam: MEPUNGA MOLLY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

27: 4-4-5

Track

14: 2-4-3

Trk/Dst

2: 0-1-1

Distance

2: 0-1-1

Season

27: 4-4-5

Metro

26: 4-4-5

Country

1: 0-0-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

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

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

Comments

Started big odds last time but hit the ground running with a slick early split, giving a sight but fading out of it to finish fifth (30.04) at this track over 515m. Should prove hard to beat.

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
5th of 8	18/6/26	Sandown	515m	8	0:30.04	61.7 km/h	2.7L	$15	0:29.85	0:29.34	GR 5	$8,790	-	5	1. Flying Rogue 2. Holden Bale 3. Paw Palmer
7th of 8	13/6/26	The Meadows	525m	5	0:30.75	61.5 km/h	7.3L	$14	0:30.26	0:30.10	GR 5	$8,790	-	9	1. Paw Gordy 2. Sir Dodge 3. Dash Intention
2nd of 7	4/6/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:30.18	61.4 km/h	1.0L	$5.50	0:30.12	0:29.63	GR 5	$8,790	$1,820	7	1. Paw Zhana 2. Mepunga Shadow 3. Morning
2nd of 7	28/5/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:30.23	61.3 km/h	8.0L	$6.00	0:29.67	0:29.43	GR 5	$8,790	$1,820	5	1. Paw Raynor 2. Mepunga Shadow 3. Cris Tessa
7th of 8	23/5/26	The Meadows	525m	7	0:30.45	62.1 km/h	10.5L	$16	0:29.73	0:29.68	GR 5 FIN	$18,150	-	10	1. Flying Ducati 2. Hatari 3. My Mate Leo
3rd of 6	13/5/26	The Meadows	525m	8	0:30.27	62.4 km/h	1.3L	$12	0:30.19	0:30.06	GR 5 H	$3,400	$345	4	1. Hatari 2. My Mate Leo 3. Mepunga Shadow

Black Thumb (8) 7518345255
Trainer: Jye Formosa (Heathcote)
Prize Money: $37,420
Win / Place: 20% / 39%

4 yo Black B

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: MANILA ROSE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

58: 12-5-6

Track

13: 2-1-1

Trk/Dst

2: 1-0-0

Distance

2: 1-0-0

Season

33: 7-4-2

Metro

44: 5-3-5

Country

14: 7-2-1

1st Up

3: 1-0-0

2nd Up

3: 1-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	4	8	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	6	4	7	10	14	2	10	5
1st	2	0	3	4	2	0	1	0
2nd	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
3rd	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0

Comments

Has finished fifth at the last two runs, both at The Meadows, the latest when beaten 3.5 lengths behind Urana Taurus over 600m. Likely to find this too tough.

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
5th of 8	30/5/26	The Meadows	600m	5	0:35.73	60.5 km/h	3.4L	$13	0:35.50	0:34.60	GR 5	$10,100	-	7	1. Urana Taurus 2. Belair Crown 3. Goblin
5th of 8	23/5/26	The Meadows	600m	8	0:35.25	61.3 km/h	5.0L	$8.00	0:34.90	0:34.21	GR 5	$10,100	-	7	1. Magic Scotch 2. Wyong Houston 3. Belair Crown
2nd of 8	16/5/26	The Meadows	600m	2	0:34.92	61.9 km/h	1.8L	$7.00	0:34.80	0:34.34	GR 5	$10,100	$2,095	7	1. Handsome Ratio 2. Black Thumb 3. Wyong Houston
5th of 6	9/5/26	The Meadows	525m	8	0:30.74	61.5 km/h	5.5L	$26	0:30.36	0:29.79	GR 5	$8,790	-	10	1. Hartland Willow 2. Paw Phelps 3. Papa Easy
4th of 6	29/4/26	The Meadows	600m	2	0:34.87	61.9 km/h	5.0L	$31	0:34.53	0:34.53	GR 4/5	$4,510	$75	7	1. Nigel Devere 2. Gorringe 3. Handsome Ratio
3rd of 7	22/4/26	The Meadows	525m	7	0:30.44	62.1 km/h	2.3L	$46	0:30.28	0:29.94	GR 5	$3,430	$345	18	1. Nancy Devere 2. Belair Brindle 3. Black Thumb

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