Ballarat Race 3

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Prize Money: $1,530

ASTON FRANCESCA (8) boxed on well to finish second last time, beaten half a length (22.76) behind Inga Amy at this track. The form from her last run is stacking up nicely. Top prospect. SWANKY CHIC (1) turned in a plain performance last time when fifth at Shepparton over 390m behind Moe Patty (23.24) in a Grade 5. Was in the money the start prior. Bold showing expected. YELLOW OCHRE (7) was safely held last time out, finishing fifth at this track over 390m behind Cornhill Warrior (22.96) in a Grade 5. Can do much better this time. CALL IT FATE (4) is another with top-three prospects.

Distance: 390m
Class: Grade 5 T3
Track: Good
Weather: Overcast
Surface: All Weather

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Swanky Chic (1) 3775672525
Trainer: Brian Hodgson (GOLDEN PLAINS (S))
Prize Money: $18,325
Win / Place: 10% / 44%

4 yo Black B

Sire: TOMMY SHELBY (AUS)

Dam: FLORAL LACE (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

88: 9-11-19

Track

31: 1-4-8

Trk/Dst

27: 1-4-8

Distance

35: 2-5-9

Season

6: 0-2-0

Metro

5: 0-0-2

Country

83: 9-11-17

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-2

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	7	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	14	20	7	8	9	14	9	7
1st	2	0	1	1	1	4	0	0
2nd	1	4	0	1	2	3	0	0
3rd	2	5	2	1	2	2	3	2

Comments

Latest effort finished 5th on September 24 over 390m at Shepparton behind Moe Patty beaten 7 lengths (23.24) in a Grade 5. Has been racing well. Well placed here and looks a leading contender.

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 8	24/9/26	Shepparton	390m	5	0:23.24	60.4 km/h	7.0L	$6.00	0:22.77	0:22.13	GR 5	$1,530	-	6	1. Moe Patty 2. Fawn Beast 3. Hartland Buster
2nd of 7	18/9/26	Ballarat	390m	5	0:22.78	61.6 km/h	0.4L	$11	0:22.75	0:22.22	GR 5	$1,530	$320	8	1. Paw Xela 2. Swanky Chic 3. King Plum
5th of 8	10/9/26	Shepparton	390m	1	0:23.18	60.6 km/h	3.3L	$14	0:22.95	0:22.31	GR 5	$1,530	-	6	1. Canya Wildfire 2. Kaia Got Square 3. Leap Of Faith
2nd of 7	4/9/26	Ballarat	390m	2	0:22.76	61.7 km/h	1.5L	$14	0:22.66	0:22.27	GR 5	$1,530	$320	5	1. Super Ceviche 2. Swanky Chic 3. Call It Fate
7th of 7	30/8/26	Healesville	300m	1	0:17.60	61.4 km/h	6.8L	$31	0:17.14	0:16.63	GR 5	$1,530	-	25	1. Demonic Spirit 2. Special Sian 3. Skeeter Mikado
6th of 8	5/8/26	Healesville	300m	2	0:17.56	61.5 km/h	3.3L	$31	0:17.35	0:17.00	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	11	1. Chorus Line 2. Blazing Girl 3. Simply Friends

Undershot Valma (2) 3588265656
Trainer: Crystal Verde (MOORABOOL (S))
Prize Money: $5,480
Win / Place: 10% / 28%

3 yo Black B

Sire: ASTON RUPEE (AUS)

Dam: FAIRYTALE WISH (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

38: 4-1-6

Track

8: 2-0-3

Trk/Dst

8: 2-0-3

Distance

14: 2-0-5

Season

4: 0-0-0

Metro

6: 0-0-0

Country

32: 4-1-6

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

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

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

Comments

Has been out of the money of late. Could only manage sixth last time out over 400m at Geelong. Doesn't look smart enough to threaten the top few.

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
6th of 7	21/9/26	Geelong	400m	1	0:24.05	59.9 km/h	12.5L	$51	0:23.18	0:22.77	GR 5	$1,530	-	6	1. Super Sealant 2. Trajectory 3. Blame Spencer
5th of 6	15/9/26	Geelong	400m	2	0:23.92	60.2 km/h	10.1L	$15	0:23.21	0:22.60	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Street Sixty Six 2. Dunsmore Flyer 3. Like Dynamite
6th of 8	8/9/26	Geelong	400m	8	0:23.84	60.4 km/h	12.4L	$21	0:22.97	0:22.50	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	36	1. Put It Together 2. Paw Warringah 3. Bern's Banjo
36 Day Freshen-Up
5th of 7	3/8/26	Warrnambool	390m	1	0:23.34	60.2 km/h	7.8L	$13	0:22.81	0:22.53	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	6	1. Paw Olson 2. Sir Starbuck 3. Aston Blend
6th of 7	28/7/26	Geelong	400m	5	0:23.50	61.3 km/h	7.7L	$12	0:22.96	0:22.44	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Smooth Beauty 2. Super Seafarer 3. Super Ceviche
2nd of 8	21/7/26	Geelong	400m	4	0:23.24	62.0 km/h	8.0L	$31	0:22.69	0:22.38	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. Plutonic 2. Undershot Valma 3. Bunni Bale

