Ballarat Race 8

Alsop And Co Catering

Prize Money: $2,925

PAW ORTIZ (3) ran below best last time finishing fifth (25.87) over 450m at this track from Box 8. Rates on top in this line up. ASTON GRANDEUR (7) had won two in a row before finishing fifth (26.16) last time at Geelong. Has never been out of the money in three starts this course. Solid formlines coming through his last run. Better than last start and can bounce back. MARCO MARCO (2) has some solid form under his belt and proved too strong last time to win by a neck at Warrnambool in a handy 25.49 beating Whodat Jewel. Deserves serious consideration again.

Distance: 450m
Class: Grade 5
Track: Good
Weather: Overcast
Surface: All Weather

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Starbright Hud (1) 7121585745
Trainer: Stephen Elsum (CORANGAMITE (S))
Prize Money: $7,860
Win / Place: 13% / 27%

2 yo RED/BDL D

Sire: HOOKED ON SCOTCH (AUS)

Dam: MAXIMUM OAKS (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

29: 4-4-0

Track

7: 0-1-0

Trk/Dst

5: 0-0-0

Distance

8: 2-1-0

Season

4: 0-0-0

Country

29: 4-4-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Has not shown much in recent runs. Could only manage fifth last time out over 400m at Geelong. Looks up against it this time.

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 6	25/8/26	Geelong	400m	3	0:23.02	62.6 km/h	4.5L	$6.50	0:22.72	0:22.32	GR 4/5	$1,530	-	10	1. Night Sharid 2. Fred's Fury 3. Eleventh Scotch
4th of 8	15/8/26	Ballarat	450m	3	0:26.07	62.1 km/h	4.0L	$20	0:25.79	0:25.68	GR 5	$1,530	$50	4	1. Ocean Gold 2. Ticket Confetti 3. Paw Lampades
7th of 7	11/8/26	Horsham	485m	1	0:28.25	61.8 km/h	8.2L	$4.80	0:27.67	0:27.28	GR 5	$3,340	-	7	1. Little Bont 2. Belair Betty 3. Son Of Witchy
5th of 7	4/8/26	Horsham	410m	2	0:23.84	61.9 km/h	2.0L	$8.00	0:23.71	0:23.30	RST WIN H	$2,930	-	6	1. Torpedo Giblet 2. Dimora Big Boy 3. Paw Xiomara
8th of 8	29/7/26	Ballarat	450m	8	0:25.95	62.4 km/h	14.7L	$101	0:24.92	0:24.92	R/A FIN	$3,360	-	7	1. Da Souza 2. Captain Easy 3. Little Amigo
5th of 7	22/7/26	Ballarat	450m	1	0:25.86	62.6 km/h	10.5L	$31	0:25.15	0:25.05	RST WIN H	$2,930	-	8	1. Da Souza 2. Captain Easy 3. Drax Bale

Marco Marco (2) 7433563311
Trainer: Myles Delbridge (GREATER GEELONG (C))
Prize Money: $12,965
Win / Place: 18% / 50%

Going for the Hat-Trick

3 yo Black D

Sire: ASTON RUPEE (AUS)

Dam: SPRING DRIVEN (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

32: 6-2-8

Track

5: 1-1-2

Distance

1: 1-0-0

Season

2: 2-0-0

Country

32: 6-2-8

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
4	2	0	0	0

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

Comments

Good effort to win last start by a neck over 450m at Warrnambool in a handy (25.49), beating Whodat Jewel. Has the ability 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
1st of 7	27/8/26	Warrnambool	450m	1	0:25.49	63.6 km/h	0.3L	$7.00	0:25.49	0:25.20	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	15	1. Marco Marco 2. Whodat Jewel 3. Lorimer Street
1st of 7	12/8/26	Ballarat	390m	1	0:22.23	63.2 km/h	1.2L	$4.60	0:22.23	0:21.95	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	14	1. Marco Marco 2. Black Statesman 3. Mckercher
3rd of 8	29/7/26	Ballarat	390m	4	0:22.47	62.5 km/h	3.7L	$13	0:22.21	0:21.91	GR 5	$2,930	$300	9	1. Paw Christie 2. Myrniong Storm 3. Marco Marco
3rd of 8	20/7/26	Shepparton	390m	2	0:22.49	62.4 km/h	2.1L	$16	0:22.35	0:21.97	GR 5	$2,930	$300	11	1. Dim Sim Ollie 2. Just Quickly 3. Marco Marco
6th of 6	9/7/26	Grafton	350m	4	0:20.70	60.9 km/h	10.3L	$19	0:19.98	0:19.97	GR 4/5	$2,520	-	13	1. Kingsbrae Rex 2. Catch My Shadow 3. Remi Nath
5th of 8	26/6/26	Bendigo	425m	3	0:24.69	62.0 km/h	5.9L	$7.00	0:24.28	0:23.82	GR 5	$2,930	-	4	1. Paw Oppa 2. Sir Trenton 3. Hartland Buddy

