Plainridge Racecourse Race 3

1609m

Prize Money: $15,805

FERN HILL INDIGO (5) has been competitive of late and kept the ball rolling last time when 4.5 metres from the winner in second over 1609m at this track. Primary contender based on those recent efforts. SCUBA SAMI HANOVER (3) finished sixth last start, beaten 35 metres at this track over 1609m. Talented and has plenty of upside. Expect her to be prominent. BIG CITY MAYBELENE (4) is one of the main contenders after winning her past two starts, the latest at The Meadows five-and-a-half weeks ago. Difficult to ignore that sort of form. BETTERTHANHOPE N (2) must be considered after she finished third over 1609m at this track two weeks ago.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: MTRK<73

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Surreal Syrah (Fr1) x82783674x
Trainer: Daniel Tuccillo (Jnr) ()
Driver: Kevin Switzer (Jnr)
Prize Money: $131,618
Win / Place: 5.94% / 32%

11 yo Bay Mare

Sire: SO SURREAL

Dam: RED ZINFANDEL

Rating

Stats

Career

101: 6-10-17

Distance

100: 6-10-17

Trk/Dst

100: 6-10-17

Track

101: 6-10-17

Season

10: 0-2-1

1st Up

5: 1-0-0

2nd Up

5: 0-2-0

3rd Up

5: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

101: 6-10-17

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

101: 6-10-17

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:54.00

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Resumes. At the latest first-up run 8th (Fr7) over 1609m at this track beaten 30 m by Fern Hill Indigo (1:53.00) on April 27 at $48. Might be better for this run.

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 5	24/9/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m			-	Daniel Tuccillo (Jnr)	1:58.10	1:58.10	3m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Elm Grove Redwine 2. One Bettor 3. Surreal Syrah
4th of 8	29/6/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Nicholas Graffam	1:53.40	1:53.40	10.5m	$35	14	MTRK<68	$13,788	$1,103	1. Cougar On A Terr 2. Woman In Gold 3. One Bettor
7th of 8	15/6/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Jay Randall	1:54.00	1:54.00	24.8m	$51	7	MTRK<68	$13,250	-	1. Lyons Shining 2. Justcallmecasey 3. Saratoga
6th of 7	8/6/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Nicholas Graffam	1:54.30	1:54.30	19.5m	$16	7	MTRK<68	$13,250	-	1. Yama Gonna Win 2. Twin B Kini 3. Lyons Shining
3rd of 8	1/6/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jay Randall	1:55.10	1:55.10	12.8m	$49	7	MTRK<68	$13,250	$1,590	1. Justcallmecasey 2. Yama Gonna Win 3. Surreal Syrah
8th of 8	25/5/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Drew Monti	1:55.20	1:55.20	27.8m	$85	9	MTRK<71	$13,966	-	1. Exceptionalism 2. Cougar On A Terr 3. Saratoga

Betterthanhope N (Fr2) 1464385123
Trainer: Kathleen Brewer ()
Driver: Bruce Ranger
Prize Money: $392,364
Win / Place: 12% / 41%

9 yo Bay Mare

Sire: BETTERTHANCHEDDAR (USA)

Dam: GREAT PHILLY (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

181: 22-26-27

Distance

160: 19-25-21

Trk/Dst

127: 17-22-17

Track

127: 17-22-17

Season

23: 3-4-4

1st Up

4: 1-1-0

2nd Up

4: 1-1-0

3rd Up

4: 0-1-2

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

181: 22-26-27

Mobile

12: 3-1-1

Standing

10: 0-1-5

All-Weather

170: 19-25-25

Slushy

1: 0-1-0

Grass

11: 3-1-2

Best Mile

1:51.30

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Not far away at the last couple starts; Finished 2.25 m third behind Justcallmecasey at this track over 1609m FMTRK<73 last start. Before that was beaten 0.8 metres second again at this track same class on September 22. Racing well and worth each-way consideration.

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 8	1/10/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Bruce Ranger	1:53.20	1:53.20	2.3m	$11	9	FMTRK<73	$15,086	$1,810	1. Justcallmecasey 2. Mollys Game 3. Betterthanhope
2nd of 7	22/9/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Bruce Ranger	1:53.00	1:53.00	0.8m	$3.70	7	FMTRK<73	$13,889	$3,472	1. Lyons Shining 2. Betterthanhope 3. Loveyoucookie
1st of 6	15/9/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Michael Oosting	1:53.10	1:53.10	1.5m	$3.20	8	TRK<70 CL	$12,500	$6,250	1. Betterthanhope 2. Dragon The Line 3. Steal My Thunder
5th of 8	7/9/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Michael Oosting	1:53.40	1:53.40	6.8m	$4.20	6	TRK<70 CL	$12,500	$625	1. Third Power 2. Outspoken Man 3. Carsonsbuckngo
8th of 9	1/9/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Michael Oosting	1:55.00	1:55.00	15.8m	$25	12	FMTRK<70	$13,194	-	1. Blue Bobby Sox 2. Rapid Fire 3. Seafood Cc
3rd of 8	20/8/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Jay Randall	1:53.30	1:53.30	12.0m	$3.20	7	TRK<70	$12,126	$1,455	1. Wyatt Earp 2. Crimson Pine 3. Betterthanhope