Call It Fate (4) 8873257446
Trainer: Shane Jackson (BALLARAT (C))
Prize Money: $8,600
Win / Place: 8.62% / 31%

3 yo Black B

Sire: AUSSIE INFRARED (AUS)

Dam: LUCKY JAY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

58: 5-7-6

Track

25: 1-2-3

Trk/Dst

16: 1-1-2

Distance

17: 1-1-2

Season

9: 0-1-1

Country

58: 5-7-6

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	4	0	0	0

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

Comments

Most recent effort finished 6th in a Grade 5 on October 5 over 450m at this track behind Angry Chief beaten 7 lengths (26.10). Not far away last start. Right in the mix again.

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
6th of 7	5/10/26	Ballarat	450m	7	0:26.10	62.1 km/h	7.0L	$61	0:25.62	0:25.51	GR 5	$1,530	-	4	1. Angry Chief 2. Super Seafarer 3. Alfie Tango
4th of 6	1/10/26	Ballarat	450m	1	0:26.41	61.3 km/h	5.3L	$11	0:26.05	0:25.98	GR 5	$1,530	$50	3	1. Snowball One 2. Unleashing 3. Major Orson
4th of 8	28/9/26	Ballarat	450m	1	0:26.04	62.2 km/h	6.5L	$35	0:25.60	0:25.60	GR 5	$1,530	$50	10	1. Turn Up Turbo 2. Clear Slate 3. Paw Janelle
7th of 7	18/9/26	Ballarat	450m	7	0:26.49	61.2 km/h	9.6L	$23	0:25.82	0:25.61	GR 5	$1,530	-	6	1. Paw Nevada 2. Raven Xander 3. Perfect Tonight
5th of 7	12/9/26	Bendigo	425m	3	0:24.87	61.5 km/h	10.0L	$10	0:24.17	0:24.07	GR 5	$1,530	-	3	1. Hartland Buddy 2. Cornhill Warrior 3. Mauritian Lucas
2nd of 7	9/9/26	Bendigo	425m	2	0:24.74	61.8 km/h	2.8L	$10	0:24.55	0:24.15	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$320	5	1. Hartland Buddy 2. Call It Fate 3. Affordability

Simply Friends (5) 7385615868
Trainer: Jason Stemmer (GREATER DANDENONG (C))
Prize Money: $7,840
Win / Place: 8.33% / 25%

2 yo RED/FWN D

Sire: FERNANDO MICK (AUS)

Dam: JUST SIMPLE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

48: 4-3-5

Track

2: 0-1-0

Distance

13: 1-1-1

Season

9: 1-0-1

Metro

21: 1-1-2

Country

27: 3-2-3

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Has been out of the money of late. Could only manage eighth last time out over 300m at Healesville. Not keen 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
8th of 8	2/10/26	Healesville	300m	4	0:17.64	61.2 km/h	2.8L	$20	0:17.44	0:16.86	GR 5	$1,530	-	16	1. Rocky Ray 2. Zipping Glinda 3. Lavers Ginny
6th of 8	16/9/26	Bendigo	425m	5	0:25.08	61.0 km/h	5.8L	$4.80	0:24.68	0:24.03	GR 5	$1,530	-	5	1. Ethanol Vision 2. Coconut Carter 3. Sweet Begonia
8th of 8	11/9/26	Traralgon	425m	4	0:24.85	61.6 km/h	9.5L	$9.00	0:24.20	0:24.20	T3 RSTW	$1,530	-	4	1. Flywheel Vixen 2. Dr. Maureen 3. Hot Honey
5th of 8	7/9/26	Traralgon	350m	6	0:20.68	60.9 km/h	4.1L	$11	0:20.40	0:19.80	GR 5	$2,930	-	7	1. Dynamite Doug 2. Urban Bites 3. Lucky Harper
1st of 8	31/8/26	Traralgon	350m	1	0:20.28	62.1 km/h	0.8L	$4.20	0:20.28	0:20.09	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	12	1. Simply Friends 2. Dynamite Doug 3. Hot Rocker
6th of 8	19/8/26	Healesville	350m	6	0:20.19	62.4 km/h	4.0L	$6.50	0:19.91	0:19.48	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	5	1. Bravado 2. Salty Snoop 3. Miss Sooky