Paw Ortiz (3) 5542223235
Trainer: Correy Grenfell (ANAKIE)
Prize Money: $29,780
Win / Place: 23% / 57%

Box Specialist

2 yo Black D

Sire: AUSSIE INFRARED (AUS)

Dam: DYNA DANNA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

38: 9-9-4

Track

7: 1-2-0

Trk/Dst

5: 0-2-0

Distance

6: 1-2-0

Season

5: 0-2-2

Metro

9: 1-1-0

Country

29: 8-8-4

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	6	1	0	0

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

Comments

Was strongly supported last time but ran below expectations when fifth over 450m at this track in 25.87. Forgive that last start failure.

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 7	26/8/26	Ballarat	450m	8	0:25.87	62.6 km/h	6.8L	$1.50	0:25.40	0:25.31	GR 5	$2,930	-	4	1. Paw Quiver 2. Paw Xhani 3. Katie Bell
3rd of 6	22/8/26	Wagga	525m	1	0:30.00	63.0 km/h	1.8L	$8.00	0:29.87	0:29.64	NG	$3,560	$500	4	1. Inspection 2. Motor City Sonny 3. Paw Ortiz
2nd of 8	18/8/26	Horsham	485m	7	0:27.61	63.2 km/h	2.0L	$5.50	0:27.47	0:27.47	GR 4/5	$3,880	$800	7	1. Paw Otis 2. Paw Ortiz 3. Neo Devere
3rd of 7	11/8/26	Horsham	410m	6	0:23.48	62.9 km/h	4.5L	$3.60	0:23.16	0:23.16	GR 4/5	$3,360	$345	5	1. Paw Matic 2. Boracay Storm 3. Paw Ortiz
2nd of 7	6/8/26	Warrnambool	390m	7	0:22.46	62.5 km/h	0.7L	$2.90	0:22.41	0:22.12	GR 5	$2,930	$600	6	1. Hara Hachi Bu 2. Paw Ortiz 3. Paw Drogo
2nd of 8	31/7/26	Geelong	400m	5	0:22.89	62.9 km/h	7.7L	$4.60	0:22.35	0:22.35	GR 4/5	$3,360	$690	9	1. Weblec Joel 2. Paw Ortiz 3. Big Boy Pants

Inga Johnny (4) 6113622731
Trainer: Peter Inguanti (ELLIMINYT)
Prize Money: $26,900
Win / Place: 14% / 44%

3 yo Black D

Sire: BEAST UNLEASHED (AUS)

Dam: INGA MIA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

74: 11-9-13

Track

6: 0-0-4

Trk/Dst

3: 0-0-1

Distance

21: 4-5-4

Season

4: 1-1-1

Metro

6: 0-0-0

Country

68: 11-9-13

1st Up

3: 1-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-0-2

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
6	5	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	6	10	8	10	9	9	10	12
1st	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2nd	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	0
3rd	1	1	2	3	2	0	2	2

Comments

Backs up after winning by a long neck at Warrnambool (22.12) beating Galba Stacey in a Grade 5 on August 27 six days ago. Likely to find this a lot tougher and he needs to find another gear.

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
1st of 7	27/8/26	Warrnambool	390m	6	0:22.12	63.5 km/h	0.4L	$6.00	0:22.12	0:22.07	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	7	1. Inga Johnny 2. Galba Stacey 3. One More Button
3rd of 6	20/8/26	Warrnambool	390m	1	0:22.17	63.3 km/h	2.6L	$11	0:21.98	0:21.98	GR 5	$2,930	$300	7	1. Blackpool Finn 2. Find The Sun 3. Inga Johnny
7th of 7	13/8/26	Warrnambool	390m	4	0:22.75	61.7 km/h	5.2L	$6.00	0:22.38	0:21.91	GR 5	$2,930	-	7	1. Fireworks 2. Man Of Courage 3. Westside Wizard
2nd of 5	6/8/26	Warrnambool	390m	6	0:22.43	62.6 km/h	4.5L	$9.50	0:22.13	0:22.12	GR 5	$2,930	$600	7	1. On The River 2. Inga Johnny 3. Paw Nascent
2nd of 8	30/7/26	Warrnambool	390m	2	0:22.60	62.1 km/h	0.5L	$3.60	0:22.57	0:22.25	GR 5	$2,930	$600	7	1. Paw Razor 2. Inga Johnny 3. Paw Lester
6th of 8	23/7/26	Warrnambool	390m	2	0:23.12	60.7 km/h	9.2L	$4.50	0:22.48	0:22.05	GR 5	$2,930	-	7	1. Kensington Flyer 2. Saint Mick 3. Lektra Harmony

