Cairns Race 3

Ladbrokes New Betslip Hcp

Prize Money: $21,000

BRAVE AGENDA (2) has the best winning momentum, with consecutive Townsville wins in BM65 and BM70, retaining Chris Whiteley from her latest victory. She won by a length on soft ground, benefitting from weight relief, and her strong 1450m record alleviates trip concerns. ARCTIC BEAR (4) has sharp recent form, finishing just a head behind Colleano at Townsville after a prior third here, making him a genuine threat, though his venue strike rate is a slight concern. TURN BIRD (1) is close to a breakthrough, narrowly beaten by Colleano last start and second at this track previously, with two wins around 1450m keeping him competitive under 60kg. COLOURS OF AUTUMN (3) was third first-up at Atherton and returns to a favorable track-and-trip where she's won before, but she steps up from picnic company and must prove herself against tougher competition.

Distance: 1450m
Class: Open HCP
Track: Good3
Weather: FINE
Surface: Turf

Rail Position: True.

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Turn Bird (1) 31x7712423
Trainer: Steven Royes(Townsville)
Jockey: Ben Kennedy (Last 50: 8-8-10)
Weight: 60kg
Prize Money: $158,025
Win / Place: 26% / 55%

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: STAR TURN (AUS)

Dam: MISS IMAGICA (AUS)

Dam's Sire: Hidden Dragon

100

Rating

Stats

Career

38: 10-4-7

Distance

7: 2-2-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

11: 3-2-2

Season

7: 1-2-1

1st Up

5: 0-0-3

2nd Up

5: 1-1-0

3rd Up

5: 2-0-1

4th Up

4: 2-1-0

Non-Metro

38: 10-4-7

Turf

38: 10-4-7

Good

19: 5-3-2

Soft

18: 4-1-5

Heavy

1: 1-0-0

Clockwise

38: 10-4-7

Handicap Rating

Jockey Stats

Horse

1: 0-1-0

Last 50

50: 8-8-10

Trainer

W 15% P 52%

Distance

W 9.61% P 30%

Track

W 12% P 30%

Trainer/Track

W 33% P 33%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 66%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1000m - 1400m

Gear Changes

[Blinkers]

Comments

Finished strongly for third at Townsville last start after beginning awkwardly and racing keenly, beaten half a length behind Colleano in provincial company. His second at this track the run prior was just as honest, beaten a long neck by Hot Digity Boom after leading. Proven at 1450m, but 60kg leaves him as an each-way hope.

Expected Settling Position: Pace

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Last 600m	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 7	18/10/26	Townsville	1200m	OPEN	5	Ryan Wiggins	56.5kg	Soft 5	1:09.45	62.2 km/h	0:33.94	0.5L	3-3	$4.60	7	$21,000	$1,950	1. Colleano 2. Arctic Bear 3. Turn Bird
2nd of 5	11/10/26	Cairns	1250m	OPEN	2	Ryan Wiggins	58.5kg	Good 4	1:12.38	62.2 km/h	0	0.4L	1-1	$7.00	7	$21,000	$3,800	1. Hot Digity Boom 2. Turn Bird 3. Arctic Bear
4th of 6	4/10/26	Townsville	1000m	OPEN	3	Ryan Wiggins	57kg	Soft 5	0:55.97	64.3 km/h	0:33.57	3.5L	3-4	$4.00	16	$21,000	$1,000	1. Hartshorn 2. Lucky Rolla 3. The Kamikaze
2nd of 8	18/9/26	Townsville	1400m	OPEN	1	Ben Kennedy	56.5kg	Soft 5	1:22.24	61.3 km/h	0:35.63	0.1L	4-3	$12	19	$21,000	$3,800	1. Northern Pride 2. Turn Bird 3. Tambo's Justice
1st of 8	30/8/26	Townsville	1200m	OPEN	3	Wanderson D'avila	54kg	Soft 5	1:10.98	60.9 km/h	0:34.18	0.4L	2-3	$9.00	15	$21,000	$11,600	1. Turn Bird 2. Aged Care 3. Northern Pride
7th of 8	15/8/26	Bowen	1280m	OPEN	8	Aidan Holt	59.5kg	Good 4	1:16.13	60.5 km/h	0	3.0L	-	$6.00	14	$10,000	-	1. Upstart Legend 2. Colleano 3. Raetihi, Got Gumption

Brave Agenda (2) 24248x5711
Trainer: Rhein Sewell(Townsville)
Jockey: Chris Whiteley (Last 50: 8-9-5)
Weight: 54kg
Prize Money: $165,770
Win / Place: 16% / 47%

Going for the Hat-Trick

6 yo Chestnut Mare

Sire: BRAVE SMASH (JPN)

Dam: MORGANZA (GB)