Yellow Ochre (7) 7386228455
Trainer: Billy Mcrae (BALLARAT (C))
Prize Money: $7,230
Win / Place: 8.51% / 34%

3 yo Black B

Sire: BEAST UNLEASHED (AUS)

Dam: SPUN OUT (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

47: 4-6-6

Track

32: 4-4-4

Trk/Dst

30: 4-4-4

Distance

34: 4-4-4

Season

7: 0-2-0

Country

47: 4-6-6

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	7	6	11	2	6	2	9	4
1st	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2nd	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
3rd	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0

Comments

Has finished fifth at this circuit at the last two appearances, most recently when beaten 6 lengths behind Cornhill Warrior over 390m. Well placed and among the chances here.

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 8	5/10/26	Ballarat	390m	3	0:22.96	61.1 km/h	6.8L	$16	0:22.50	0:22.05	GR 5	$1,530	-	31	1. Cornhill Warrior 2. Gotham Thanos 3. Sea Breezy
31 Day Freshen-Up
5th of 7	4/9/26	Ballarat	390m	8	0:22.90	61.3 km/h	4.8L	$27	0:22.58	0:22.27	GR 5	$1,530	-	6	1. Taltarni Lane 2. Blame Karissa 3. Bern's Banjo
4th of 8	29/8/26	Ballarat	390m	2	0:22.82	61.5 km/h	4.0L	$21	0:22.54	0:22.28	GR 5	$1,530	$50	7	1. Destini Kadali 2. Squeegee's Ride 3. Rolling Express
8th of 8	22/8/26	Ballarat	390m	6	0:23.01	61.0 km/h	4.4L	$12	0:22.70	0:22.36	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Keijon Barny 2. Squeegee's Ride 3. Salty Snoop
2nd of 8	15/8/26	Ballarat	390m	7	0:22.93	61.2 km/h	7.3L	$34	0:22.44	0:22.38	GR 5	$1,530	$320	4	1. Fred's Fury 2. Yellow Ochre 3. Plutonic
2nd of 7	11/8/26	Geelong	400m	2	0:23.22	62.0 km/h	0.5L	$4.00	0:23.19	0:22.62	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,530	$320	10	1. Paw Xela 2. Yellow Ochre 3. Ruby's Show

Aston Francesca (8) 3777753542
Trainer: Cody Hose (GREATER GEELONG (C))
Prize Money: $7,230
Win / Place: 7.69% / 38%

2 yo BDL B

Sire: FERAL FRANKY (AUS)

Dam: ASTON MIRAGE (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

39: 3-6-6

Track

20: 2-5-2

Trk/Dst

19: 2-5-2

Distance

19: 2-5-2

Season

7: 0-1-1

Country

39: 3-6-6

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

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

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

Comments

Hit the frame latest (22.76) when second at this track in a Grade 5. Still a maiden from the draw but has placed two times. With a clean break looks hard to beat.

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
2nd of 6	5/10/26	Ballarat	390m	3	0:22.76	61.7 km/h	0.5L	$2.20	0:22.73	0:22.05	GR 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. Inga Amy 2. Aston Francesca 3. Hillbilly Rocky
4th of 7	28/9/26	Healesville	350m	2	0:19.96	63.1 km/h	4.5L	$14	0:19.66	0:19.66	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,530	$50	7	1. Porangi Moose 2. Somerton Willow 3. Justified Jim
5th of 7	21/9/26	Geelong	400m	3	0:23.92	60.2 km/h	10.6L	$2.90	0:23.18	0:22.77	GR 5	$1,530	-	20	1. Super Sealant 2. Trajectory 3. Blame Spencer
3rd of 8	1/9/26	Geelong	400m	2	0:22.93	62.8 km/h	4.5L	$6.00	0:22.61	0:22.35	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,530	$160	6	1. Ultimo 2. Comeback Charlie 3. Aston Francesca
5th of 8	26/8/26	Healesville	350m	1	0:20.22	62.3 km/h	6.5L	$26	0:19.77	0:19.55	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	12	1. Rolling Express 2. Big Player 3. Miss Sooky
7th of 8	14/8/26	Healesville	300m	5	0:17.35	62.2 km/h	6.3L	$26	0:16.92	0:16.77	GR 5	$1,530	-	10	1. Hartland Bonnie 2. Winnaleah 3. One Knee Noni

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