Lorimer Street (6) 82f2713433
Trainer: Billy Mcrae (BALLARAT (C))
Prize Money: $10,765
Win / Place: 16% / 52%

3 yo Black D

Sire: FERAL FRANKY (AUS)

Dam: LIVERPOOL FLYER (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

25: 4-3-6

Track

13: 3-2-3

Trk/Dst

3: 0-0-2

Distance

6: 0-0-3

Season

4: 0-0-3

Metro

3: 0-0-2

Country

22: 4-3-4

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
3	1	0	0	0

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

Comments

Hit the frame latest (25.63) when third at Warrnambool in a Grade 5. Still a maiden from the draw but has placed three times. Tough line-up and may struggle.

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 7	27/8/26	Warrnambool	450m	6	0:25.63	63.2 km/h	2.0L	$9.50	0:25.49	0:25.20	GR 5	$2,930	$300	6	1. Marco Marco 2. Whodat Jewel 3. Lorimer Street
3rd of 7	21/8/26	Ballarat	450m	5	0:26.01	62.3 km/h	2.7L	$8.00	0:25.82	0:25.40	GR 5	$2,930	$300	7	1. Whodat Jewel 2. Deal 'Em High 3. Lorimer Street
4th of 7	14/8/26	Bendigo	500m	3	0:28.39	63.4 km/h	3.2L	$23	0:28.17	0:27.97	GR 5	$3,340	$75	9	1. Greysynd Clyde 2. Thermal Flame 3. Kiwi Fred
3rd of 8	5/8/26	Ballarat	450m	7	0:25.64	63.2 km/h	4.5L	$14	0:25.33	0:25.18	GR 5	$2,930	$300	7	1. Paw Vine 2. Dave 3. Lorimer Street
1st of 8	29/7/26	Ballarat	390m	1	0:22.13	63.4 km/h	2.2L	$8.00	0:22.13	0:21.91	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	6	1. Lorimer Street 2. Pop Pop Bang 3. Kensington Flyer
7th of 8	23/7/26	Warrnambool	450m	3	0:26.54	61.0 km/h	15.0L	$27	0:25.50	0:25.34	GR 5	$2,930	-	8	1. Surprise Star 2. Moraine Koby 3. Paw Urla

Aston Grandeur (7) 1842158115
Trainer: Benjamin Magri (GREATER GEELONG (C))
Prize Money: $6,145
Win / Place: 30% / 53%

1 yo White/BDL D

Sire: TOMMY SHELBY (AUS)

Dam: ASTON TANGO (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

13: 4-1-2

Track

3: 1-1-1

Trk/Dst

2: 1-1-0

Distance

3: 1-1-0

Season

3: 2-0-0

Country

13: 4-1-2

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

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

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

Comments

Won two starts back when well in the market at Geelong over 400m. Last start finished 5th on August 28 over 460m at Geelong behind Canya Tornado beaten 8 lengths (26.16) in a Grade 5. Some good form is emerging from that last run. Expected to prove hard to beat.

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
5th of 7	28/8/26	Geelong	460m	1	0:26.16	63.3 km/h	8.6L	$3.00	0:25.56	0:25.56	GR 5	$2,930	-	7	1. Canya Tornado 2. Rivers Meet 3. Blanket Game
1st of 8	21/8/26	Geelong	400m	6	0:22.83	63.1 km/h	0.9L	$2.90f	0:22.83	0:22.36	RST WIN	$2,930	$1,950	17	1. Aston Grandeur 2. Pop It Up 3. Paw Treacle
1st of 8	4/8/26	Geelong	400m	8	0:22.49	64.0 km/h	2.8L	$2.20	0:22.49	0:22.40	Rank Limit - Grade 6	$1,530	$1,000	4	1. Aston Grandeur 2. Ayesha Bale 3. Whizz Maximus
8th of 8	31/7/26	Geelong	460m	2	0:27.00	61.3 km/h	9.8L	$2.30	0:26.32	0:26.01	RST WIN	$2,930	-	5	1. Quest For Buzz 2. Paw Phantom 3. Solar Eclipse
5th of 8	26/7/26	Healesville	350m	5	0:19.71	63.9 km/h	5.3L	$4.40	0:19.35	0:19.04	MX 6/7	$2,930	-	5	1. Sugarcane 2. Not Perfect 3. Opalina
1st of 8	21/7/26	Geelong	460m	5	0:25.82	64.1 km/h	4.5L	$2.30	0:25.82	0:25.82	Rank Limit - Restricted Win	$1,530	$1,000	6	1. Aston Grandeur 2. Cruisin' Poppy 3. Sonia's Shark

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