Dam's Sire: Singspiel

100

Rating

Stats

Career

36: 6-7-4

Distance

18: 4-5-1

Trk/Dst

3: 0-2-0

Track

3: 0-2-0

Season

4: 2-0-0

1st Up

7: 0-2-1

2nd Up

7: 1-1-0

3rd Up

7: 2-0-2

4th Up

5: 2-0-0

Metro

7: 0-1-1

Non-Metro

29: 6-6-3

Turf

36: 6-7-4

Good

20: 3-2-4

Soft

14: 2-4-0

Heavy

2: 1-1-0

Clockwise

36: 6-7-4

Handicap Rating

72.5

Jockey Stats

Horse

1: 1-0-0

Last 50

50: 8-9-5

Trainer

W 25% P 100%

Distance

W 14% P 37%

Track

W 15% P 41%

Trainer/Track

N/A

Trainer/Distance

W 50% P 100%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1200m - 1400m

Gear Changes

[Blinkers, Tongue Tie]

Comments

Brings the strongest winning profile after consecutive Townsville victories, first scoring in BM65 company at generous odds before taking a BM70 by a length from Rock The Sunrise when again respected in betting. Eases out of provincial company with weight relief, Chris Whiteley stays aboard, and she has placed twice from three starts at this track and distance. Weight relief, Whiteley back and placed track-and-trip form give her the clearest winning case.

Expected Settling Position: Leader

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Last 600m	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 7	25/10/26	Townsville	1400m	BM70	2	Chris Whiteley	58kg	Soft 5	1:22.53	61.1 km/h	0:34.13	1.0L	1-2	$3.90	7	$21,000	$11,600	1. Brave Agenda 2. Rock The Sunrise 3. Ellis Beach
1st of 11	18/10/26	Townsville	1400m	BM65	8	Aidan Holt	58.5kg	Good 4	1:22.80	60.9 km/h	0:35.69	0.1L	2-2	$9.50	14	$21,000	$11,600	1. Brave Agenda 2. Intruder 3. Ask Me Mate
7th of 9	4/10/26	Townsville	1400m	CL6	4	Isabella Teh	54.5kg	Soft 5	1:23.02	60.7 km/h	0:36.5	4.8L	4-2	$11	16	$21,000	$400	1. Colleano 2. Hot Digity Boom 3. Toranaga
5th of 13	18/9/26	Townsville	1200m	BM60	6	Fiona Sandkuhl	59.5kg	Soft 5	1:10.46	61.3 km/h	0	1.1L	1-3	$14	328	$21,000	$650	1. Fancy Garter 2. Insta Worthy 3. Kickoff
328 Day Spell
3rd of 3	9/9/26	Townsville	850m	Trial	1	Aidan Holt	-	Soft	0:48.70	62.8 km/h	-	4.49L	-	-	-	-	-	1. Ask Me Mate 2. Sand 'N' Power 3. Brave Agenda
3rd of 4	10/8/26	Townsville	850m	Trial	1	Isabella Teh	-	Good	0:47.64	64.2 km/h	-	8.37L	-	-	-	-	-	1. Hartshorn 2. Time To Prophet 3. Brave Agenda

Colours Of Autumn (4) 64543086x3
Trainer: Roy Chillemi(Tolga)
Jockey: Wanderson D'avila (Last 50: 5-4-6)
Weight: 54kg
Prize Money: $158,350
Win / Place: 13% / 43%

2nd Up Record

6 yo Brown Mare

Sire: THE AUTUMN SUN (AUS)

Dam: KENNOCHA (AUS)

Dam's Sire: Lonhro

Rating

Stats

Career

37: 5-4-7

Distance

14: 2-2-2

Trk/Dst

5: 1-1-0

Track

8: 2-2-1

Season

4: 0-0-1

1st Up

7: 0-1-2

2nd Up

6: 4-0-0

3rd Up

5: 0-1-0

4th Up

5: 0-1-2

Metro

7: 0-1-0

Non-Metro

30: 5-3-7

Turf

37: 5-4-7

Good

23: 4-1-5

Soft

12: 0-3-2

Heavy

2: 1-0-0

Clockwise

37: 5-4-7

Handicap Rating

71.5

Jockey Stats

Horse

1: 0-0-1

Last 50

50: 5-4-6

Trainer

W 19% P 46%

Distance

W 12% P 34%

Track

W 13% P 37%

Trainer/Track

W 21% P 49%

Trainer/Distance

W 25% P 48%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1000m - 1450m

Comments

Resumed with a third at Atherton, beaten just under a length after being slow to begin, but that was picnic company and today is harder. Her start prior came in BM72 grade at this venue, where she was sixth behind Colleano after slow manners and being steadied.

