Townsville Race 6

Bet Nation Townsville Cup H

Prize Money: $8,000

ZIPPING SWEENY (2) has been settling off the speed lately, finishing fourth (26.01) last time in a Grade 4/5 at Q Lakeside. Form at the trip sound including six wins. The form out of the last run is proven to be strong. Rates on top in this line up. POP'S MAESTRO (5) is progressing well scoring last time out (25.35) at Q Lakeside and bringing up his 6th career win. Strong form has emerged from his last run. Leading chance again. MENDOCINO (1) has mixed form recently, finishing fifth (22.51) in a OPEN at this track latest but did run well two back when in the frame. Key player on best and worth another try. FEDERAL BULLET (7) must be respected at his pet track and distance.

Distance: 498m
Class: OPEN
Track: Good
Weather: Showers
Surface: All Weather

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Mendocino (1) 4236455525
Trainer: Jake Casey (Stuart)
Prize Money: $18,095
Win / Place: 25% / 43%

2 yo Black D

Sire: AUSSIE INFRARED (AUS)

Dam: COSMIC BLEND (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

32: 8-4-2

Track

29: 7-4-2

Trk/Dst

8: 1-1-2

Distance

8: 1-1-2

Season

5: 0-1-0

Country

32: 8-4-2

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
7	1	0	0	0

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

Comments

Out of the placings last time but the run prior he recorded a sharp 21.97 over 380m finishing second at this track. Rates on top and can find winning form.

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	2/9/25	Townsville	380m	7	0:22.51	60.8 km/h	12.3L	$13	0:21.66	0:21.66	OPEN	$3,200	-	4	1. Jimmy Roo 2. Paw Alley 3. Don't Tell Shilo
2nd of 7	29/8/25	Townsville	380m	8	0:21.97	62.3 km/h	1.8L	$6.00	0:21.84	0:21.67	GR 3/4	$2,800	$560	3	1. Farmor Bacardi 2. Mendocino 3. Billy Buttons
5th of 8	26/8/25	Townsville	380m	3	0:22.22	61.6 km/h	6.1L	$21	0:21.78	0:21.55	GR 3/4	$2,800	-	7	1. On Holidays 2. Aussie Audi 3. Gigantor
5th of 7	19/8/25	Townsville	498m	5	0:29.50	60.8 km/h	9.3L	$34	0:28.84	0:28.72	OPEN	$4,600	-	14	1. Federal Bullet 2. Cool Bananas 3. Solomon Cain
5th of 7	5/8/25	Townsville	380m	7	0:22.08	62.0 km/h	8.5L	$8.00	0:21.47	0:21.47	GR 3/4	$2,800	-	7	1. Total Franky 2. Swing Shift 3. Huey Luey
4th of 8	29/7/25	Townsville	498m	3	0:29.37	61.0 km/h	11.3L	$2.90	0:28.58	0:28.58	GR 5/6	$3,800	$190	7	1. Hara's Poh 2. Party At Harpers 3. Zina Cortez

Zipping Sweeny (2) 1121651274
Trainer: Tom Tzouvelis (Park Ridge)
Prize Money: $46,340
Win / Place: 35% / 54%

2 yo Black D

Sire: SH AVATAR (AUS)

Dam: ZIPPING SAMARA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

31: 11-5-1

Season

6: 1-1-0

Metro

20: 5-2-1

Country

11: 6-3-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
5	1	5	0	0

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

Comments

Last start finished 4th in a Grade 4/5 on August 28 over 457m at Q Lakeside behind White Mack beaten 6 lengths (26.01). The form from his last run is stacking up nicely. Follow up.

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
4th of 8	28/8/25	Q Lakeside	457m	6	0:26.01	63.3 km/h	5.8L	$4.00	0:25.60	0:25.39	GR 4/5	$10,000	$500	7	1. White Mack 2. Daysea's Chief 3. Sapphire King
7th of 7	21/8/25	Q Parklands	520m	7	0:30.73	60.9 km/h	13.3L	$4.20	0:29.79	0:29.62	GR 5	$9,000	-	4	1. Shamrock Hayze 2. Fast Eddie 3. Zephyr
2nd of 8	17/8/25	Capalaba	366m	8	0:19.95	66.0 km/h	0.5L	$2.30	0:19.90	0:19.78	GR 3/4	$3,100	$620	3	1. Bye Bye Swiper 2. Zipping Sweeny 3. Mr. O'Malley
1st of 7	14/8/25	Q Parklands	520m	3	0:29.62	63.2 km/h	3.0L	$3.10	0:29.62	0:29.39	GR 5	$9,000	$5,850	7	1. Zipping Sweeny 2. Shamrock Hayze 3. Cool Hand Don
5th of 8	7/8/25	Q Straight	350m	1	0:19.24	65.5 km/h	7.5L	$2.90	0:18.71	0:18.71	OPEN	$3,500	-	5	1. Darcy Dakota 2. Oxidisation 3. Validate
6th of 8	2/8/25	Q Lakeside	457m	3	0:25.78	63.8 km/h	9.0L	$5.50	0:25.15	0:25.15	GR 5	$9,000	-	6	1. Cumbria Jack 2. Grevillea 3. Fire Me Up

