Sale Race 8

Trfm Sale Cup Final (G1)

Prize Money: $113,500

WITHOUT A TRACE (7) is a talented type and proved too classy last time to win by 1.5 lengths at this track in a handy 36.25 beating TEXAS PRESIDENT. Winner at her latest appearance in the quickest time on the card. In top form and looks a key chance again. TEXAS PRESIDENT (1) unwanted in betting but showed good early dash and led until late, finishing second and beaten 1.5 lengths (36.34) at this track in a Special conditions H over 640m. Well placed and gets his chance. CACO MAGIC (3) sizzled around 640m in 36.32 when winning a Special conditions H at this track last start. In form and must include in calculations. FADE TO BLACK (6) generally performs well over this distance.

Distance: 640m
Class: S/E Group 1
Track: Good
Weather: overcast
Surface: All Weather

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Texas President (1) 3232641422
Trainer: Jeffrey Britton (Anakie)
Prize Money: $43,470
Win / Place: 18% / 54%

2 yo Black D

Sire: BARCIA BALE (AUS)

Dam: SUNTORY ROSE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

33: 6-7-5

Track

1: 0-1-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-1-0

Distance

1: 0-1-0

Season

15: 1-4-2

Metro

26: 5-6-3

Country

7: 1-1-2

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Has placed the last couple. Ran 36.34 when second at this track latest but the run prior he recorded a swift 34.13 over 595m when just missed, at Sandown. Looks the one to beat with a repeat of that effort.

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
2nd of 6	28/12/25	Sale	640m	6	0:36.34	63.4 km/h	1.5L	$26	0:36.25	0:36.25	SPEC H	$10,150	$2,000	10	1. Without A Trace 2. Texas President 3. Engelke Road
2nd of 5	18/12/25	Sandown	595m	8	0:34.13	62.8 km/h	0.1L	$2.80	0:34.12	0:34.02	GR 5	$10,100	$2,095	7	1. Urana Parallax 2. Texas President 3. Count The Stars
4th of 7	11/12/25	Sandown	595m	6	0:34.46	62.2 km/h	2.7L	$19	0:34.27	0:34.27	FFA	$10,380	$150	12	1. Ascend Ecstatic 2. He's Magic 3. Vincent Bale
1st of 7	29/11/25	Sandown	515m	8	0:29.37	63.1 km/h	2.3L	$5.50	0:29.37	0:29.14	GR 5	$8,790	$5,900	5	1. Texas President 2. Aston Countach 3. Morning Boss
4th of 7	24/11/25	Sandown	515m	3	0:29.82	62.2 km/h	6.0L	$3.00f	0:29.43	0:29.27	GR 5	$3,340	$75	10	1. Jorogumo 2. Double Helix 3. Faye Valentine
6th of 8	14/11/25	Sandown	515m	8	0:29.90	62.0 km/h	5.0L	$10	0:29.57	0:29.10	SPEC	$9,060	-	4	1. Daysea's Rory 2. Stomping 3. Vilma Bale

Panama Rhode (2) 3631122642
Trainer: Rocky Crisafi (Pakenham)
Prize Money: $85,305
Win / Place: 32% / 71%

3 yo Black B

Sire: SUPERIOR PANAMA (USA)

Dam: STELLA RHODE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

46: 15-9-9

Track

5: 0-2-1

Trk/Dst

4: 0-2-0

Distance

4: 0-2-0

Season

9: 2-3-1

Metro

22: 6-5-6

Country

24: 9-4-3

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	5	4	4	0

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

Comments

Good effort last time when second (36.66) over 640m at this track. Has a low draw. Top-three aspirations.

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
2nd of 8	28/12/25	Sale	640m	2	0:36.66	62.8 km/h	5.0L	$6.00	0:36.32	0:36.25	SPEC H	$10,150	$2,000	7	1. Caco Magic 2. Panama Rhode 3. He's Magic
4th of 6	21/12/25	Sale	640m	2	0:36.84	62.5 km/h	2.0L	$4.00	0:36.72	0:36.72	SPEC	$7,330	$75	7	1. Paw Ike 2. Lamia Taya 3. Aston Barton
6th of 8	14/12/25	Sale	640m	4	0:37.19	62.0 km/h	8.5L	$6.00	0:36.63	0:36.63	SE	$4,450	-	7	1. Tim Zoo 2. Paw Ike 3. Engelke Road
2nd of 6	7/12/25	Sale	640m	8	0:36.87	62.5 km/h	1.3L	$2.80f	0:36.79	0:36.21	SPEC H	$4,450	$920	4	1. Engelke Road 2. Panama Rhode 3. Paw Petrov
2nd of 7	3/12/25	The Meadows	525m	7	0:30.22	62.5 km/h	0.5L	$14	0:30.18	0:29.87	GR 4/5	$3,880	$800	61	1. Key Philosophy 2. Panama Rhode 3. Mav Reiko
61 Day Spell
1st of 8	3/10/25	Bendigo	660m	6	0:37.97	62.6 km/h	1.0L	$2.80f	0:37.97	0:37.97	GR 4/5	$10,880	$7,500	8	1. Panama Rhode 2. Greysynd Sammy 3. Stacy's Mum