Scuba Sami Hanover (Fr3) 5116144456
Trainer: Michelle Lefebvre ()
Driver: Nicholas Graffam
Prize Money: $26,855
Win / Place: 21% / 42%

3 yo Bay Filly

Sire: BETTOR'S DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: SARPA HANOVER

Rating

Stats

Career

14: 3-0-3

Distance

14: 3-0-3

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

1: 0-0-0

Season

20: 4-3-5

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

3rd Up

1: 0-0-1

Metro

8: 3-0-0

Non-Metro

6: 0-0-3

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

14: 3-0-3

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:57.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Recent form below what she is capable of. Last start 6th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 35 m by Rapid Fire (1:53.20) on September 15 at $3.90. The run previous 5th (Fr5) over 1609m at Saratoga, beaten 8 m by La Patrona Bella (1:57.20) in FMNW2PMCD on August 11 at $22.57. Can turn things around in this suitable contest.

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 7	15/9/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Brett Beckwith	1:53.20	1:53.20	33.0m	$3.90	35	FMTRK<70	$13,194	-	1. Rapid Fire 2. Justcallmecasey 3. Lyons Shining
35 Day Freshen-Up
5th of 7	11/8/26	Scioto Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr	Jim Devaux	1:57.20	1:57.20	8.25m	$23	7	Trial	$13,837	$692	1. La Patrona Bella 2. American Lily 3. Captain Sassy
5th of 7	11/8/26	Scioto Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr	Jim Devaux	1:57.20	1:57.20	8.25m	$23	7	Trial	$13,837	$692	1. La Patrona Bella 2. American Lily 3. Captain Sassy
4th of 8	4/8/26	Saratoga	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jim Devaux	1:55.40	1:55.40	22.5m	$13	7	FMNW2PMCD	$13,837	$1,107	1. La Patrona Bella 2. Barkie Bovino 3. Vintage Vino
4th of 7	28/7/26	Saratoga	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Jim Devaux	1:57.30	1:57.30	9.8m	$17	14	FMNW2PMCD	$14,078	$1,126	1. Moana Hanover 2. Allineeizamiracle 3. Lucean
4th of 7	14/7/26	Saratoga	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Jim Devaux	1:57.30	1:57.30	4.5m	$2.49	7	FMNW2PMCD	$14,078	$1,126	1. Allineeizamiracle 2. Lucean 3. Sea Blaze

Big City Maybelene (Fr4) 2666312611
Trainer: Raymond Ahto ()
Driver: James Hardy
Prize Money: $60,569
Win / Place: 9.30% / 32%

Going for the Hat-Trick

4 yo Bay Mare

Sire: STAY HUNGRY (USA)

Dam: BIG CITY BETTY

100

Rating

Stats

Career

43: 4-5-5

Distance

43: 4-5-5

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

16: 3-2-2

1st Up

3: 0-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-0-1

3rd Up

3: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

43: 4-5-5

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

43: 4-5-5

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Chasing a hat-trick. Last start won by 2.25 m as favourite (Fr5) at The Meadows (1:52.40) beating Glorilla in FMCLMW1NW4 on September 9 at $1.20. Hard to leave out on current form. Sure to give backers a sight.

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	9/9/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Justin Irvine	1:52.40	1:52.40	2.3m	$1.20f	7	FMCLMW1NW4	$10,139	$5,069	1. Big City Maybelene 2. Glorilla 3. Fox Valley Millie
1st of 9	2/9/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Justin Irvine	1:53.30	1:53.30	2.3m	$13	7	FMCLMW1NW4	$10,139	$5,069	1. Big City Maybelene 2. Wish It Was Love 3. All Hail The Queen
6th of 7	26/8/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Justin Irvine	1:52.30	1:52.30	21.0m	$24	21	FMCLMW1NW4	$10,414	-	1. Bethel 2. Happy Tabby 3. Grand Yankee
2nd of 6	5/8/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Justin Irvine	1:53.40	1:53.40	3.8m	$7.20	7	FMCLMW1NW4	$10,414	$2,603	1. Bethel 2. Big City Maybelene 3. Wish It Was Love
1st of 8	29/7/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Justin Irvine	1:53.20	1:53.20	0.6m	$11	14	FMCLMW1NW4	$9,986	$4,993	1. Big City Maybelene 2. Glorilla 3. Sara B Delight
3rd of 8	15/7/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Dave Palone	1:53.20	1:53.20	11.3m	$4.80	7	FMCLMW1NW4	$10,160	$1,219	1. Melville 2. Sara B Delight 3. Big City Maybelene