Pocket Picker (3) 3621318877
Trainer: Matthew Heilbronn (RACEVIEW)
Prize Money: $42,070
Win / Place: 5.15% / 36%

4 yo Black D

Sire: ZABDON FERRARI (AUS)

Dam: RILEY ALLEN (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

97: 5-13-17

Track

2: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

2: 0-0-0

Distance

2: 0-0-0

Season

4: 0-0-0

Metro

32: 2-3-4

Country

65: 3-10-13

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

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

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	13	9	12	12	17	12	10	12
1st	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
2nd	3	2	2	1	3	1	1	0
3rd	2	1	3	2	3	3	1	2

Comments

Has not shown much in recent runs. Could only manage seventh last time out over 450m at Grafton. This will test.

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
7th of 7	17/8/25	Grafton	450m	1	0:25.91	62.5 km/h	5.5L	$71	0:25.52	0:25.22	GR 4/5	$3,290	-	3	1. True Legend 2. Dam Smooth 3. Major Flirt
7th of 7	14/8/25	Q Parklands	520m	2	0:30.65	61.1 km/h	12.5L	$14	0:29.77	0:29.39	MX 5	$9,000	-	5	1. Newton Hayze 2. Doing Fine 3. Isurava
8th of 8	9/8/25	Q Lakeside	550m	5	0:31.54	62.8 km/h	13.3L	$126	0:30.63	0:30.62	RST WIN	$10,000	-	2	1. Akela Kung Fu 2. Weather Report 3. Scud
8th of 8	7/8/25	Q Straight	350m	5	0:19.57	64.4 km/h	3.9L	$19	0:19.27	0:18.71	MX 5	$2,700	-	7	1. Casemiro Magic 2. Cuban Rhythm 3. Nope Rope
1st of 7	31/7/25	Q Parklands	520m	8	0:30.46	61.5 km/h	2.8L	$8.00	0:30.46	0:29.35	MX 5	$9,000	$5,850	3	1. Pocket Picker 2. Crazy George 3. Howdy Cyndie
3rd of 8	28/7/25	Q Straight	350m	4	0:19.48	64.7 km/h	1.5L	$3.20	0:19.37	0:19.08	MX 5	$2,700	$270	3	1. Stricken 2. Wild Taurean 3. Pocket Picker

Southpaw McGraw (4) 2162212123
Trainer: Heath Ardle (Horseshoe Lagoon)
Prize Money: $29,775
Win / Place: 27% / 84%

Nearing Another Win

2 yo Black D

Sire: ASTON RUPEE (AUS)

Dam: NANGAR GOLD (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

33: 9-12-7

Track

26: 7-11-5

Trk/Dst

15: 4-4-4

Distance

15: 4-4-4

Season

3: 1-1-1

Country

33: 9-12-7

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
3	5	1	0	0

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

Comments

Form has been good with a placing two starts ago and a win three runs back. Last time out finished 3rd over 498m at this track beaten 5.5 lengths (29.16) behind Time Passages in a OPEN on August 26. Shouldn't trouble the top few hopes.

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 8	26/8/25	Townsville	498m	4	0:29.16	61.5 km/h	5.3L	$7.00	0:28.80	0:28.80	OPEN	$23,000	-	7	1. Time Passages 2. Cool Bananas 3. Southpaw McGraw
2nd of 6	19/8/25	Townsville	498m	5	0:28.86	62.1 km/h	1.0L	$3.10	0:28.78	0:28.72	OPEN	$4,600	$920	14	1. Jackknifed 2. Southpaw McGraw 3. Showtime Isaac
1st of 8	5/8/25	Townsville	498m	4	0:28.59	62.7 km/h	0.8L	$3.40	0:28.59	0:28.55	GR 4	$4,200	$2,730	7	1. Southpaw McGraw 2. Pretty Cindy 3. Maisie Moo Moo
2nd of 8	29/7/25	Townsville	380m	2	0:21.55	63.5 km/h	0.1L	$2.20	0:21.55	0:21.50	GR 3/4	$2,800	$560	7	1. Swing Shift 2. Southpaw McGraw 3. Gigantor
1st of 8	22/7/25	Townsville	380m	4	0:21.69	63.1 km/h	0.3L	$3.00	0:21.69	0:21.69	GR 4	$2,800	$1,820	28	1. Southpaw McGraw 2. Jupiter 3. Stormy Rose
2nd of 7	24/6/25	Townsville	380m	2	0:21.92	62.4 km/h	1.8L	$1.90	0:21.80	0:21.69	GR 4	$2,800	$560	7	1. Billy Buttons 2. Hara's Stellar, Southpaw McGraw 3.

