Woodbine Mohawk Park Race 9

Race 9

Prize Money: $44,761

CRACK SHOT (6) made it two wins from his last five appearances a week ago, getting home by 0.8 metres over 1609m at this track. Won't find this any harder and he can make it two on the trot. CENTURY KOMODO (5) turned in a good effort at his latest run to get home by a narrow margin over 1609m at this track on August 1. Needs to be at his best to beat this field but he good enough to play a major role. AYEAYE CAPTAIN DEO (3) is better than his last-start tenth over 1609m at this track. DUBLIN DASHER (2) is the best of the rest after finishing fourth over 1609m at this track last time out.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Fast
Weather: Overcast
Surface: All Weather
Class: OPEN

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Codename Cigar Box () 0085164962
Trainer: J Cullen ()
Driver: E Hensley
Prize Money: $334,231
Win / Place: 19% / 35%

8 yo BLU/Roan Gelding

Sire: CUSTARD THE DRAGON

Dam: ART AMOUR

Rating

Stats

Career

98: 19-11-5

Distance

98: 19-11-5

Trk/Dst

97: 18-11-5

Track

97: 18-11-5

Season

20: 4-2-0

1st Up

3: 0-1-0

2nd Up

3: 0-0-1

3rd Up

3: 1-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

98: 19-11-5

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

98: 19-11-5

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Eight-year-old gelding showed improvement last start. 2nd over 1609m at this track, at the bell was 5th- beaten a neck by Delray Beach (1:48.40) on August 1 at $38.30. The run before was not as impressive when beaten by 3 m finishing sixth behind Coldcreekqueso at this track over 1609m in a 4yo on July 25 at $23.15. 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
2nd of 9	1/8/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	2	T Cullen	1:48.40	-	0.3m	$38	7	-	$24,415	$6,104	1. Delray Beach 2. Codename Cigar Box 3. Whatchulookin At
6th of 10	25/7/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	1	T Cullen	1:50.40	-	3.3m	$23	14	-	$24,490	-	1. Coldcreekqueso 2. Delray Beach 3. Momas Son Byrne
9th of 9	11/7/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	3	J Drury	1:49.30	-	7.5m	$25	14	-	$24,490	-	1. Pacino Hanover 2. Remember The Alamo 3. Nuclear
4th of 10	27/6/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	1	T Cullen	1:49.40	-	1.8m	$8.15	7	-	$20,222	$1,618	1. Miraculous Desbi 2. Winchester Phoenix 3. Dows Up
6th of 8	20/6/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	4	T Cullen	1:50.00	-	6.5m	$6.05	13	-	$20,222	-	1. Dalton Shard 2. Why Wouldnt Ya 3. Legion Seelster
1st of 8	7/6/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	2	T Cullen	1:50.00	-	1.0m	$1.80f	8	-	$12,133	$6,067	1. Codename Cigar Box 2. Franco Santana 3. Beach Tour

Dublin Dasher () 7454336164
Trainer: J Cullen ()
Driver: T Cullen
Prize Money: $448,502
Win / Place: 21% / 53%

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: ALWAYS B MIKI (USA)

Dam: DB BLUE CHIP

Rating

Stats

Career

73: 16-10-13

Distance

73: 16-10-13

Trk/Dst

47: 6-7-10

Track

47: 6-7-10

Season

24: 4-2-4

1st Up

3: 2-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-2-0

3rd Up

3: 1-1-1

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

73: 16-10-13

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

73: 16-10-13

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.20

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Won three starts back at this track over 1609m on July 11. Last time out 4th over 1609m at this track was 7th- at the bell, beaten 3 m by Crack Shot (1:48.20) in OPEN on August 1 at $34.20. Forward showing expected.