Caco Magic (3) 3372511111
Trainer: Stefano Cassar (Creswick)
Prize Money: $30,915
Win / Place: 53% / 80%

Dominant Win Last Start

2 yo Black D

Sire: FERAL FRANKY (AUS)

Dam: DEEP DIVE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

15: 8-2-2

Track

1: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Distance

1: 1-0-0

Season

15: 8-2-2

Metro

6: 2-1-0

Country

9: 6-1-2

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

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

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

Comments

Continued winning form with another impressive display after running them ragged making it five on end at this track over 640m (36.32). Looks suited here and rates a leading chance.

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	28/12/25	Sale	640m	8	0:36.32	63.4 km/h	5.0L	$2.40f	0:36.32	0:36.25	SPEC H	$10,150	$7,000	15	1. Caco Magic 2. Panama Rhode 3. He's Magic
1st of 8	13/12/25	The Meadows	600m	6	0:33.91	63.7 km/h	10.5L	$3.50f	0:33.91	0:33.91	R/A FIN	$10,380	$7,000	10	1. Caco Magic 2. Lamp Post 3. Zari Elaine
1st of 8	3/12/25	The Meadows	600m	6	0:35.13	61.5 km/h	1.7L	$2.00f	0:35.13	0:34.75	RST WIN H	$3,940	$2,640	7	1. Caco Magic 2. Canya Jump 3. Zipping Dargan
1st of 8	26/11/25	Ballarat	545m	6	0:30.92	63.5 km/h	2.0L	$2.00f	0:30.92	0:30.92	GR 4/5	$3,880	$2,600	7	1. Caco Magic 2. Derogative 3. He Shines
1st of 6	19/11/25	Ballarat	545m	6	0:30.81	63.7 km/h	4.8L	$1.50f	0:30.81	0:30.81	RST WIN	$3,340	$2,230	5	1. Caco Magic 2. Espoir 3. Josie's Shadow
5th of 8	14/11/25	Sandown	515m	2	0:29.71	62.4 km/h	8.0L	$16	0:29.18	0:29.10	SPEC	$9,060	-	8	1. Paw Oswald 2. Honk Honk 3. Intrepidus

Ascend Geranium (4) 4464435311
Trainer: Harley Whelan (Metung)
Prize Money: $27,105
Win / Place: 20% / 62%

Going for the Hat-Trick

2 yo BDL D

Sire: PAT C SABBATH (AUS)

Dam: DAPH'S ASCEND (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

24: 5-5-5

Track

7: 3-1-1

Trk/Dst

4: 1-1-0

Distance

4: 1-1-0

Season

19: 5-3-3

Metro

15: 2-3-3

Country

9: 3-2-2

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Backs up after winning easily by 3.5 lengths at this track (36.69) beating Stomping in a Special conditions H on December 28 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	28/12/25	Sale	640m	2	0:36.69	62.8 km/h	3.5L	$10	0:36.69	0:36.25	SPEC H	$10,150	$7,000	6	1. Ascend Geranium 2. Stomping 3. Greysynd Sammy
1st of 7	22/12/25	Sandown	595m	2	0:34.28	62.5 km/h	6.0L	$1.50f	0:34.28	0:34.28	RST WIN	$3,940	$2,640	7	1. Ascend Geranium 2. Aston Dutton 3. Third Time Charm
3rd of 7	15/12/25	Sandown	595m	3	0:34.33	62.4 km/h	0.5L	$12	0:34.30	0:34.27	GR 4/5	$4,450	$460	4	1. Aston Gozo 2. Ayden's Warrior 3. Ascend Geranium
5th of 8	11/12/25	Sandown	515m	8	0:30.08	61.6 km/h	11.8L	$27	0:29.25	0:29.25	R/A FIN	$9,060	-	4	1. Abdulla Zulu 2. Dr. Fanatical 3. Show Me Style
3rd of 6	7/12/25	Sale	510m	5	0:28.71	63.9 km/h	5.5L	$6.00	0:28.34	0:28.34	RST WIN H	$3,340	$345	8	1. Simply Stunning 2. Show Me Style 3. Ascend Geranium
4th of 7	29/11/25	Sandown	515m	1	0:29.68	62.5 km/h	4.8L	$10	0:29.37	0:29.14	GR 5	$8,790	$150	5	1. Texas President 2. Aston Countach 3. Morning Boss