Pop's Maestro (5) 3111221511
Trainer: Travis Elson (YANDINA CREEK)
Prize Money: $27,880
Win / Place: 60% / 90%

Going for the Hat-Trick

1 yo BLU D

Sire: ASTON RUPEE (AUS)

Dam: LIMITED EDITION (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

10: 6-2-1

Season

3: 2-0-0

Metro

10: 6-2-1

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

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

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

Comments

Talented type with an excellent strike rate at this journey. Has been prominent in the run and duly saluted at his last couple, most recently over 457m at Q Lakeside in a handy 25.35 beating Always The Sun. Comes out of a hot form race. Worth following up.

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 8	26/8/25	Q Lakeside	457m	3	0:25.35	64.9 km/h	1.3L	$2.50	0:25.35	0:25.35	RST WIN	$5,400	$3,510	7	1. Pop's Maestro 2. Always The Sun 3. Pretty Boy Milo
1st of 8	19/8/25	Q Lakeside	457m	3	0:25.13	65.5 km/h	4.8L	$2.20	0:25.13	0:25.13	RST WIN	$4,600	$2,990	10	1. Pop's Maestro 2. Pretty Boy Milo 3. Lakoda Focus
5th of 8	9/8/25	Q Lakeside	457m	5	0:26.02	63.2 km/h	6.3L	$2.70	0:25.59	0:25.28	GR 5	$9,000	-	9	1. Miss Hazel 2. Trendy Art 3. White Mack
1st of 8	31/7/25	Q Parklands	520m	7	0:30.07	62.3 km/h	3.8L	$2.20	0:30.07	0:29.35	GR 5	$9,000	$5,850	7	1. Pop's Maestro 2. Cool Hand Don 3. Shanghai Spy
2nd of 8	24/7/25	Q Lakeside	457m	6	0:25.59	64.3 km/h	3.8L	$3.60	0:25.33	0:25.00	GR 5	$9,000	$1,800	9	1. Eriza Sparkles 2. Pop's Maestro 3. Panther Potter
2nd of 8	15/7/25	Q Lakeside	457m	3	0:25.52	64.5 km/h	0.8L	$2.40	0:25.48	0:25.34	GR 5	$4,600	$920	17	1. Canya Atomic 2. Pop's Maestro 3. Jay Walking

Tijuana Twinkle (6) 5716x12316
Trainer: Steven Scott (Sarina)
Prize Money: $31,790
Win / Place: 22% / 40%

3 yo FWN B

Sire: WHISKEY RIOT (AUS)

Dam: BUTTERFLY IS SHE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

50: 11-4-5

Track

5: 1-0-1

Trk/Dst

2: 1-0-0

Distance

2: 1-0-0

Season

3: 1-0-1

Metro

3: 2-0-0

Country

47: 9-4-5

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	4	6	0	0

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

Comments

Did a good job two starts back at Rockhampton to win by 8 lengths in 23.47, beating Cosmic Beach. Last start finished 6th in a Grade 4/5 on August 13 over 352m at Q Lakeside behind Spring Tara beaten 5 lengths (20.15). Solid claims this line-up.

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 8	13/8/25	Q Lakeside	352m	2	0:20.15	62.9 km/h	5.1L	$3.20	0:19.77	0:19.35	GR 4/5	$2,800	-	3	1. Spring Tara 2. Bella Outlaw 3. Sirius Suzie
1st of 8	10/8/25	Rockhampton	407m	2	0:23.47	62.4 km/h	8.5L	$1.80	0:23.47	0:23.47	GR 4/5	$2,800	$1,820	9	1. Tijuana Twinkle 2. Cosmic Beach 3. Tommy Trouble
3rd of 8	1/8/25	Townsville	380m	5	0:21.96	62.3 km/h	1.3L	$3.60	0:21.87	0:21.55	GR 5	$2,400	$240	9	1. Bridge Up Baby 2. Aston Kinnie 3. Tijuana Twinkle
2nd of 7	23/7/25	Rockhampton	407m	5	0:24.05	60.9 km/h	2.0L	$4.00	0:23.90	0:23.67	GR 4/5	$2,800	$560	7	1. Velocity Commit 2. Tijuana Twinkle 3. Barefoot Rogue
1st of 8	16/7/25	Q Lakeside	352m	1	0:19.73	64.2 km/h	3.3L	$7.00	0:19.73	0:19.49	GR 5	$2,400	$1,560	85	1. Tijuana Twinkle 2. Daintree Goddess 3. Dynamic Ethics
85 Day Spell
6th of 7	22/4/25	Townsville	498m	4	0:29.97	59.8 km/h	19.8L	$10	0:28.58	0:28.58	GR 4/5	$4,200	-	7	1. Canya Dominate 2. Jackknifed 3. Salim Shady