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	1/8/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	3	T Cullen	1:48.20	-	3.0m	$34	7	OPEN	$44,761	$3,581	1. Crack Shot 2. Christopher Dance 3. Prince Hal Hanover
6th of 10	25/7/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	10	T Cullen	1:48.10	-	5.3m	$106	14	OPEN	$44,898	-	1. Ervin Hanover 2. Calicojack Hanover 3. Jordy
1st of 10	11/7/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	2	T Cullen	1:48.40	-	0.5m	$5.15	14	-	$33,673	$16,837	1. Dublin Dasher 2. Brue Hanover 3. Momas Son Byrne
6th of 9	27/6/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	7	T Cullen	1:50.30	-	4.3m	$39	7	-	$30,334	-	1. Christopher Dance 2. Jabberwocky 3. Helluva, Ayeaye Captain Deo
3rd of 8	20/6/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	8	T Cullen	1:48.20	-	2.8m	$15	7	-	$26,289	$3,155	1. Christopher Dance 2. Jordy 3. Dublin Dasher
3rd of 10	13/6/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	3	T Cullen	1:49.20	-	1.5m	$2.75	7	-	$22,245	$2,669	1. Stonebridge Helios 2. Jordy 3. Dublin Dasher

Ayeaye Captain Deo () 1314512370
Trainer: G Merner ()
Driver: Ma MacDonald
Prize Money: $471,082
Win / Place: 27% / 66%

Track / Distance Specialist

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (USA)

Dam: OCEANIA

Rating

Stats

Career

36: 10-6-8

Distance

36: 10-6-8

Trk/Dst

20: 8-3-6

Track

20: 8-3-6

Season

10: 3-1-2

1st Up

3: 2-0-1

2nd Up

3: 1-1-1

3rd Up

3: 3-0-0

Metro

2: 0-1-0

Non-Metro

34: 10-5-8

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

36: 10-6-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:47.30

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 10th over 1609m at this track, beaten 30 m by Ervin Hanover (1:48.10) in OPEN on July 25 at $20.65. At his previous start 7th (Fr3) over 1609m at Meadowlands beaten 21 m by Captain Optimistic (1:46.30) in GRADUATE F-G2 on July 4 at $4.10. Has the ability 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
10th of 10	25/7/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	3	Ma MacDonald	1:48.10	-	30.0m	$21	21	OPEN	$44,898	-	1. Ervin Hanover 2. Calicojack Hanover 3. Jordy
7th of 10	4/7/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jordan Stratton	1:46.30	-	21.0m	$4.10	7	GRADUATE F-G2	$333,817	-	1. Captain Optimistic 2. Prince Hal Hanover 3. Swingtown
3rd of 9	27/6/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	8	B Mcclure	1:50.30	-	3.8m	$1.40f	15	-	$30,334	$3,033	1. Christopher Dance 2. Jabberwocky 3. Helluva, Ayeaye Captain Deo
2nd of 8	12/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Jordan Stratton	1:46.40	-	2.3m	$7.60	13	GRADUATE	$69,735	$17,434	1. Captain Optimistic 2. Ayeaye Captain Deo 3. Fallout
1st of 10	30/5/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	4	B Mcclure	1:47.30	-	1.8m	$26	13	OPEN	$103,528	$51,764	1. Ayeaye Captain Deo 2. Fifth And Five 3. Prince Hal Hanover
5th of 9	17/5/26	Flamboro Downs	1609m		All Weather	7	J Jamieson	1:50.00	-	2.5m	$86	7	CUP	$265,337	$13,267	1. Prince Hal Hanover 2. Sugar Man 3. Bruno No No No

Delray Beach () 7x24846621
Trainer: C Giles ()
Driver: B Mcclure
Prize Money: $389,520
Win / Place: 25% / 58%

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: TALL DARK STRANGER (USA)

Dam: IDYLLIC BEACH

Rating

Stats

Career

39: 10-7-6

Distance

39: 10-7-6

Trk/Dst

2: 1-1-0

Track

2: 1-1-0

Season

8: 1-2-0

1st Up

3: 0-1-2

2nd Up

3: 0-1-0

3rd Up

3: 1-0-0

Metro

1: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

38: 10-7-6

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

39: 10-7-6

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Comes here in the right form. Won by a neck at this track (1:48.40) beating Codename Cigar Box in on August 1 at $2.45 at the bell was leading. Two runs back 2nd over 1609m at this track, at the bell was 2nd- beaten a head by Coldcreekqueso (1:50.40) in 4yo on July 25 at $32.45. Predicted to struggle.