Expected Settling Position: Backmarker

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Last 600m	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 8	31/10/26	Atherton	1000m	OPEN	4	Wanderson D'avila	55kg	Good 4	0:56.06	64.2 km/h	0:34.16	0.9L	6-4	$7.50	63	$10,000	$900	1. Haphazard 2. Lucky Rolla 3. Colours Of Autumn
63 Day Spell
6th of 7	29/8/26	Cairns	1400m	BM72	5	Fiona Sandkuhl	56kg	Good 4	1:24.06	60.0 km/h	0:36.28	3.4L	7-7	$8.50	7	$32,000	$500	1. Colleano 2. Canberra Legend 3. El Pensador
8th of 9	22/8/26	Cairns	1450m	BM70 FM	2	Sean Cormack	62kg	Soft 6	1:27.73	59.5 km/h	0:35	4.2L	3-6	$5.50	14	$50,000	$1,000	1. Miss Moneypenny 2. Bollinger Miss 3. Engeline
11th of 16	8/8/26	Townsville	1400m	BM70 FM	12	Aidan Holt	62.5kg	Good 4	1:22.43	61.1 km/h	0:34.44	6.5L	11-10	$16	25	$50,000	-	1. Bianca Mia 2. Miss Moneypenny 3. Fools Play
3rd of 11	14/7/26	Townsville	1300m	CL6 FM	9	Fiona Sandkuhl	58.5kg	Good 4	1:18.99	59.2 km/h	0:35.5	1.7L	11-9	$4.80	9	$25,500	$2,400	1. Upstart Legend 2. Kobayastar 3. Colours Of Autumn
4th of 13	5/7/26	Townsville	1200m	CL5	9	Fiona Sandkuhl	59kg	Good 4	1:10.23	61.5 km/h	0:34.87	2.1L	13-13	$26	13	$21,000	$1,000	1. Cifonelli 2. Arctic Bear 3. Khumbila

Arctic Bear (3) 7622452532
Trainer: Gavin Kinlyside(Townsville)
Jockey: Anthony Allen (Last 50: 5-7-5)
Weight: 54kg
Prize Money: $87,485
Win / Place: 14% / 48%

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: IMPENDING (AUS)

Dam: PIZZLY (AUS)

Dam's Sire: Zoustar

Rating

Stats

Career

27: 4-6-3

Distance

4: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

9: 0-1-2

Season

5: 0-2-1

1st Up

3: 1-1-0

2nd Up

3: 0-1-1

3rd Up

2: 0-0-1

4th Up

2: 1-0-0

Non-Metro

27: 4-6-3

Turf

27: 4-6-3

Good

13: 2-4-2

Soft

11: 1-2-1

Heavy

3: 1-0-0

Clockwise

27: 4-6-3

Handicap Rating

68.5

Jockey Stats

Horse

1: 0-1-0

Last 50

50: 5-7-5

Trainer

W 0% P 50%

Distance

W 8.73% P 31%

Track

W 0% P 28%

Trainer/Track

N/A

Trainer/Distance

N/A

Distance Range Last 6 months

1200m - 1400m

Comments

Closed off strongly from the rear to miss by a head behind Colleano at Townsville, a sound provincial reference now brought back to this easier venue. He had also finished third at this track the start prior after beginning slowly, so the recent form is consistent. The 1450m is the question, but his recent form is solid for a place.

Expected Settling Position: Backmarker

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Last 600m	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 7	18/10/26	Townsville	1200m	OPEN	3	Anthony Allen	54kg	Soft 5	1:09.45	62.2 km/h	0:33.94	0.1L	7-7	$5.00	7	$21,000	$3,800	1. Colleano 2. Arctic Bear 3. Turn Bird
3rd of 5	11/10/26	Cairns	1250m	OPEN	5	Ivo Fry	55kg	Good 4	1:12.38	62.2 km/h	0	0.6L	5-5	$4.00	23	$21,000	$1,950	1. Hot Digity Boom 2. Turn Bird 3. Arctic Bear
4th of 5	6/10/26	Townsville	850m	Trial	5	Ivo Fry	-	Soft	0:48.94	62.5 km/h	-	1.72L	-	-	-	-	-	1. Intruder 2. Cifonelli 3. One Shot More
5th of 8	18/9/26	Townsville	1400m	OPEN	4	Ivo Fry	54kg	Soft 5	1:22.24	61.3 km/h	0:35.63	2.0L	7-8	$7.50	20	$21,000	$650	1. Northern Pride 2. Turn Bird 3. Tambo's Justice
2nd of 9	29/8/26	Cairns	1250m	CL6 3U	5	Ivo Fry	57kg	Good 4	1:14.00	60.8 km/h	0:35.38	0.2L	8-7	$6.50	7	$32,000	$5,800	1. Miss Moneypenny 2. Arctic Bear 3. The Extreme Cat
5th of 11	22/8/26	Cairns	1250m	BM65	5	Ivo Fry	60.5kg	Soft 6	1:14.40	60.5 km/h	0:36.19	1.3L	8-7	$5.00f	28	$32,000	$1,000	1. Nolan 2. Chartwell 3. Novela

Race Review Abbreviations

3WNC: Three wide no cover, Awk: Awkwardly away, Bk: Back, Blkd: Blocked, Btld: Battled, Chal: Challenged, Chkd: Checked, Cvr: Cover, Fdd: Faded, Fght: Fought, Fin: Finish, Hdd: Headed, Hld up: Held up, Hmprd: Hampered, Hndy: Handy, Kikd: Kicked, Kn: Keen, Ld: Led/Lead, Midf: Midfield, Mod pc: Moderate pace, Otf: On the Fence, ROS: Ran on strongly, Slow: Slow away, Snagd: Snagged, Stld: Settled, Tn: Turn, Trld: Trailed, Under pres: Under pressure, Under rd: Under riding, Urgd: Urged, Wd: Wide, Wdr: Wider, Weavd: Weaved, Wknd: Weakened, Wrkd: Worked

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