Federal Bullet (7) 4121312217
Trainer: Gary Farrell (Barringha)
Prize Money: $34,580
Win / Place: 31% / 65%

Track Specialist

2 yo WH/BLU D

Sire: TOMMY SHELBY (AUS)

Dam: CATCH (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

29: 9-5-5

Track

14: 7-3-1

Trk/Dst

8: 3-2-1

Distance

8: 3-2-1

Season

2: 1-0-0

Metro

2: 0-0-0

Country

27: 9-5-5

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
6	3	0	0	0

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

Comments

Didn't make the placings last time at this track (29.97) in a OPEN, finishing a 16 length seventh. Has two successes and two minors from seven starts from box 7. Among the chances on best.

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
7th of 8	26/8/25	Townsville	498m	7	0:29.97	59.8 km/h	16.8L	$3.60	0:28.80	0:28.80	OPEN	$23,000	-	7	1. Time Passages 2. Cool Bananas 3. Southpaw McGraw
1st of 7	19/8/25	Townsville	498m	6	0:28.84	62.2 km/h	1.5L	$2.30	0:28.84	0:28.72	OPEN	$4,600	$2,990	21	1. Federal Bullet 2. Cool Bananas 3. Solomon Cain
2nd of 8	29/7/25	Townsville	498m	7	0:28.72	62.4 km/h	2.0L	$1.40	0:28.58	0:28.58	GR 4/5	$4,200	$840	7	1. Jackknifed 2. Federal Bullet 3. Time Passages
2nd of 8	22/7/25	Townsville	498m	4	0:29.00	61.8 km/h	1.0L	$2.10	0:28.93	0:28.71	OPEN	$4,600	$920	35	1. Federal Remark 2. Federal Bullet 3. Maxwell Rhodes
35 Day Freshen-Up
1st of 8	17/6/25	Townsville	498m	7	0:28.52	62.9 km/h	6.0L	$3.60	0:28.52	0:28.52	OPEN	$11,600	$7,540	7	1. Federal Bullet 2. Canya Atomic 3. Canya Dominate
3rd of 8	10/6/25	Townsville	498m	1	0:28.63	62.6 km/h	3.6L	$2.10	0:28.39	0:28.39	OPEN	$4,600	$460	7	1. Custard's Son 2. Moustache Mick 3. Federal Bullet

Hara's Poh (8) 1362451246
Trainer: Hayley Wooler (Stuart)
Prize Money: $32,000
Win / Place: 17% / 41%

3 yo Black/WH D

Sire: EQUALIZER (AUS)

Dam: HARA'S PENNY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

41: 7-6-4

Track

12: 2-3-1

Trk/Dst

10: 2-3-1

Distance

10: 2-3-1

Season

3: 0-1-0

Metro

14: 2-1-1

Country

27: 5-5-3

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	2	3	2	0

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

Comments

Should get a clear run from the wide draw. Wasn't impressive last start but does have a great record at this track and distance, must be included.

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 8	29/8/25	Townsville	498m	1	0:29.28	61.2 km/h	10.3L	$4.60	0:28.55	0:28.21	OPEN	$4,600	-	10	1. Farmor Fired Up 2. Farmor Casual 3. Custard's Son
4th of 7	19/8/25	Townsville	498m	7	0:29.02	61.8 km/h	2.3L	$9.50	0:28.86	0:28.72	OPEN	$4,600	$230	7	1. Maisie Moo Moo 2. Time Passages 3. Farmor Fired Up
2nd of 6	12/8/25	Townsville	498m	2	0:28.74	62.4 km/h	5.0L	$2.40	0:28.39	0:28.37	GR 4	$4,200	$840	14	1. Maisie Moo Moo 2. Hara's Poh 3. Time Passages
1st of 8	29/7/25	Townsville	498m	8	0:28.58	62.7 km/h	3.0L	$5.00	0:28.58	0:28.58	GR 5/6	$3,800	$2,470	7	1. Hara's Poh 2. Party At Harpers 3. Zina Cortez
5th of 8	22/7/25	Townsville	498m	6	0:29.68	60.4 km/h	10.0L	$4.40	0:28.97	0:28.71	GR 5/6	$3,800	-	20	1. Ashy Bear 2. Pink Car 3. Speedy Ben
4th of 5	2/7/25	Rockhampton	510m	1	0:30.73	59.7 km/h	5.5L	$10	0:30.35	0:30.12	OPEN	$7,700	$385	8	1. Custard's Son 2. Farmor Fired Up 3. King Eternal

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