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 9	1/8/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	5	B Mcclure	1:48.40	-	0.3m	$2.45	7	-	$24,415	$12,208	1. Delray Beach 2. Codename Cigar Box 3. Whatchulookin At
2nd of 10	25/7/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	9	B Mcclure	1:50.40	-	0.2m	$32	40	-	$24,490	$6,122	1. Coldcreekqueso 2. Delray Beach 3. Momas Son Byrne
40 Day Freshen-Up
6th of 6	15/6/26	Oak Grove Racing	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:50.40	-	30.8m	$29	14	KYSS-4H-L3	$69,735	-	1. Captain Arturovico 2. Falcon 3. Fusion
6th of 6	1/6/26	Oak Grove Racing	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Yannick Gingras	1:49.30	-	18.0m	$30	7	KYSS-4H-L2	$69,735	-	1. Captain Arturovico 2. Damn The Torpedoes 3. Special Select
4th of 6	25/5/26	Oak Grove Racing	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Dexter Dunn	1:50.00	-	7.5m	$17	9	KYSS-4H-L1	$69,832	$5,587	1. Captain Arturovico 2. Banderas 3. Lafitte
8th of 8	16/5/26	Oak Grove Racing	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Andrew McCarthy	1:48.40	-	89.3m	$79	12	KYSS-4HG-F-R3	$139,665	-	1. Harrisburg Heist 2. Banderas 3. Captain Arturovico

Century Komodo () 86112x7611
Trainer: D Menary ()
Driver: L Roy
Prize Money: $367,535
Win / Place: 26% / 58%

Going for the Hat-Trick

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: BETTOR'S DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: MICHELON'S FILLY

100

Rating

Stats

Career

56: 15-10-8

Distance

56: 15-10-8

Trk/Dst

46: 12-10-6

Track

46: 12-10-6

Season

4: 2-0-0

1st Up

4: 2-1-0

2nd Up

4: 1-0-0

3rd Up

4: 1-1-1

Metro

6: 2-0-2

Non-Metro

50: 13-10-6

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

56: 15-10-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Five-year-old gelding is racing in fine form. Won his last two outings at this track both over 1609m. Last start won by a 0.8 m as favourite at this track (1:48.30) beating Dalton Shard in on August 1 at $1.55 at the bell was 2nd-. No reason he cannot chalk-up the hat-trick.

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	1/8/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	5	L Roy	1:48.30	-	0.8m	$1.55f	7	-	$33,571	$16,785	1. Century Komodo 2. Dalton Shard 3. Miraculous Desbi
1st of 9	25/7/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	1	L Roy	1:49.20	-	1.8m	$4.70	14	-	$28,571	$14,286	1. Century Komodo 2. Chain Gang 3. Remember The Alamo
6th of 10	11/7/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	1	B Mcclure	1:48.40	-	2.3m	$19	14	-	$33,673	-	1. Dublin Dasher 2. Brue Hanover 3. Momas Son Byrne
7th of 9	27/6/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	4	L Roy	1:50.30	-	7.8m	$16	238	-	$30,334	-	1. Christopher Dance 2. Jabberwocky 3. Helluva, Ayeaye Captain Deo
238 Day Spell
2nd of 7	1/11/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	7	L Roy	1:49.10	-	1.8m	$5.20	7	OPEN	$43,621	$10,905	1. Remember The Alamo 2. Century Komodo 3. Miraculous Desbi
1st of 10	25/10/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	6	L Roy	1:48.00	-	2.0m	$1.80f	7	-	$28,353	$14,177	1. Century Komodo 2. Blue Hunt 3. Rochester Flash

Crack Shot () 6x17912841
Trainer: R Mcnair ()
Driver: D Mcnair
Prize Money: $894,997
Win / Place: 43% / 65%

Track / Distance Specialist

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: BETTOR'S DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: BEAUTYONTHEBEACH

Rating

Stats

Career

32: 14-6-1

Distance

32: 14-6-1

Trk/Dst

24: 13-3-0

Track

24: 13-3-0

Season

8: 3-1-0

1st Up

3: 3-0-0

2nd Up

3: 2-0-0

3rd Up

3: 0-0-0

Metro

2: 0-1-0

Non-Metro

30: 14-5-1

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

32: 14-6-1

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start won by a 0.8 m at this track (1:48.20) beating Christopher Dance in OPEN on August 1 at $2.50 at the bell was 2nd-. Going well enough to take care of these.