Fern Hill Indigo (Fr5) 2146545752
Trainer: Paul Mc Hugh ()
Driver: Matthew Athearn
Prize Money: $231,385
Win / Place: 20% / 56%

5 yo Black Mare

Sire: MALICIOUS

Dam: NOBLE ELLEN

Rating

Stats

Career

83: 17-20-10

Distance

83: 17-20-10

Trk/Dst

50: 8-6-8

Track

50: 8-6-8

Season

24: 3-2-3

1st Up

3: 2-0-0

2nd Up

3: 2-0-0

3rd Up

3: 0-1-0

Metro

7: 2-4-1

Non-Metro

76: 15-16-9

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

83: 17-20-10

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.00

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Improved last start with a good run when 2nd (Fr5) over 1609m at this track beaten 4.5 m by Rapid Fire (1:53.30) on October 8 at $8.90. Progressing well. Top prospects.

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 6	8/10/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Brett Beckwith	1:53.30	1:53.30	4.5m	$8.90	7	MTRK<70	$14,368	$3,592	1. Rapid Fire 2. Fern Hill Indigo 3. Mollys Game
5th of 5	1/10/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Kyle Swift	1:51.40	1:51.40	54.8m	$24	9	FMTRK<76	$15,805	$790	1. Always B Best 2. Lyons Shining 3. Chasing Dudes
7th of 7	22/9/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Drew Monti	1:53.00	1:53.00	23.3m	$27	7	FMTRK<73	$13,889	-	1. Lyons Shining 2. Betterthanhope 3. Loveyoucookie
5th of 8	15/9/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kevin Switzer (Jnr)	1:54.20	1:54.20	5.3m	$20	7	FMTRK<76	$14,583	$729	1. South St Dottie 2. Storybook Bella 3. Chasing Dudes
4th of 8	8/9/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kevin Switzer (Jnr)	1:53.20	1:53.20	17.3m	$15	7	FMTRK<76	$14,583	$1,167	1. Dark N Tan 2. Always B Best 3. Chasing Dudes
5th of 6	1/9/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Michael Oosting	1:53.00	1:53.00	23.3m	$6.10	7	FMTRK<76	$14,583	$729	1. Miss Trickster 2. Dark N Tan 3. Storybook Bella

Smile Happy (Fr6) 4221359x45
Trainer: Michael Cushing ()
Driver: Mitchell Cushing
Prize Money: $68,923
Win / Place: 5.00% / 27%

4 yo Bay Mare

Sire: PAPI ROB HANOVER (USA)

Dam: WEEPER

Rating

Stats

Career

40: 2-7-2

Distance

40: 2-7-2

Trk/Dst

12: 1-1-1

Track

12: 1-1-1

Season

16: 2-3-1

1st Up

4: 0-0-0

2nd Up

4: 0-0-0

3rd Up

3: 0-1-0

Metro

1: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

39: 2-7-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

40: 2-7-2

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Didn't do much last time out, 5th (Fr1) over 1609m at this track, beaten 7 m by Rapid Fire (1:53.30) on October 8 at $5. Before that 4th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track, beaten 4 m by Justcallmecasey (1:53.20) on October 1 at $3.10. Will not find this easy.

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 6	8/10/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Mitchell Cushing	1:53.30	1:53.30	7.5m	$5.00	7	MTRK<70	$14,368	$718	1. Rapid Fire 2. Fern Hill Indigo 3. Mollys Game
4th of 8	1/10/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Mitchell Cushing	1:53.20	1:53.20	3.8m	$3.10	80	FMTRK<73	$15,086	$1,207	1. Justcallmecasey 2. Mollys Game 3. Betterthanhope
80 Day Spell
9th of 9	13/7/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Bruce Ranger	1:51.20	1:51.20	95.3m	$21	14	MNW3000CD	$17,417	-	1. Arizona 2. Seafood Beauty 3. Quite Beachy
5th of 8	29/6/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Bruce Ranger	1:52.00	1:52.00	15.0m	$5.10	7	MNW3000CD	$18,868	$943	1. Seafood Beauty 2. Ladysassin 3. Chasing Dudes
3rd of 9	22/6/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Brett Beckwith	1:52.30	1:52.30	6.8m	$9.00	11	MNW3000CD	$19,526	$2,343	1. Choiceofthetown 2. Muse La Rouge 3. Smile Happy
1st of 8	11/6/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Ron Cushing	1:52.00	1:52.00	0.8m	$11	13	NW2PMLT	$20,921	$10,460	1. Smile Happy 2. Lyons Blewbyu 3. Luca Bay

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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