Pass Mark (5) 8135451162
Trainer: Jeffrey Britton (Anakie)
Prize Money: $247,523
Win / Place: 29% / 60%

3 yo Black D

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: MY GIRL KIZZY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

79: 23-11-14

Track

2: 0-1-0

Trk/Dst

2: 0-1-0

Distance

2: 0-1-0

Season

17: 5-2-3

Metro

64: 17-9-12

Country

15: 6-2-2

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	1	2	8	12

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	8	12	6	11	8	8	18	8
1st	1	4	2	2	2	5	6	1
2nd	1	3	0	1	0	1	3	2
3rd	4	1	0	1	2	0	5	1

Comments

Good effort last time when second (36.83) over 640m at this track. Squeeze draw to overcome. Prefer others.

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 8	28/12/25	Sale	640m	2	0:36.83	62.6 km/h	6.0L	$4.60	0:36.44	0:36.25	SPEC H	$10,150	$2,000	17	1. Fade To Black 2. Pass Mark 3. Galactic Spartan
6th of 7	11/12/25	Sandown	595m	4	0:34.61	61.9 km/h	4.8L	$26	0:34.27	0:34.27	FFA	$10,380	-	5	1. Ascend Ecstatic 2. He's Magic 3. Vincent Bale
1st of 4	6/12/25	The Meadows	600m	7	0:34.70	62.2 km/h	0.3L	$2.50f	0:34.70	0:34.59	FFA	$10,380	$7,000	7	1. Pass Mark 2. Sweet Sundown 3. Weblec Max
1st of 8	29/11/25	Sandown	715m	4	0:42.03	61.2 km/h	2.8L	$4.20	0:42.03	0:41.50	Group Listed	$22,000	$15,000	7	1. Pass Mark 2. Paw Quinby 3. Miss Mary Jo
5th of 8	22/11/25	Sandown	715m	4	0:42.29	60.9 km/h	5.5L	$5.00	0:41.94	0:41.69	SPEC H	$14,800	-	8	1. Fade To Black 2. Galactic Spartan 3. Late Night News
4th of 6	14/11/25	Sandown	715m	1	0:42.39	60.7 km/h	7.0L	$4.00	0:41.89	0:41.89	SPEC	$10,380	$150	6	1. Ethanol Water 2. Late Night News 3. Fade To Black

Fade To Black (6) 2384313131
Trainer: Kayla Cottrell (Pearcedale)
Prize Money: $90,110
Win / Place: 42% / 71%

Dominant Win Last Start

2 yo Black D

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: ZIPPING KELLY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

38: 16-6-5

Track

1: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Distance

1: 1-0-0

Season

17: 5-2-4

Metro

19: 6-2-4

Country

19: 10-4-1

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	4	4	7	1

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

Comments

Good effort to win last start by 6 lengths over 640m at this track in a handy (36.44), beating Pass Mark. Can keep things rolling.

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
1st of 8	28/12/25	Sale	640m	4	0:36.44	63.2 km/h	6.0L	$2.80f	0:36.44	0:36.25	SPEC H	$10,150	$7,000	17	1. Fade To Black 2. Pass Mark 3. Galactic Spartan
3rd of 8	11/12/25	Sandown	715m	5	0:42.09	61.2 km/h	2.5L	$2.10f	0:41.92	0:41.92	GR 4/5	$10,380	$1,075	6	1. Copper Rush 2. Belair Ethyl 3. Fade To Black
1st of 5	5/12/25	Bendigo	660m	8	0:37.48	63.4 km/h	2.3L	$1.90f	0:37.48	0:37.48	SPEC	$4,450	$2,990	6	1. Fade To Black 2. Galactic Spartan 3. Stomping
3rd of 8	29/11/25	Sandown	715m	3	0:41.81	61.6 km/h	5.0L	$7.50	0:41.50	0:41.50	S/E Group 1	$113,500	$11,000	7	1. Without A Trace 2. Ayden's Warrior 3. Fade To Black
1st of 8	22/11/25	Sandown	715m	7	0:41.94	61.4 km/h	2.3L	$10	0:41.94	0:41.69	SPEC H	$14,800	$10,000	8	1. Fade To Black 2. Galactic Spartan 3. Late Night News
3rd of 6	14/11/25	Sandown	715m	2	0:42.19	61.0 km/h	4.2L	$12	0:41.89	0:41.89	SPEC	$10,380	$1,075	6	1. Ethanol Water 2. Late Night News 3. Fade To Black