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 8	1/8/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	6	D Mcnair	1:48.20	-	0.8m	$2.50	7	OPEN	$44,761	$22,380	1. Crack Shot 2. Christopher Dance 3. Prince Hal Hanover
4th of 10	25/7/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	4	D Mcnair	1:48.10	-	2.3m	$13	21	OPEN	$44,898	$3,592	1. Ervin Hanover 2. Calicojack Hanover 3. Jordy
8th of 10	4/7/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Douglas Mcnair	1:46.30	-	21.8m	$7.80	14	BROWER-G3	$243,977	-	1. Ervin Hanover 2. Oakwood Ardan 3. Coaches Corner
2nd of 9	20/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Jordan Stratton	1:47.40	-	3.8m	$4.20	7	GRADUATE	$69,735	$17,434	1. Fallout 2. Crack Shot 3. Fifth And Five
1st of 9	13/6/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	6	D Mcnair	1:48.00	-	3.0m	$3.55	21	-	$30,334	$15,167	1. Crack Shot 2. Waffle Blue Chip 3. Christopher Dance
9th of 9	23/5/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	5	D Mcnair	1:50.40	-	15.5m	$2.75f	13	-	$30,675	-	1. Remember The Alamo 2. Write Me A Rose 3. Papis Pistol

Vessem N () 85334415x5
Trainer: J Dupont (ROLLESTON)
Driver: J Plante
Prize Money: $284,463
Win / Place: 25% / 46%

2nd Up Record

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: VINCENT (AUS)

Dam: IMKE B (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

43: 11-6-3

Distance

3: 1-0-1

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

1: 0-0-0

Season

7: 1-0-2

1st Up

6: 3-0-0

2nd Up

5: 3-0-0

3rd Up

5: 1-0-0

Metro

4: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

39: 11-6-3

Mobile

30: 10-5-1

Standing

12: 1-1-2

All-Weather

39: 11-6-3

Slushy

2: 2-0-0

Grass

4: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:55.23

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 5th over 1609m at this track, at the bell was 4th- beaten 2.75 m by Century Komodo (1:49.20) on July 25 at $2.85. Two runs back 5th (Fr8) over 1980m at Addington beaten 20 m by Got The Chocolates (2:22.20) on March 13 at $23.50. Happy enough to avoid.

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	25/7/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	5	Trev Henry	1:49.20	-	2.8m	$2.85f	134	-	$28,571	$1,429	1. Century Komodo 2. Chain Gang 3. Remember The Alamo
134 Day Spell
5th of 8	13/3/26	Addington	1980m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr8	Olivia Thornley	2:22.20	1:55.5	20.5m	$24	12	FFA	$31,260	$1,008	1. Got The Chocolates 2. Harrison John 3. Hadron Collider
1st of 10	1/3/26	Ascot Park Raceway	2700m	Standing	All Weather	25m	Olivia Thornley	3:19.30	1:58.7	3.5m	$15	23	R55	$32,440	$18,487	1. Vessem 2. Franco Sinatra 3. Wag Star
4th of 7	6/2/26	Rangiora	2600m	Standing	Turf	30m	Olivia Thornley	3:25.30	2:07.0	16.5m	$4.80	7	R60	$19,670	$1,293	1. Misty Blue 2. Audacity 3. Hacksaw Ridge
4th of 6	30/1/26	Addington	1980m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr4	Olivia Thornley	2:22.80	1:56.0	19.4m	$10	19	-	$15,430	$1,034	1. Pinseeker 2. Hadron Collider 3. Franco Sinatra
3rd of 9	11/1/26	Richmond Park	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr8	Olivia Thornley	1:51.50	1:51.5	4.1m	$15	2	FFA	$20,420	$2,047	1. It's Tough 2. Hadron Collider 3. Vessem

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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