Without A Trace (7) 8112111211
Trainer: Peter Presutto (Devon Meadows)
Prize Money: $319,945
Win / Place: 60% / 92%

Box Specialist

Going for the Hat-Trick

2 yo White/Black B

Sire: HOUDINI BOY (AUS)

Dam: MY REFLECTION (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

25: 15-3-5

Track

1: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Distance

1: 1-0-0

Season

9: 7-2-0

Metro

19: 11-3-3

Country

6: 4-0-2

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	1	4	3	7

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

Comments

Won again in another strong performance after tracking the speed to make it two on the trot at this track over 640m (36.25). Makes strong appeal on recent runs.

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 6	28/12/25	Sale	640m	7	0:36.25	63.6 km/h	1.5L	$1.90f	0:36.25	0:36.25	SPEC H	$10,150	$7,000	29	1. Without A Trace 2. Texas President 3. Engelke Road
1st of 8	29/11/25	Sandown	715m	8	0:41.50	62.0 km/h	3.3L	$2.20f	0:41.50	0:41.50	S/E Group 1	$113,500	$75,000	7	1. Without A Trace 2. Ayden's Warrior 3. Fade To Black
2nd of 8	22/11/25	Sandown	715m	6	0:41.76	61.6 km/h	1.3L	$1.70f	0:41.69	0:41.69	SPEC H	$14,800	$3,000	14	1. Ayden's Warrior 2. Without A Trace 3. Mepunga Lara
1st of 8	8/11/25	The Meadows	730m	5	0:42.27	62.2 km/h	4.3L	$2.50f	0:42.27	0:42.27	S/E Group 1	$110,000	$75,000	22	1. Without A Trace 2. Ayden's Warrior 3. Late Night News
1st of 8	17/10/25	Wentworth Park	720m	3	0:41.37	62.7 km/h	4.0L	$1.85f	0:41.37	0:41.37	NG	$54,000	$40,000	7	1. Without A Trace 2. Ayden's Warrior 3. Late Night News
1st of 8	10/10/25	Wentworth Park	720m	2	0:41.35	62.7 km/h	5.3L	$3.10	0:41.35	0:41.35	NG	$10,900	$7,175	41	1. Without A Trace 2. Firethorn 3. Ayden's Warrior
41 Day Freshen-Up

Engelke Road (8) 2414351353
Trainer: Ned McDonald (Pearcedale)
Prize Money: $59,605
Win / Place: 18% / 60%

3 yo FWN D

Sire: BEAST UNLEASHED (AUS)

Dam: RUBY GIRL (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

53: 10-11-11

Track

14: 4-3-3

Trk/Dst

7: 2-1-2

Distance

7: 2-1-2

Season

14: 2-1-5

Metro

14: 0-1-3

Country

39: 10-10-8

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	1	4	5	0

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

Comments

Good effort at double-figure odds last time when third (36.41) over 640m at this track. Will need plenty of luck.

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
3rd of 6	28/12/25	Sale	640m	8	0:36.41	63.3 km/h	2.5L	$26	0:36.25	0:36.25	SPEC H	$10,150	$1,000	7	1. Without A Trace 2. Texas President 3. Engelke Road
5th of 6	21/12/25	Sale	640m	4	0:37.02	62.2 km/h	4.5L	$7.00	0:36.72	0:36.72	SPEC	$7,330	-	7	1. Paw Ike 2. Lamia Taya 3. Aston Barton
3rd of 8	14/12/25	Sale	640m	3	0:36.96	62.3 km/h	5.0L	$10	0:36.63	0:36.63	SE	$4,450	$460	7	1. Tim Zoo 2. Paw Ike 3. Engelke Road
1st of 6	7/12/25	Sale	640m	1	0:36.79	62.6 km/h	1.3L	$4.60	0:36.79	0:36.21	SPEC H	$4,450	$2,990	29	1. Engelke Road 2. Panama Rhode 3. Paw Petrov
5th of 7	8/11/25	The Meadows	730m	3	0:43.21	60.8 km/h	5.5L	$5.50	0:42.86	0:42.27	GR 4/5	$10,380	-	8	1. Mepunga Lara 2. Copper Rush 3. Magic Snowdrop
3rd of 5	31/10/25	Geelong	680m	7	0:39.62	61.8 km/h	3.5L	$6.00	0:39.40	0:39.40	GR 5	$3,940	$410	6	1. Mepunga Lara 2. Greysynd Sammy 3. Engelke Road

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